Heterogeneous immunogenomic features and distinct escape mechanisms in multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background & Aims: The presence of multifocal tumors, developed either from intrahepatic metastasis (IM) or multicentric occurrence (MO), is a distinct feature of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Immunogenomic characterization of multifocal HCC is important for understanding immune escape in different lesions and developing immunotherapy.

Methods: We combined whole-exome/transcriptome sequencing, multiplex immunostaining, immunopeptidomes, T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing and bioinformatic analyses of 47 tumors from 15 patients with HCC and multifocal lesions.

Graphical method for analyzing wide-angle x-ray diffraction.

Wide-angle X-ray diffraction on large-scale laser facility is a well-established experimental method, which is used to study the shock response of single crystal materials by recording X-rays diffracted from numerous lattice planes. We present a three-dimensional graphical method for extracting physical understanding from the raw diffraction data in shocked experiments. This method advances beyond the previous iterative process by turning abstract diffraction theories in shock physics into mathematic issues, providing three-dimensional visualization and quick extraction of data characteristics.