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Title: | Immune microenvironment characterisation and dynamics during anti-HER2-based neoadjuvant treatment in HER2-positive breast cancer |
Author: | Griguolo, Gaia Serna, G. Pascual, Tomás Fasani, R. Guardia, X. Chic Ruché, Núria Paré, Laia Pernas, Sònia Muñoz Mateu, Montserrat Oliveira, Mafalda Vidal, M. Llombart Cussac, Antonio Cortés, Javier Galván, Patricia Bermejo de las Heras, Begoña Martínez, N. López, R. Morales, Serafín Garau, Isabel Manso, Luis Alarcón, Jesús Martínez, E. Villagrasa, Patricia Prat Aparicio, Aleix Nuciforo, Paolo |
Keywords: | Càncer de mama Pronòstic mèdic Expressió gènica Breast cancer Prognosis Gene expression |
Issue Date: | 19-Mar-2021 |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Abstract: | Despite their recognised role in HER2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer (BC), the composition, localisation and functional orientation of immune cells within tumour microenvironment, as well as its dynamics during anti-HER2 treatment, is largely unknown. We here investigate changes in tumour-immune contexture, as assessed by stromal tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs) and by multiplexed spatial cellular phenotyping, during treatment with lapatinib-trastuzumab in HER2+ BC patients (PAMELA trial). Moreover, we evaluate the relationship of tumour-immune contexture with hormone receptor status, intrinsic subtype and immune-related gene expression. sTIL levels increase after 2 weeks of HER2 blockade in HR-negative disease and HER2-enriched subtype. This is linked to a concomitant increase in cell density of all four immune subpopulations (CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, Foxp3+). Moreover, immune contexture analysis showed that immune cells spatially interacting with tumour cells have the strongest association with response to anti-HER2 treatment. Subsequently, sTILs consistently decrease at the surgery in patients achieving pathologic complete response, whereas most residual tumours at surgery remain inflamed, possibly reflecting a progressive loss of function of T cells. Understanding the features of the resulting tumour immunosuppressive microenvironment has crucial implications for the design of new strategies to de-escalate or escalate systemic therapy in early-stage HER2+ BC. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41698-021-00163-6 |
It is part of: | npj Precision Oncology, 2021, vol. 5, num.23 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/176098 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41698-021-00163-6 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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