Background: CD73-adenosine signaling in the tumor microenvironment is immunosuppressive and may be associated with aggressive renal cell carcinoma (RCC). We investigated the prognostic significance of CD73 protein expression in RCC leveraging nephrectomy samples. We also performed a complementary analysis using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset to evaluate the correlation of CD73 (ecto-5'-nucleotidase (), CD39 (ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1 ()) and A2 adenosine receptor (A2AR; ) transcript levels with markers of angiogenesis and antitumor immune response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Genomic events leading to activation of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) are common in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Everolimus is an allosteric mTOR inhibitor with efficacy in metastatic RCC. We characterized the genomic profile of RCC tumors from metastatic sites and assessed whether particular alterations correlate with clinical response to everolimus.
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