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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Identification and Validation of Immune-Related Methylation Clusters for Predicting Immune Activity and Prognosis in Breast Cancer.

Anli Yang, Ying Zhou, Yanan Kong, Xiaoli Wei, Feng Ye, Lijuan Zhang, Xian Zhong, Mingyue Li, Shilin Lu, Xin An and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Anli YangDepartment of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Ying ZhouDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Endemic Disease Control, Haizhu District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
Yanan KongDepartment of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaoli WeiDepartment of Medical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Feng YeDepartment of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Lijuan ZhangDepartment of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Xian ZhongDepartment of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Mingyue LiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Shilin LuZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xin AnDepartment of Medical Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Weikai XiaoDepartment of Breast Oncology, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center · CNGuangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of DNA methylation of breast cancer-infiltrating immune cells has not been fully explored. We conducted a cohort-based retrospective study analyzing the genome-wide immune-related DNA methylation of 1057 breast cancer patients from the TCGA cohort and GSE72308 cohort. Based on patients' overall survival (OS), a prognostic risk score system using 18 immune-related methylation genes (IRMGs) was established and further validated in an independent cohort. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed a clear separation of OS between the low- and high-risk groups. Patients in the low-risk group had a higher immune score and stromal score compared with the high-risk group. Moreover, the characteristics based on 18-IRMGs signature were related to the tumor immune microenvironment and affected the abundance of tumor-infiltrating immune cells. Consistently, the 18-IRMGs signatures showed similar influences on immune modulation and survival in another external validation cohort (GSE72308). In conclusion, the proposed 18-IRMGs signature could be a potential marker for breast cancer prognostication.

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Breast NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalDNA MethylationDNA, NeoplasmFemaleHumansRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTumor MicroenvironmentDNA, Neoplasmbreast cancerDNA methylationimmune infiltrationIRMGsprognosis

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