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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2021

The spliceosome pathway activity correlates with reduced anti-tumor immunity and immunotherapy response, and unfavorable clinical outcomes in pan-cancer.

Zuobing Chen, Canping Chen, Lin Li, Tianfang Zhang, Xiaosheng Wang

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zuobing ChenDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
Canping ChenBiomedical Informatics Research Lab, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Lin LiBiomedical Informatics Research Lab, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Tianfang ZhangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
Xiaosheng WangBiomedical Informatics Research Lab, School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
China Pharmaceutical University · CNZhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alterations in the spliceosome pathway (SP) have been associated with diverse human cancers. In this study, we explored associations of the SP activity with various clinical features, anti-tumor immune signatures, tumor immunity-related genomic and molecular features, and the response to immunotherapies and targeted therapies in 29 cancer types from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. We showed that the SP activity was an oncogenic signature, as evidenced by its hyperactivation in cancer and invasive cancer subtypes and correlations with unfavorable clinical outcomes and anti-tumor immunosuppression in various cancers. The SP activity showed positive correlations with tumor mutation burden (TMB) and aneuploidy in diverse cancers, suggesting its association with genomic instability. However, the negative association between the SP activity and anti-tumor immune response was independent of its associations with aneuploidy and TMB. Furthermore, we supported that the SP activity had a negative correlation with immunotherapy response in four cancer cohorts treated by immune checkpoint inhibitors. Moreover, elevated SP activity is correlated with increased drug sensitivity for a broad spectrum of anti-tumor targeted therapies. In conclusion, the SP activity is a negative biomarker for anti-tumor immune response, prognosis, and the response to immunotherapeutic and targeted drugs in pan-cancer.

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Anti-tumor immunityCancer immunotherapyDrug responseGenomic instabilityPan-cancerSpliceosome pathway

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