
Immune cells in the tumor microenvironment modulate cancer progression and are attractive therapeutic targets. Macrophages and T cells are key components of the microenvironment, yet their phenotypes and relationships in this ecosystem and to clinical outcomes are ill defined. We used mass cytometry with extensive antibody panels to perform in-depth immune profiling of samples from 73 clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) patients and five healthy controls. In 3.5 million measured cells, we identified 17 tumor-associated macrophage phenotypes, 22 T cell phenotypes, and a distinct immune composition correlated with progression-free survival, thereby presenting an in-depth human atlas of the immune tumor microenvironment in this disease. This study revealed potential biomarkers and targets for immunotherapy development and validated tools that can be used for immune profiling of other tumor types.
mass cytometry, Resource, T-Lymphocytes, T cells, 610 Medicine & health, immune cell atlas, Genetics and Molecular Biology, macrophage, carcinoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, 10263 Institute of Experimental Immunology, Kidney, immune cells, microenvironments, 1300 General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 10049 Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, Immune Tolerance, Tumor Microenvironment, single-cell analysis, Humans, 610 Medicine & health, Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Image Cytometry, immunosuppression, Macrophages, T cell, Kidney Neoplasms, General Biochemistry, Single-Cell Analysis
mass cytometry, Resource, T-Lymphocytes, T cells, 610 Medicine & health, immune cell atlas, Genetics and Molecular Biology, macrophage, carcinoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, 10263 Institute of Experimental Immunology, Kidney, immune cells, microenvironments, 1300 General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 10049 Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, Immune Tolerance, Tumor Microenvironment, single-cell analysis, Humans, 610 Medicine & health, Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Image Cytometry, immunosuppression, Macrophages, T cell, Kidney Neoplasms, General Biochemistry, Single-Cell Analysis
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