An Immune-Related Gene Prognostic Index for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Integrates Multiple Aspects of Tumor-Immune Microenvironment

Tumor-immune cell compositions and immune checkpoints comprehensively affect TNBC outcomes. With the significantly improved survival rate of TNBC patients treated with ICI therapies, a biomarker integrating multiple aspects of TIME may have prognostic value for improving the efficacy of ICI therapy....

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Autores principales: Xiaowei Wang, Wenjia Su, Dabei Tang, Jing Jing, Jing Xiong, Yuwei Deng, Huili Liu, Wenjie Ma, Zhaoliang Liu, Qingyuan Zhang
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Sumario:Tumor-immune cell compositions and immune checkpoints comprehensively affect TNBC outcomes. With the significantly improved survival rate of TNBC patients treated with ICI therapies, a biomarker integrating multiple aspects of TIME may have prognostic value for improving the efficacy of ICI therapy. Immune-related hub genes were identified with weighted gene co-expression network analysis and differential gene expression assay using The Cancer Genome Atlas TNBC data set (<i>n</i> = 115). IRGPI was constructed with Cox regression analysis. Immune cell compositions and TIL status were analyzed with CIBERSORT and TIDE. The discovery was validated with the Molecular Taxonomy of Breast Cancer International Consortium data set (<i>n</i> = 196) and a patient cohort from our hospital. Tumor expression or serum concentrations of CCL5, CCL25, or PD-L1 were determined with immunohistochemistry or ELISA. The constructed IRGPI was composed of CCL5 and CCL25 genes and was negatively associated with the patient’s survival. IRGPI also predicts the compositions of M0 and M2 macrophages, memory B cells, CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells, activated memory CD4 T cells, and the exclusion and dysfunction of TILs, as well as PD-1 and PD-L1 expression of TNBC. IRGPI is a promising biomarker for predicting the prognosis and multiple immune characteristics of TNBC.