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FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.651406
Keywords
lung adenocarcinoma; immune infiltration; prognosis; immunotherapy; risk prediction model; signature
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFC1312100]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81972196]
- CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (CIFMS) [2019-I2M-2-002]
- TheNon-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences [2018PT32033]
- Innovation team development project of Ministry of Education [IRT_17R10]
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This study focused on analyzing the immune infiltration status of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and identified that the infiltration of M0 macrophage cells and follicular helper T cells predicts an unfavorable overall survival of patients. Through clustering based on immune scores, LUAD was classified into hot and cold tumors, each with distinct transcription profiles and enriched pathways. A Cox regression model was developed based on hub genes and prognostic-related genes to predict patient survival, showing potential for facilitating the clinical application of immunotherapy in LUAD.
Lung adenocarcinoma is one of the most malignant diseases worldwide. The immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) have changed the paradigm of lung cancer treatment; however, there are still patients who are resistant. Further exploration of the immune infiltration status of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is necessary for better clinical management. In our study, the CIBERSORT method was used to calculate the infiltration status of 22 immune cells in LUAD patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). We clustered LUAD based on immune infiltration status by consensus clustering. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between cold and hot tumor group were identified. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis were performed. Last, we constructed a Cox regression model. We found that the infiltration of M0 macrophage cells and follicular helper T cells predicted an unfavorable overall survival of patients. Consensus clustering of 22 immune cells identified 5 clusters with different patterns of immune cells infiltration, stromal cells infiltration, and tumor purity. Based on the immune scores, we classified these five clusters into hot and cold tumors, which are different in transcription profiles. Hot tumors are enriched in cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, while cold tumors are enriched in metabolic pathways. Based on the hub genes and prognostic-related genes, we developed a Cox regression model to predict the overall survival of patients with LUAD and validated in other three datasets. In conclusion, we developed an immune-related signature that can predict the prognosis of patients, which might facilitate the clinical application of immunotherapy in LUAD.
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