PMID- 22788688 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130401 LR - 20211021 IS - 1479-5876 (Electronic) IS - 1479-5876 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2012 Jul 12 TI - Biomarkers on melanoma patient T cells associated with ipilimumab treatment. PG - 146 LID - 10.1186/1479-5876-10-146 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Ipilimumab induces long-lasting clinical responses in a minority of patients with metastatic melanoma. To better understand the mechanism(s) of action and to identify novel biomarkers associated with the clinical benefit and toxicity of ipilimumab, baseline characteristics and changes in CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells from melanoma patients receiving ipilimumab were characterized by gene profiling and flow cytometry. METHODS: Microarray analysis of flow-cytometry purified CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells was employed to assess gene profiling changes induced by ipilimumab. Selected molecules were further investigated by flow cytometry on pre, 3-month and 6-month post-treatment specimens. RESULTS: Ipilimumab up-regulated Ki67 and ICOS on CD4(+) and CD8(+) cells at both 3- and 6-month post ipilimumab (p