Association of CTLA-4 Gene Variants with Response to Therapy and Long-term Survival in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Treated with Ipilimumab: An Italian Melanoma Intergroup Study

Association of CTLA-4 Gene Variants with Response to Therapy and Long-term Survival in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Treated with Ipilimumab: An Italian Melanoma Intergroup Study

Ipilimumab (IPI) blocks CTLA-4 immune checkpoint resulting in T cell activation and enhanced antitumor immunity. IPI improves overall survival (OS) in 22% of patients with metastatic melanoma (MM). We investigated the association of CTLA-4 single nucleotide variants (SNVs) with best overall response...

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Main Authors: Paola Queirolo, Beatrice Dozin, Anna Morabito, Barbara Banelli, Patrizia Piccioli, Cristiana Fava, Claudio Leo, Roberta Carosio, Stefania Laurent, Vincenzo Fontana, Pier Francesco Ferrucci, Chiara Martinoli, Emilia Cocorocchio, Angelo Battaglia, Paolo A. Ascierto, Mariaelena Capone, Ester Simeone, Federica De Galitiis, Elena Pagani, Gian Carlo Antonini Cappellini, Paolo Marchetti, Michele Guida, Stefania Tommasi, Mario Mandalà, Barbara Merelli, Pietro Quaglino, Paolo Fava, Massimo Guidoboni, Massimo Romani, Francesco Spagnolo, Maria Pia Pistillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
CTLA-4 variants
melanoma
ipilimumab
best overall response
overall survival
predictive/prognostic factor
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00386/full

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