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ArticleBlood cancer journal2021

Gene expression profiling-based risk prediction and profiles of immune infiltration in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Selin Merdan, Kritika Subramanian, Turgay Ayer, Johan Van Weyenbergh, Andres Chang, Jean L Koff, Christopher Flowers

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Article in Blood cancer journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Selin MerdanDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. selin.merdan@isye.gatech.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9226-959X
Kritika SubramanianDepartment of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. krs9089@nyp.org.ORCID 0000-0003-3934-2107
Turgay AyerDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8720-0280
Johan Van WeyenberghDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3234-8426
Andres ChangDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6679-9060
Jean L KoffDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4414-0489
Christopher FlowersDepartment of Lymphoma and Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9524-3990
Emory University · USGeorgia Institute of Technology · USCornell University · USRega Institute for Medical Research · BEThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Mentored Patient Oriented Research in LymphomaK24CA208132 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI FLOWERS, CHRISTOPHER R · 2016 to 2020
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NCI NIH HHS K24 CA208132Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinical risk stratification of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) relies on the International Prognostic Index (IPI) for the identification of high-risk disease. Recent studies suggest that the immune microenvironment plays a role in treatment response prediction and survival in DLBCL. This study developed a risk prediction model and evaluated the model's biological implications in association with the estimated profiles of immune infiltration. Gene-expression profiling of 718 patients with DLBCL was done, for which RNA sequencing data and clinical covariates were obtained from Reddy et al. (2017). Using unsupervised and supervised machine learning methods to identify survival-associated gene signatures, a multivariable model of survival was constructed. Tumor-infiltrating immune cell compositions were enumerated using CIBERSORT deconvolution analysis. A four gene-signature-based score was developed that separated patients into high- and low-risk groups. The combination of the gene-expression-based score with the IPI improved the discrimination on the validation and complete sets. The gene signatures were successfully validated with the deconvolution output. Correlating the deconvolution findings with the gene signatures and risk score, CD8+ T-cells and naïve CD4+ T-cells were associated with favorable prognosis. By analyzing the gene-expression data with a systematic approach, a risk prediction model that outperforms the existing risk assessment methods was developed and validated.

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Immunity, CellularTranscriptomeGene Expression ProfilingHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseTumor Microenvironment

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PMID33414466
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