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. 2020 Sep 9;11:4520. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18298-8

Fig. 8. Collagen, LAIR1, and TIM3 predict response and overall survival to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies.

Fig. 8

a Heatmap showing statistically significant (P < 0.05) association between collagen mRNA expression in pre-treatment tumor biopsies and disease progression (progressive disease vs. partial/complete response) for melanoma patients receiving anti-PD-1 therapy (nivolumab). b Representative dot plots comparing pre-treatment collagen mRNA levels in melanoma patients that exhibited progressive disease (PD) versus partial or complete response (PR/CR) to anti-PD-1. PD sample size of n = 13 independent patient samples and PR/CR sample size of n = 15 independent patient samples. Boxplots shown as the median ± 1 quartile, with whiskers extending to the most extreme data point within 1.5 interquartile range from the box boundaries. Statistics calculated using two-sided Wilcoxon matched pair rank test with significance at P < 0.05. c Overall changes in LAIR1 and HAVCR2 (TIM3) mRNA expression levels in melanoma tumor biopsy samples between pre- and on-treatment with anti-PD-1; n = 43 independent patient samples for pre- and on-treatment groups. Boxplots shown as the median ± 1 quartile, with whiskers extending to the most extreme data point within 1.5 interquartile range from the box boundaries. Statistics calculated using two-sided Wilcoxon matched pair rank test with significance at P < 0.05. d Kaplan–Meier curves predicting survival of melanoma patients receiving anti-PD-1 therapy based on net changes in LAIR1 and HAVCR2 (TIM3) mRNA levels. Statistics calculated using a two-sided log-rank Cox test with significance at P < 0.05.