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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

The Comprehensive Analysis Identified an Autophagy Signature for the Prognosis and the Immunotherapy Efficiency Prediction in Lung Adenocarcinoma.

Xizhe Li, Ziyu Dai, Xianning Wu, Nan Zhang, Hao Zhang, Zeyu Wang, Xun Zhang, Xisong Liang, Peng Luo, Jian Zhang and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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Xizhe LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Ziyu DaiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xianning WuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Nan ZhangOne-third Lab, College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Hao ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Zeyu WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xun ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xisong LiangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Peng LuoDepartment of Oncology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jian ZhangDepartment of Oncology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zaoqu LiuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yanwu ZhouDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Quan ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Ruimin ChangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Central South University · CNNational Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases · CNXiangya Hospital Central South University · CNZhujiang Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNHarbin Medical University · CNUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CN

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Abstract

Background: Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is a fatal malignancy in the world. Growing evidence demonstrated that autophagy-related genes regulated the immune cell infiltration and correlated with the prognosis of LUAD. However, the autophagy-based signature that can predict the prognosis and the efficiency of checkpoint immunotherapy in LUAD patients is yet to be discovered. Methods: We used conventional autophagy-related genes to screen candidates for signature construction in TCGA cohort and 9 GEO datasets (tumor samples, n=2181; normal samples, n=419). An autophagy-based signature was constructed, its correlation with the prognosis and the immune infiltration of LUAD patients was explored. The prognostic value of the autophagy-based signature was validated in an independent cohort with 70 LUAD patients. Single-cell sequencing data was used to further characterize the various immunological patterns in tumors with different signature levels. Moreover, the predictive value of autophagy-based signature in PD-1 immunotherapy was explored in the IMvigor210 dataset. At last, the protective role of DRAM1 in LUAD was validated by Results: After screening autophagy-related gene candidates, a signature composed by CCR2, ITGB1, and DRAM1 was established with the ATscore in each sample. Further analyses showed that the ATscore was significantly associated with immune cell infiltration and low ATscore indicated poor prognosis. Meanwhile, the prognostic value of ATscore was validated in our independent LUAD cohort. GSEA analyses and single-cell sequencing analyses revealed that ATscore was associated with the immunological status of LUAD tumors, and ATscore could predict the efficacy of PD-1 immunotherapy. Moreover, Conclusion: Our study identified a new autophagy-based signature that can predict the prognosis of LUAD patients, and this ATscore has potential applicative value in the checkpoint therapy efficiency prediction.

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Adenocarcinoma of LungLung NeoplasmsAutophagyBiomarkers, TumorGene Expression ProfilingHumansImmunotherapyPrognosisProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorBiomarkers, TumorProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorautophagyDRAM1gene signatureimmune checkpoint therapylung adenocarcinomaTCGA

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