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ArticleNature communications2022

Single-cell tumor-immune microenvironment of BRCA1/2 mutated high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

I-M Launonen, N Lyytikäinen, J Casado, E A Anttila, A Szabó, U-M Haltia, C A Jacobson, J R Lin, Z Maliga, B E Howitt and 7 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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76citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

I-M LaunonenResearch Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4548-9650
N LyytikäinenResearch Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
J CasadoResearch Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3662-8794
E A AnttilaResearch Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-8526-4934
A SzabóResearch Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
U-M HaltiaResearch Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
C A JacobsonLaboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0299-3451
J R LinLaboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Z MaligaLaboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
B E HowittDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
K C StricklandDepartment of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
S SantagataLaboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7528-9668
K EliasDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
A D D'AndreaDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6168-6294
P A KonstantinopoulosDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1032-1479
P K SorgerLaboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3364-1838
A FärkkiläResearch Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. anniina.farkkila@helsinki.fi.ORCID 0000-0002-3558-6617
University of Helsinki · FIBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USDuke Medical Center · USStanford University · US

Funding

Women's Cancer Research ProgramP30CA014236 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN N. NORTON · 1985 to 2026
$174.8M
Systems Pharmacology of Therapeutic and Adverse Responses to ImmuneCheckpoint and Small Molecule DrugsU54CA225088 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI SOKOLOV, ARTEM · 2018 to 2022
$10.8M
High dimensional digital pathology to investigate the tumor micro environment and its impact on response to therapyR50CA252138 · NCI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI MALIGA, ZOLTAN · 2020 to 2024
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014236NCI NIH HHS R50 CA252138NCI NIH HHS U54 CA225088
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The majority of high-grade serous ovarian cancers (HGSCs) are deficient in homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair, most commonly due to mutations or hypermethylation of the BRCA1/2 genes. We aimed to discover how BRCA1/2 mutations shape the cellular phenotypes and spatial interactions of the tumor microenvironment. Using a highly multiplex immunofluorescence and image analysis we generate spatial proteomic data for 21 markers in 124,623 single cells from 112 tumor cores originating from 31 tumors with BRCA1/2 mutation (BRCA1/2mut), and from 13 tumors without alterations in HR genes. We identify a phenotypically distinct tumor microenvironment in the BRCA1/2mut tumors with evidence of increased immunosurveillance. Importantly, we report a prognostic role of a proliferative tumor-cell subpopulation, which associates with enhanced spatial tumor-immune interactions by CD8+ and CD4 + T-cells in the BRCA1/2mut tumors. The single-cell spatial landscapes indicate distinct patterns of spatial immunosurveillance with the potential to improve immunotherapeutic strategies and patient stratification in HGSC.

Indexed as

BRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCystadenocarcinoma, SerousFemaleGenes, BRCA1Genes, BRCA2GenotypeHomologous RecombinationHumansMutationOvarian NeoplasmsPrognosisProteomicsBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, human

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PMID35149709
PMCPMC8837628
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