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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

m6A-Regulator Expression Signatures Identify a Subset of Follicular Lymphoma Harboring an Exhausted Tumor Microenvironment.

Tingting Zhang, Hengqi Liu, Fenghua Gao, Wenchen Gong, Yaoli Cui, Jin He, Lanfang Li, Lihua Qiu, Zhengzi Qian, Shiyong Zhou 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 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Tingting ZhangDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Hengqi LiuDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Fenghua GaoDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Wenchen GongDepartment of Pathology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Yaoli CuiDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Jin HeDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Lanfang LiDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Lihua QiuDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Zhengzi QianDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Shiyong ZhouDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Bin MengDepartment of Pathology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiubao RenDepartment of Immunology/Biotherapy, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Huilai ZhangDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Xianhuo WangDepartment of Lymphoma, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification in tumor microenvironment has rarely been explored in follicular lymphoma (FL). To examine the role of m6A modification in biological behavior, especially the immune landscape of FL, we utilized the Gene Expression Omnibus database to determine the expression signatures of m6A-regulators by unsupervised clustering, and then condense into a risk score, which was validated in an external cohort from the Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital. Finally, 16 m6A-regulators in 351 FL patients were evaluated and two m6A clusters were identified, characterized by differences in prognosis and biological behaviors. The m6A score was further developed based on 20-genes to quantify the m6A-regulator expression signature in each patient with FL. The low m6A score was associated with inferior prognosis of patients, with a median survival time of 8.84 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 7.251-10.429) years, which was remarkably shorter than that of patients with high m6A scores (15.73 years, 95% CI: 11.729-19.731; p<0.0001). Genes like TNFRSF14, CREBBP, and CARD11 were shown to be more often mutated in the low m6A group. This group was enriched with immune/inflammatory response but along with the abundant infiltration of exhausted T cells and the upregulated PD-1 and PD-L1 expression. Finally, we verified the m6A score could predict the response to anti-PD-L1 antibodies in an immunotherapy cohort. To conclude, the m6A score recognizes a section of FL patients harboring an exhausted tumor microenvironment and may help guide more effective immunotherapy strategies for patients with FL.

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Lymphoma, FollicularTumor MicroenvironmentAdenosineHumansPrognosisAdenosineexhaustionfollicular lymphomaimmunotherapym6Atumor microenvironment

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