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ArticleCancer medicine2021

A pharmacophore-based classification better predicts the outcomes of HER2-negative breast cancer patients receiving the anthracycline- and/or taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Xuan Li, Hefen Sun, Qiqi Liu, Yang Liu, Yifeng Hou, Wei Jin

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Xuan LiDepartment of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2851-8963
Hefen SunDepartment of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Qiqi LiuDepartment of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Yang LiuDepartment of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Yifeng HouDepartment of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Wei JinDepartment of Breast Surgery, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University · CNFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center · CN

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 81972727
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Abstract

aimsPrognosis of patients for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer post neoadjuvant chemotherapy is not well understood. The aim of this study was to develop a novel pharmacophore-based signature to better classify and predict the risk of HER2-negative patients after anthracycline-and/or taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). MAIN

methodsAnthracycline and taxane pharmacophore-based genes were obtained from PharmMapper. Drug-targeted genes (DTG) related clinical and bioinformatic analyses were undertaken in four GEO datasets. KEY

findingsWe used 12 genes from the pharmacophore to develop a DTG score (DTG-S). The DTG-S classification exhibited significant prognostic ability with respect to disease free survival (DFS) for HER2-negative patients who receive at least one type of neoadjuvant chemotherapy that included anthracycline and/or taxane. DTG-S associated with a high predictive ability for pathological complete response (pCR) as well as for prognosis of breast cancer. Using the DTG-S classification in other prediction models may improve the reclassification accuracy for DFS. Combining the DTG-S with other clinicopathological factors may further improve its predictive ability of patients' outcomes. Gene ontology and KEGG pathway analysis showed that the biological processes of DTG-S high group were associated with the cell cycle, cell migration, and cell signal transduction pathways. Targeted drug analysis shows that some CDK inhibitors and PI3K-AKT pathway inhibitors may be useful for high DTG-S patients. SIGNIFICANCE: The DTG-S classification adds prognostic and predictive information to classical parameters for HER2-negative patients who receive anthracycline-and/or taxane-based NACT, which could improve the patients' risk stratification and may help guide adjuvant treatment.

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Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesNeoadjuvant TherapyAnthracyclinesAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGene ExpressionHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateNomogramsPropensity ScoreTaxoidsAnthracyclinesAntineoplastic AgentsERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesTaxoidsgene expressionHER2-negative breast cancerneoadjuvant chemotherapypharmacophoreprognosis

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