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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2021

TTN/OBSCN 'Double-Hit' predicts favourable prognosis, 'immune-hot' subtype and potentially better immunotherapeutic efficacy in colorectal cancer.

Zaoqu Liu, Libo Wang, Chunguang Guo, Long Liu, Dechao Jiao, Zhenqiang Sun, Kunpeng Wu, Yanan Zhao, Xinwei Han

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zaoqu LiuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0452-742X
Libo WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3745-9459
Chunguang GuoDepartment of Endovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Long LiuDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Dechao JiaoDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Zhenqiang SunDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Kunpeng WuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yanan ZhaoDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Xinwei HanDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4407-4864
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNZhengzhou University · CN

Funding

Henan Province Young and Middle-Aged Health Science and Technology Innovation Talent Project YXKC2020037Henan Provincial Health Commission Joint Youth Project SB201902014National Natural Science Foundation of China 81972663
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Although treatment strategies for solid tumours have been revolutionized by immunotherapy, only a small subset of CRC patients benefit. Using two-independent cohorts, we found the common frequently mutated genes TTN and OBSCN had the significant correlation with higher tumour mutation burden (TMB) and favourable overall survival. TTN and OBSCN also displayed significant commutation phenomenon. Therefore, based on the status of TTN and OBSCN, we stratified patients into 'Double-WT' phenotype, 'Single-Hit' phenotype and 'Double-Hit' phenotype. Importantly, the 'Double-Hit' phenotype had favourable prognosis, low malignant events propensity, and highest TMB, immune cells infiltration abundance, POLE mutation rate, microsatellite instability ratio, as well as immune checkpoints expression compared with the other two phenotypes. These results indicated that the 'Double-Hit' phenotype suggested 'immune-hot' tumours and potentially better immunotherapeutic efficacy. Bioinformatic algorithm assessment of immunotherapy responses also confirmed this conclusion, and the 'Double-Hit' phenotype was found to be a better predictor of immunotherapy than PD-L1, PD-1, CTLA-4, TMB and microsatellite status. This study revealed CRC patients with TTN/OBSCN 'Double-Hit' was significantly associated favourable prognosis, 'immune-hot' subtype and potentially better immunotherapeutic efficacy.

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Biomarkers, TumorColorectal NeoplasmsComputational BiologyConnectinDNA Polymerase IIHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMutationPoly-ADP-Ribose Binding ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsBiomarkers, TumorConnectinDNA Polymerase IIImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsOBSCN protein, humanPOLE protein, humanPoly-ADP-Ribose Binding ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsTTN protein, humancolorectal cancerimmunotherapymutationOBSCNTTN

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