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Colorectal medullary carcinoma: a pathological subtype with intense immune response and potential to benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Haoyi ZouChao LiuYuli RuanLin FangTong WuShuling HanTianjiao DangHongxue MengYanqiao Zhang
Published in: Expert review of clinical immunology (2024)
Colorectal medullary carcinoma is a pathological subtype with intense immune response, with six immune characteristics and has the potential to benefit from immunotherapy. Mismatch repair deficiency, ARID1A missing and BRAF V600E mutation often occurs. IFN-γ pathway is activated and PD-L1 expression is increased. Abundant lymphocyte infiltration performs tumor killing function. In addition, BRAF mutation plays an important role in the occurrence and development, and we can consider the combination of BRAF inhibitors and immunotherapy in patients with BRAF mutant. The exploration of colorectal medullary carcinoma will arouse researchers' attention to the correlation between pathological subtypes and immune response, and promote the process of precise immunotherapy.
Keyphrases
  • immune response
  • wild type
  • metastatic colorectal cancer
  • dendritic cells
  • toll like receptor
  • risk assessment
  • working memory
  • inflammatory response
  • smoking cessation