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. 2026 Apr 16;17:1722781. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1722781

Table 3.

Domains of significant risk factors of cutaneous immune-related adverse events.

Areas Domains Subdomains Risk factors CirAEs subtypes
Demographic factors
Basic information Age ≥ 65 Maculopapular (29)
- (50)
≥ 70 BP (15)
- (22, 47)
> 75 - (41)
Higher age - (40)
Gender Female (post-menopausal)(age ≥52) - (26)
Female - (26)
Maculopapular (51)
Male - (30, 31)
Race White - (53)
Asian ancestry - (44)
Body status ECOG PS 0-1 - (40, 43, 63)
BMI >25 - (23)
25 < BMI ≤ 29.9 (Overweight) - (28)
> 30 (Obese) - (28)
High BMI - (44)
Smoking status Smoking history Maculopapular (59)
- (27, 42)
Smoking index > 400 Maculopapular (59)
Clinical features Previous treatment history Skin disease history Atopic dermatitis - (55)
Cutaneous inflammatory skin diseases - (24)
Morphea - (55)
Psoriasis - (55)
Pemphigus - (55)
Other chronic disease history Inflammatory/auto-immune disease - (12)
Atopy - (12)
Chronic kidney disease stage 3-4 - (41)
Drug allergy history Drug allergy ≥ 1 Maculopapular (51)
Pruritus (37)
Nonspecific rash (37)
Drug allergies ≥ 3 - (37)
Penicillin allergy - (37)
History of treatment Chemotherapy history Maculopapular (51)
Treatment regimens Therapy options Camrelizumab RCCEP (64)
Anti-PD-1 - (56)
Anti-CTLA-4 therapy Maculopapular (34)
Pruritus (34)
Anti-PD-(L)1 + anti-CTLA-4 Maculopapular (34)
Pruritus (34)
- (56)
ICIs + TVEC therapy - (39)
ICIs + chemotherapy Pruritus (46)
ICIs + targeted therapy - (27)
Treatment cycles or dose ≥2 cycles - (27)
Longer cycles - (12)
High dose of ipilimumab
(10mg/kg>3mg/kg)
- (25)
Combination drug therapy No corticosteroid used - (58)
Not combined with antiangiogenic drugs - (61)
Not use aspirin Maculopapular (60)
SJS (60)
Vitiligo (60)
Cancer types Nonskin cancer Renal cell carcinoma - (56)
Skin cancer Melanoma BP (15)
Maculopapular (46)
Vitiligo (46)
Multiple toxicities (46)
- (56)
Non-acral cutaneous melanoma - (45)
Nonmelanoma skin cancer BP (15)
TNM stage ≥ 2 Maculopapular (51)
Biomarkers Blood cell counts and ratios Higher eosinophil count (> 0.5 g/L) - (12)
AEC > 0.205 × 10^9/L - (21)
Eosinophil (EOS%) >1.75% - (36)
Higher ALC - (57)
Lower NLR - (40, 43, 63)
NLR <2.86 - (32)
PLR < 156 - (38)
Lower LDH - (40)
CD4+/CD8+ ratio < 1.10 at baseline - (58)
CD4 + PLT + high percentage of circulating leukocyte-PLT complexes - (62)
Cytokines Higher BTLA Maculopapular (16)
Higher GM-CSF Maculopapular (16)
Higher IL-4 Maculopapular (16)
CCL19 increased from baseline to day 42 (threshold of 132–9 pg/mL) Vitiligo (33)
High Ang-1 - (54)
High CD40L - (54)
Immunomodulatory molecules Higher TIM-3 Maculopapular (58)
Higher PD-(L)1 expression Maculopapular (58)
PD-L1 expression ≥ 1% - (16)
Autoantibodies Higher anti-BP 180 IgG BP (35)
Genetic markers HLADRB1*11:01 Pruritus (13)

CirAEs, cutaneous immune-related adverse events. BP, bullous pemphigoid. ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status. BMI, body mass index. RCCEP, reactive cutaneous capillary endothelial proliferation. PD-(L)-1, programmed cell death (ligand)-1. CTLA-4, cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4. TVEC, talimogene laherparepvec. SJS, Stevens-Johnson syndrome. TNM, tumor node metastasis. AEC, absolute eosinophil count. ALC, absolute lymphocyte count. NLR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio. PLR, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio. LDH, lactate dehydrogenase. PLT, platelet. BTLA, B- and T-lymphocyte attenuator. GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor. IL-4, interleukin-4. Ang-1, angiopoietins-1. TIM-3, T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3. -, unspecified cirAEs subtypes, overall cirAEs.