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ArticleHuman cell2022

Pan-cancer analysis reveals homologous recombination deficiency score as a predictive marker for immunotherapy responders.

Can Yang, Zijing Zhang, Xuemei Tang, Xinju Zhang, Yuming Chen, Tingting Hu, Huating Zhang, Ming Guan, Xiuming Zhang, Zhiyuan Wu

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Article in Human cell, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Can Yang *Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Zijing Zhang *Department of General Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Xuemei TangCentral Laboratory, Huashan Hospital North, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201907, China.
Xinju ZhangCentral Laboratory, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Yuming ChenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Tingting HuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Huating ZhangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
Ming GuanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China. guanming88@yahoo.com.
Xiuming ZhangMedical Laboratory, Shenzhen Luohu People's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518002, China. lhyydz@szlh.gov.cn.
Zhiyuan WuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China. wuzhiyuan126@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0466-5996
Fudan University · CN

Funding

Innovation Group Project of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission 2019CXJQ03National Natural Science Foundation of China 81802993National Natural Science Foundation of China 82072367Shanghai Municipal Key Clinical Specialty shslczdzk03303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune context of the tumor microenvironment (TME) is critical for effective immunotherapy. Nonetheless, DNA-based biomarkers for the immune-sensitive TME and the identification of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) responders are under-explored. This study aims to comprehensively landscape the homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) score, an emerging hallmark for tumor genome instability that triggers immune responsiveness across major cancer types, and to unveil their link to the TME and immunotherapeutic response. The HRD-associated genomic scars were characterized in 9088 tumor samples across 32 cancer types from TCGA. We evaluated the HRD score's performance in classifying ICI responders using an independent breast cancer cohort (GSE87049) and 11 in vivo murine mammary tumor models treated with anti-PD1/CTLA4 regimen (GSE124821). This study revealed a broad association between HRD-high genotype and neoantigenesis in the major cancer types including bladder cancer, breast cancer, head and neck squamous carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, lung squamous cell carcinoma, ovarian cancer, and sarcoma. Tumors with high HRD score bears increased leukocyte infiltration and lymphocyte fraction and demonstrated immune-sensitive microenvironment. The tumor immune dysfunction and exclusion (TIDE) model further confirmed HRD score-high genotype as a potential predictor for ICI immunotherapy responders in breast cancer. In conclusion, tumors with high HRD score exhibit an immune-sensitive TME. The HRD-high genotype is a promising marker for identifying ICI therapy responders among breast cancer patients.

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ImmunotherapyAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGenomic InstabilityGenotypeHomologous RecombinationHumansLeukocytesLymphocytesMiceTumor MicroenvironmentHomologous recombination deficiencyImmune checkpoint inhibitorTumor microenvironment

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