Chemokine Analysis in Patients with Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Suggests a Role for CCL21 Signaling in Combined Epigenetic Therapy and Checkpoint Immunotherapy.
Vasu R SahHenrik JespersenJoakim KarlssonLisa M NilssonMattias BergqvistIva JohanssonAna CarneiroHildur HelgadottirMax LevinGustav J UllenhagAnders StåhlbergRoger Olofsson BaggeJonas Andreas NilssonLars NyPublished in: Cancer research communications (2023)
The most significant finding from the 2-year follow-up study of the PEMDAC trial was that high CCL21 levels in blood was associated with response and survival. CCL21 was also expressed in TLS-like regions and presence of these regions was associated with longer survival. These analyses of soluble and tumor markers can inform on predictive biomarkers needing validation and become hypothesis generating for experimental research.