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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2021

Identification of a Six-Gene Prognostic Signature Characterized by Tumor Microenvironment Immune Profiles in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Lu Zhang, Jianlong Li, Mengzhao Zhang, Lu Wang, Tao Yang, Qiuya Shao, Xiao Liang, Minghai Ma, Nan Zhang, Minxuan Jing and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Lu ZhangDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Jianlong LiDepartment of Urology, Xi'an NO.3 Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Mengzhao ZhangDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Lu WangDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Tao YangDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Qiuya ShaoDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Xiao LiangDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Minghai MaDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Nan ZhangDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Minxuan JingDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Rundong SongDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Jinhai FanDepartment of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

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Abstract

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is widely acknowledged to be extremely sensitive to immunotherapy, emphasizing the tremendous impacts on which the tumor microenvironment (TME) has shown. However, the molecular subgroups characterized by the TME features scarcely serve as the risk stratification guides in clinical practice for survival outcomes and immunotherapy response prediction. This study generated fresh insights into a novel TME-related prognostic signature derived from The Cancer Genome Atlas database using integrated bioinformatics analyses. Subsequently, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, receiver operating characteristic analysis, and univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis were performed to evaluate and validate the efficacy and the accuracy of the signature in ccRCC prognosis. Furthermore, we discovered that the risk score presented an increased likelihood of correlation with miscellaneous clinicopathological characteristics, natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity, immune cell infiltration levels, and immune checkpoint expression. These findings highlighted the notion that the six-gene signature characterized by the TME features may have implications on the risk stratification for personalized and precise immunotherapeutic management.

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clear cell renal cell carcinomagene signatureimmunotherapytumor-infiltrating immune cellstumor microenvironment

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