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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Identification of tumor immune infiltration-associated lncRNAs for improving prognosis and immunotherapy response of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Jie Sun, Zicheng Zhang, Siqi Bao, Congcong Yan, Ping Hou, Nan Wu, Jianzhong Su, Liangde Xu, Meng Zhou

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 197 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Jie Sun *School of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Zicheng Zhang *School of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Siqi Bao *School of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Congcong YanSchool of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Ping HouSchool of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Nan WuDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jianzhong SuSchool of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Liangde XuSchool of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China zhoumeng@wmu.edu.cn xuld@eye.ac.cn.
Meng ZhouSchool of Biomedical Engineering, School of Ophthalmology & Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China zhoumeng@wmu.edu.cn xuld@eye.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9987-9024
Wenzhou Medical University · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIncreasing evidence has demonstrated the functional relevance of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) to immunity regulation and the tumor microenvironment in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, tumor immune infiltration-associated lncRNAs and their value in improving clinical outcomes and immunotherapy remain largely unexplored.

methodsWe developed a computational approach to identify an lncRNA signature (TILSig) as an indicator of immune cell infiltration in patients with NSCLC through integrative analysis for lncRNA, immune and clinical profiles of 115 immune cell lines, 187 NSCLC cell lines and 1533 patients with NSCLC. Then the influence of the TILSig on the prognosis and immunotherapy in NSCLC was comprehensively investigated.

resultsComputational immune and lncRNA profiling analysis identified an lncRNA signature (TILSig) consisting of seven lncRNAs associated with tumor immune infiltration. The TILSig significantly stratified patients into the immune-cold group and immune-hot group in both training and validation cohorts. These immune-hot patients exhibit significantly improved survival outcome and greater immune cell infiltration compared with immune-cold patients. Multivariate analysis revealed that the TILSig is an independent predictive factor after adjusting for other clinical factors. Further analysis accounting for TILSig and immune checkpoint gene revealed that the TILSig has a discriminatory power in patients with similar expression levels of immune checkpoint genes and significantly prolonged survival was observed for patients with low TILSig and low immune checkpoint gene expression implying a better response to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) immunotherapy.

conclusionsOur finding demonstrated the importance and value of lncRNAs in evaluating the immune infiltrate of the tumor and highlighted the potential of lncRNA coupled with specific immune checkpoint factors as predictive biomarkers of ICI response to enable a more precise selection of patients.

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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungFemaleHumansImmunotherapyLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRNA, Long NoncodingSurvival AnalysisTumor MicroenvironmentRNA, Long Noncodingcomputational psychiatrymedicinemolecular immunogeneoncology

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PMCPMC7057423
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