Analysis of immune subtypes based on immunogenomic profiling identifies prognostic signature for cutaneous melanoma

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Skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is the most invasive form of skin cancer with poor prognosis. Growing evidence has demonstrated that tumor immune microenvironment plays a key contributing role in tumorigenesis and predicting clinical outcomes. The aim of this study was to recognize immune classification and a reliable prognostic signature for patients with SKCM. By using single-sample gene set enrichment (ssGSEA) and hierarchical clustering analyses, we evaluated the immune infiltration landscape of SKCM afflicted patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset and named two SKCM subtypes: Immunity-high and Immunity-low. The Immunity-high subgroup was characterized by up-regulation of immune response and favorable survival probability. Seven candidate small molecule drugs which potentially reverse SKCM immune status were identified by using Connectivity map (CMap) database. A prognostic five-immune-associated gene (IAG) signature consisting IFITM1, TNFSF13B, APOBEC3G, CCL8 and KLRK1 with high predictive value was established using the LASSO Cox regression analysis in training set, and validated in testing set as well as Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) external validation cohort (P < 0.05). Lower tumor purity and active immune-related signaling pathways were obviously presented in low-risk group. Furthermore, a novel composite nomogram based upon the five-IAG signature and other clinical parameters was built with excellent calibration curves. Collectively, comprehensively characterizing the SKCM subtypes based upon immune microenvironment landscape and development of a survival-related IAG signature may provide a promising avenue for improving individualized treatment design and prognosis prediction for patients with SKCM.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:89

Enthalten in:

International immunopharmacology - 89(2020), Pt A vom: 29. Dez., Seite 107162

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu, Baohui [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Chenyi [VerfasserIn]
Ju, Mingyi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Lianze [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zinan [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Minjie [VerfasserIn]
He, Miao [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Lin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents
Biomarkers, Tumor
Immune phenotype
Journal Article
Prognostic model
Skin cutaneous melanoma
Small Molecule Libraries
Tumor immune microenvironment

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Date Completed 03.06.2021

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107162

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317361465