Anti-pituitary antibodies and susceptible human leukocyte antigen alleles as predictive biomarkers for pituitary dysfunction induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors

Background Pituitary dysfunction is a life-threatening immune-related adverse event (irAE) induced by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). To date, it is not possible to identify patients who may develop pituitary irAEs prior to ICI treatment. The aim of this study was to characterize the predisposi...

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Main Authors: Tomoko Kobayashi, Shintaro Iwama, Yoshinori Yasuda, Takayuki Okuji, Masaaki Ito, Takeshi Onoue, Mariko Sugiyama, Hiroshi Takagi, Daisuke Hagiwara, Yoshihiro Ito, Hidetaka Suga, Ryoichi Banno, Hiroshi Arima, Daisuke Sugiyama, Sachiko Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Online Access:https://jitc.bmj.com/content/9/5/e002493.full