Zhong-Chen Li, Jie Wang, He-Bin Liu, Yi-Min Zheng, Jian-Hang Huang, Jia-Bin Cai, Lei Zhang, Xin Liu, Ling Du, Xue-Ting Yang, Xiao-Qiang Chai, Ying-Hua Jiang, Zheng-Gang Ren, Jian Zhou, Jia Fan, De-Cai Yu, Hui-Chuan Sun, Cheng Huang, Feng Liu
Combination therapy (lenvatinib/programmed death-1 inhibitor) is effective for treating unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC). We reveal that responders have better overall and progression-free survival, as well as high tumor mutation burden and special somatic variants. We analyze the proteome and metabolome of 82 plasma samples from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; n = 51) and normal controls (n = 15), revealing that individual differences outweigh treatment differences. Responders exhibit enhanced activity in the alternative/lectin complement pathway and higher levels of lysophosphatidylcholines (LysoPCs), predicting a favorable prognosis...
February 27, 2024: Cell Reports