Expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 increase in consecutive biopsies in patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

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Title: Expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 increase in consecutive biopsies in patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
Authors: Peter Hollander, Rose-Marie Amini, Beatrice Ginman, Daniel Molin, Gunilla Enblad, Ingrid Glimelius
Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 9, p e0204870 (2018)
Publisher Information: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018.
Publication Year: 2018
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Medicine, Science
More Details: High expression of programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1) by leukocytes in primary classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is associated with inferior outcome. However, it is unclear how expression varies during disease progression, and in the event of relapse. Our aim was to study PD-1 and PD-L1 in consecutive biopsies from untreated and treated cHL patients. We screened pathology registries from 3500 cHL patients. Eleven patients had a diagnostic cHL biopsy and a previous benign lymph node biopsy reclassified as cHL when reviewed and designated as the untreated. Thirty patients had a primary and a relapse biopsy, designated as the treated. Biopsies were immunostained to detect PD-1+ and PD-L1+ leukocytes, and PD-L1+ tumor cells. In the untreated, none of the markers were statistically significantly different when biopsies 1 and 2 were compared. In the treated, 19, 22, and 18 of 30 cases had increased proportions of PD-1+ leukocytes, PD-L1+ leukocytes and PD-L1+ tumor cells, respectively, and were all statistically significantly increased when primary and relapse biopsies were compared. PD-1 and PD-L1 most likely increase due to primary treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which could have implications regarding treatment with PD-1 inhibitors.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1932-6203
99231255
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6160169?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204870
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/9923125518df4ac1bf7d97d172bf78ac
Accession Number: edsdoj.9923125518df4ac1bf7d97d172bf78ac
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:19326203
99231255
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0204870
Published in:PLoS ONE
Language:English