TCR Repertoire Intratumor Heterogeneity in Localized Lung Adenocarcinomas: An Association with Predicted Neoantigen Heterogeneity and Postsurgical Recurrence.
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| Abstract | :  Genomic intratumor heterogeneity (ITH) may be associated with postsurgical relapse of localized lung adenocarcinomas. Recently, mutations, through generation of neoantigens, were shown to alter tumor immunogenicity through T-cell responses. Here, we performed sequencing of the T-cell receptor (TCR) in 45 tumor regions from 11 localized lung adenocarcinomas and observed substantial intratumor differences in T-cell density and clonality with the majority of T-cell clones restricted to individual tumor regions. TCR ITH positively correlated with predicted neoantigen ITH, suggesting that spatial differences in the T-cell repertoire may be driven by distinct neoantigens in different tumor regions. Finally, a higher degree of TCR ITH was associated with an increased risk of postsurgical relapse and shorter disease-free survival, suggesting a potential clinical significance of T-cell repertoire heterogeneity. The present study provides insights into the ITH of the T-cell repertoire in localized lung adenocarcinomas and its potential biological and clinical impact. The results suggest that T-cell repertoire ITH may be tightly associated to genomic ITH and disease relapse. . | 
| Year of Publication | :  2017 | 
| Journal | :  Cancer discovery | 
| Volume | :  7 | 
| Issue | :  10 | 
| Number of Pages | :  1088-1097 | 
| ISSN Number | :  2159-8274 | 
| URL | :  http://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=28733428 | 
| DOI | :  10.1158/2159-8290.CD-17-0256 | 
| Short Title | :  Cancer Discov | 
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