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ArticleCancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center

Development of a Predictive Immune-Related Gene Signature Associated With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patient Prognosis.

Jiasheng Lei, Dengyong Zhang, Chao Yao, Sheng Ding, Zheng Lu

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Article in Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiasheng LeiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, BengBu Medical College, BengBu, China.
Dengyong ZhangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, BengBu Medical College, BengBu, China.
Chao YaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, BengBu Medical College, BengBu, China.
Sheng DingDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, BengBu Medical College, BengBu, China.
Zheng LuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, BengBu Medical College, BengBu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9090-0875
Bengbu Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains the third leader cancer-associated cause of death globally, but the etiological basis for this complex disease remains poorly clarified. The present study was thus conceptualized to define a prognostic immune-related gene (IRG) signature capable of predicting immunotherapy responsiveness and overall survival (OS) in patients with HCC.

methodsFive differentially expressed IRG associated with HCC were established the immune-related risk model through univariate Cox regression and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analyses. Patients were separated at random into training and testing cohorts, after which the association between the identified IRG signature and OS was evaluated using the "survival" R package. In addition, maftools was leveraged to assess mutational data, with tumor mutation burden (TMB) scores being calculated as follows: (total mutations/total bases) × 10

resultsHCC patients were successfully stratified into low-risk and high-risk groups based upon a signature composed of 5 differentially expressed IRGs, with overall survival being significantly different between these 2 groups in training cohort, testing cohort and overall patient cohort (

conclusionIn summary, an immune-related prognostic gene signature was successfully developed and used to predict survival outcomes and immune system status in patients with HCC. This signature has the potential to help guide immunotherapeutic treatment planning for patients affected by this deadly cancer.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLiver NeoplasmsMutationPrognosisBiomarkers, Tumorhepatocellular carcinomaimmune landscapeimmune-related genesprognostic signaturetumor mutation burden

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PMID33269615
PMCPMC8480351
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