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ArticleFEBS open bio2020

Novel immune subtypes of lung adenocarcinoma identified through bioinformatic analysis.

Fang-Lu Qin, Zhan-Yu Xu, Li-Qiang Yuan, Wen-Jie Chen, Jiang-Bo Wei, Yu Sun, Shi-Kang Li

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Fang-Lu QinDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2853-8374
Zhan-Yu XuDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6471-1667
Li-Qiang YuanDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Wen-Jie ChenDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Jiang-Bo WeiDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Yu SunDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Shi-Kang LiDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.

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Abstract

The magnitude of the immune response is closely associated with clinical outcome in patients with cancer. However, finding potential therapeutic targets for lung cancer in the immune system remains challenging. Here, we constructed a vital immune-prognosis genes (VIPGs) based cluster of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) from IMMPORT databases and The Cancer Genome Atlas. A transcription factor regulatory network for the VIPGs was also established. The tumor microenvironment of LUAD was analyzed using the ESTIMATE (Estimation of STromal and Immune cells in MAlignant Tumor tissues using Expression data) algorithm and single-sample Gene Set Enrichment Analysis. The immune checkpoints and genomic alterations were explored in the different immune clusters. We identified 15 VIPGs for patients with LUAD and clustered the patients into low-immunity and high-immunity subtypes. The immune score, stromal score and ESTIMATE score were significantly higher in the high-immunity subtype, whereas tumor purity was higher in the low-immunity subtype. In addition, the immune checkpoints cytotoxic T lymphocyte associate protein-4(CTLA4), programmed cell death protein-1 and programmed death-ligand were elevated in the low-immunity subtype. The genomic results also showed that the tumor mutation burden was higher in the high-immunity subtype. Finally, Gene Set Enrichment Analysis showed that several immune-related gene sets, including interleukin-2/STAT5 signaling, inflammatory response, interleukin-6/Janus kinase(JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling, interferon-gamma response and allograft rejection, were elevated in the high-immunity subtype. Finally, high-immunity patients exhibited greater overall and disease-specific survival outcome compared with low-immunity patients (log rank P = 0.013 and P = 0.0097). Altogether, here we have identified 15 immune-prognosis genes and a potential immune subtype for patients with LUAD, which may provide new insights into the prognosis and treatment of LUAD.

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Computational BiologyAdenocarcinoma of LungBiomarkers, TumorHumansLung NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, Tumorimmune subtypelung adenocarcinomaprognosisTCGA

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