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ArticleClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology2020

Development and Validation of an Immune-Related Gene Pair Signature in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma.

Ran Xie, Suwei Dong, Jie Jiang, Conghui Yang, Lanjiang Li, Sheng Zhao, Yunlei Li, Chun Wang, Shujuan Li, Yanbin Xiao and 1 more

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Article in Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ran Xie *PET/CT Center, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Cancer Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Suwei Dong *Second Orthopedic Ward, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Cancer Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Jie JiangGraduate School, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Conghui YangPET/CT Center, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Cancer Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Lanjiang LiDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Sheng ZhaoPET/CT Center, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Cancer Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Yunlei LiGraduate School, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Chun WangPET/CT Center, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Cancer Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Shujuan LiPET/CT Center, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Cancer Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Yanbin XiaoSecond Orthopedic Ward, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Cancer Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
Long ChenPET/CT Center, Yunnan Cancer Hospital, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Cancer Center of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-8677-803X
Kunming Medical University · CN

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Abstract

introductionSkin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is a common skin malignancy worldwide, and its metastasis and mortality rates are high. The molecular characteristics exhibited by tumor-immune interactions have drawn the attention from researchers. Therefore, increased knowledge and new strategies to identify effective immune-related biomarkers may improve the clinical management of SKCM by providing more accurate prognostic information. PATIENTS AND

methodsIn this study, we established a prognostic immune-related gene pair (IRGP) signature for predicting the survival of SKCM patients. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) databases provided gene expression profiles together with clinical information, and the samples were randomly divided into three groups including the training, testing, and validation datasets. The regression model of least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) helped to identify a 13-IRGP signature with a significant relation to the survival of SKCM patients.

resultsThe training, TCGA, and independent sets have an average value of area under the curve of 0.79, 0.76, and 0.82, respectively. In addition, this 13-IRGP signature can noticeably divide SKCM patients into high-risk group and low-risk group with significantly different prognoses. Many biological activities such as gene family were enriched among the genes in our IRGP signature. While analyzing the risk signature and clinical characteristics, there was a large difference in the risk score between T stage and tumor stage grouping. Finally, we constructed a nomogram and forest plots of the risk score and clinical features.

conclusionIn summary, we developed a robust 13-IRGP prognostic signature in SKCM, which can identify and provide new insights into immunological biomarkers.

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bioinformaticimmune-related gene pairsignatureskin cutaneous melanomaTCGA

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