Abstract

In this study, we aimed to elucidate the role of PBMC gene expression in ICI treatment response and prognosis. According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours version 1.1 (RECIST version 1.1), patients with no disease progression (PD) or tumor-induced deaths within 6 months of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment, including those with complete response (CR), partial response (PR), or stable disease (SD), were grouped as ICI responders. Currently, the cause-and-effect relationship is not fully understood; however, our study proposes that the loss of chromosome Y (LOY) or extreme downregulation of chromosome Y (EDY) in immune cells may lead to a decrease in the proportion of lymphocytes, thereby resulting in primary resistance to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade immunotherapy. [...]DDX3Y and USP9Y emerge as useful biomarkers for predicting PD-1/PD-L1 blockade response.

Details

Title
Circulating immunological transcriptomic profile identifies DDX3Y and USP9Y on the Y chromosome as promising biomarkers for predicting response to programmed death 1/programmed death ligand 1 blockade
Author
You Liting 1 ; Zhaodan, Xin 2 ; Na Feifei 3 ; Chen, Min 4 ; Yang, Wen 2 ; Li, Jin 2 ; Song Jiajia 2 ; Bai, Ling 2 ; Zhai Jianzhao 2 ; Zhou Xiaohan 2 ; Binwu, Ying 2 ; Zhou, Juan 2 

 Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China; Laboratory of Aging Research and Cancer Drug Target, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China 
 Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China 
 Department of Thoracic Cancer, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China 
 Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College, Haikou, Hainan 570102, China 
Pages
364-366
Section
Correspondence
Publication year
2025
Publication date
Feb 2025
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
ISSN
03666999
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3163289609
Copyright
Copyright © 2025 The Chinese Medical Association, produced by Wolters Kluwer, Inc. under the CC-BY-NC-ND license. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.