Prognostic value of the baseline circulating T cell receptor β chain diversity in advanced lung cancer

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An indicator for systemic evaluation of the adaptive immune status is lacking. Peripheral blood is important in antitumour immunity, and the T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire diversity is key for effective immunity. This study aimed to investigate changes in the circulating T cell receptor β chain (TCRB) diversity during the first few (1 ~ 4) treatment cycles and its clinical value in patients with advanced lung cancer. TCRB-enriched sequencing data combined with transcriptomic RNA sequencing data of peripheral blood leukocytes were obtained from 72 patients with advanced lung cancer before and after targeted therapy or chemotherapy. Changes in the circulating TCRB diversity during treatment and the relationship of the baseline circulating TCRB diversity with prognosis and therapeutic effects were evaluated. We found that targeted therapy or chemotherapy did not significantly affect the T lymphocyte composition or circulating TCRB diversity (3.83 vs 3.74, T-test, p = .16) in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) during the first few treatment cycles. The higher circulating TCRB diversity was linked to improved therapeutic effects (T-test, p = .00083) in LUAD patients receiving targeted therapy. Higher baseline circulating TCRB diversity was associated with better prognosis. In addition, a five-factor prognostic risk score model was built for more accurate prognosis prediction for LUAD patients. The chemotherapeutic agents for advanced lung cancer do not significantly affect adaptive immune function over the first few treatment cycles. The circulating TCRB diversity reflects the adaptive immunological repertoire and might be a convenient indicator for evaluating the adaptive immune status and prognosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Oncoimmunology - 10(2021), 1 vom: 17. März, Seite 1899609

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Jiaqi [VerfasserIn]
Bie, Zhixin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yajing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yujie [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Di, Xuebing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiaoguang [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Shujun [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Lin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Advanced lung cancer
Antineoplastic Agents
Journal Article
Prognosis
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Shannon-weiner index
T cell receptor repertoire
Therapeutic effect

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Date Completed 02.08.2021

Date Revised 02.08.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/2162402X.2021.1899609

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323519113