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. 2019 Mar 12;68(6):897–905. doi: 10.1007/s00262-019-02318-8

Table 2.

The top three most significant associations with response to ICI under dominant logistic regression modelsa

SNPs Reported genes Chromosome position Major/minor allele Anti-CTLA-4
(N controls = 78, N cases = 135)
(N total = 213)
Anti-PD-1
(N controls = 88, N cases = 81)
(N total = 169)
Combined therapy
(N controls = 33, N cases = 10)
(N total = 43)
OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value
rs10488631 TNPO3, IRF5 chr7:128954129 T/C 1.14 (0.52–2.49) 0.74 1.20 (0.552.60) 0.63 31.19 (1.62–597.9) 0.02
rs17388568 IL2, ADAD1, IL21 chr4:122408207 G/A NA NA 0.26 (0.12–.53) 0.0002* 0.94 (0.146.05) 0.95
rs1893217 PTPN2 chr18:12809341 A/G 2.79 (1.36–5.73) 0.005 1.56 (0.76–3.16) 0.21 6.95 (1.06–45.26) 0.04
rs2111485 FAP, IFIH1 chr2:162254026 G/A 0.62 (0.32–1.19) 0.15 0.96 (0.491.87) 0.91 0.21 (0.04–0.98) 0.04
rs2187668 HLA-DQA1 chr6:32638107 C/T 1.36 (0.66–2.78) 0.39 2.14 (1.06–4.31) 0.03 1.15 (0.158.48) 0.88
rs2476601 PHTF1, PTPN22 chr1:113834946 G/A 3.17 (1.02–9.85) 0.04 0.36 (0.091.48) 0.16 1.52 (0.1121.01) 0.75
rs6679677 PHTF1, PTPN22 chr1:113761186 C/A 2.95 (1.14–7.60) 0.02 0.59 (0.211.61) 0.30 1.52 (0.1121.01) 0.75

Controls: ICI responders; Cases: ICI non-responders

NA refers to SNPs removed in QC step; the top three SNPs in each treatment cohort are bolded

Asterisk (*) indicates p value surpassing the Bonferroni multiple testing adjustment (p < 0.002)

aModels adjusted for age, sex and treatment drug (ipilimumab or tremelimumab; nivolumab or pembrolizumab)