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ArticleCancer medicine2020

Correlation of tumor-infiltrating immune cells of melanoma with overall survival by immunogenomic analysis.

Lili Huang, Hong Chen, Yu Xu, Jianhua Chen, Zhuqing Liu, Qing Xu

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lili HuangDepartment of Oncology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hong ChenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
Yu XuDepartment of musculoskeletal Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Jianhua ChenDepartment of Oncology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhuqing LiuDepartment of Oncology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3852-8807
Qing XuDepartment of Oncology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Tongji University · CNFujian Provincial Hospital · CNShanghai Medical College of Fudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsDifferent types of tumor-infiltrating immune cells not only augment but also dampen antitumor immunity in the microenvironment of melanoma. Therefore, it is critical to provide an overview of tumor-infiltrating immune cells in melanoma and explore a novel strategy for immunotherapies.

methodsWe analyzed the immune states of different stages in melanoma patients by the immune, stromal, and estimation of stromal and immune cells in malignant tumor tissues using expression data (ESTIMATE) scores. Immune cell types were identified by the estimating relative subsets of RNA transcripts (CIBERSORTx) algorithm in 471 melanoma and 324 healthy tissues. Moreover, we performed a gene set variation analysis (GSVA) to determine the differentially regulated pathways in the tumor microenvironment.

resultsIn melanoma cohorts, we found that ESTIMATE and immune scores were involved in survival or tumor clinical stage. Among the 22 immune cells, CD8

conclusionThese results reveal the cellular and molecular characteristics of immune cells in melanoma, providing a method for selecting targets of immunotherapies and promoting the efficacy of therapies for the treatment of melanoma.

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Immunogenetic PhenomenaImmunogeneticsTranscriptomeTumor MicroenvironmentAlgorithmsGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksHumansImmunophenotypingImmunotherapyLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMelanomaNeoplasm StagingPhenotypePredictive Value of TestsPrognosisCD8+ T cellsM2 macrophagemelanomatumor-infiltrating immune cells

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PMCPMC7666744
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