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ArticleMolecular biotechnology2023

Characterization of the Immune Infiltration Landscape and Identification of Prognostic Biomarkers for Esophageal Cancer.

Yuanmei Chen, Xinyi Huang, Lin Chen, Guibin Weng, Zhengrong Huang, Yangfan Zhang, Tianya Xiao, Junqiang Chen, Kunshou Zhu, Yuanji Xu

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Article in Molecular biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuanmei Chen *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Xinyi Huang *Department of Radiation Oncology, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian, China.
Lin ChenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian, China.
Guibin WengDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Zhengrong HuangDepartment of Integrative Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Yangfan ZhangFujian Key Laboratory of Innate Immune Biology, Biomedical Research Center of South China, Fujian Normal University Qishan Campus, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Tianya XiaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Junqiang ChenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian, China.
Kunshou ZhuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China. zks63@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6038-5630
Yuanji XuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian, China. xuyuanji@fjmu.edu.cn.
Fujian Medical University · CNFujian Normal University · CN

Funding

Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology #2020GGA017Fujian Provincial Department of Science and Technology #2020Y2012Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province #2020J011123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy is an effective treatment for esophageal cancer (ESCA) patients. However, there are no dependable markers for predicting prognosis and immunotherapy responses in ESCA. Our study aims to explore immune gene prognostic models and markers in ESCA as well as predictors for immunotherapy. The expression profiles of ESCA were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), and International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) databases. Cox regression analysis was performed to construct an immune gene prognostic model. ESCA was grouped into three immune cell infiltration (ICI) clusters by CIBERSORT algorithm. The immunotherapy response of patients in different ICI score clusters was also compared. The copy number variations, somatic mutations, and single nucleotide polymorphisms were analyzed. Enrichment analyses were also performed. An immune gene prognostic model was successfully constructed. The ICI score may be used as a predictor independent of tumor mutation burden. Enrichment analyses showed that the differentially expressed genes were mostly enriched in microvillus and the KRAS and IL6/JAK/STAT3 pathways. The top eight genes with the highest mutation frequencies in ESCA were identified and all related to the prognosis of ESCA patients. Our study established an effective immune gene prognostic model and identified markers for predicting the prognosis and immunotherapy response of ESCA patients.

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DNA Copy Number VariationsEsophageal NeoplasmsBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorHumansImmunotherapyPrognosisBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorBiomarkerEsophageal cancer (ESCA)Immune cell infiltration (ICI)Immunotherapeutic responsesPrognosis

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