PMID- 38261515 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240304 LR - 20240304 IS - 2211-1247 (Electronic) VI - 43 IP - 2 DP - 2024 Feb 27 TI - Circulating tumor cells reveal early predictors of disease progression in patients with stage III NSCLC undergoing chemoradiation and immunotherapy. PG - 113687 LID - S2211-1247(24)00015-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113687 [doi] AB - Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are early signs of metastasis and can be used to monitor disease progression well before radiological detection by imaging. Using an ultrasensitive graphene oxide microfluidic chip nanotechnology built with graphene oxide sheets, we were able to demonstrate that CTCs can be specifically isolated and molecularly characterized to predict future progression in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We analyzed CTCs from 26 patients at six time points throughout the treatment course of chemoradiation followed by immune checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy. We observed that CTCs decreased significantly during treatment, where a larger decrease in CTCs predicted a significantly longer progression-free survival time. Durvalumab-treated patients who have future progression were observed to have sustained higher programmed death ligand 1+ CTCs compared to stable patients. Gene expression profiling revealed phenotypically aggressive CTCs during chemoradiation. By using emerging innovative bioengineering approaches, we successfully show that CTCs are potential biomarkers to monitor and predict patient outcomes in patients with stage III NSCLC. CI - Copyright (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Purcell, Emma AU - Purcell E AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Niu, Zeqi AU - Niu Z AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Owen, Sarah AU - Owen S AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Grzesik, Madeline AU - Grzesik M AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Radomski, Abigail AU - Radomski A AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Kaehr, Anna AU - Kaehr A AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Onukwugha, Nna-Emeka AU - Onukwugha NE AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Winkler, Heather Fairbairn AU - Winkler HF AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. FAU - Ramnath, Nithya AU - Ramnath N AD - Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA. FAU - Lawrence, Theodore AU - Lawrence T AD - Michigan Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA; Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA. FAU - Jolly, Shruti AU - Jolly S AD - Michigan Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA; Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA. Electronic address: shrutij@med.umich.edu. FAU - Nagrath, Sunitha AU - Nagrath S AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA. Electronic address: snagrath@umich.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240122 PL - United States TA - Cell Rep JT - Cell reports JID - 101573691 RN - 0 (graphene oxide) RN - 7782-42-5 (Graphite) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung MH - *Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/metabolism MH - *Lung Neoplasms MH - Immunotherapy MH - Disease Progression MH - *Graphite OTO - NOTNLM OT - CP: Cancer OT - CTCs OT - NSCLC OT - cancer biomarkers OT - chemoradiation OT - circulating tumor cells OT - durvalumab OT - immunotherapy OT - liquid biopsy OT - lung cancer OT - microarray COIS- Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2024/01/23 18:42 MHDA- 2024/03/04 06:50 CRDT- 2024/01/23 12:36 PHST- 2023/03/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/11/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2024/01/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/04 06:50 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/23 18:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/01/23 12:36 [entrez] AID - S2211-1247(24)00015-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113687 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Rep. 2024 Feb 27;43(2):113687. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113687. Epub 2024 Jan 22.