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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

The molecular subtypes of triple negative breast cancer were defined and a ligand-receptor pair score model was constructed by comprehensive analysis of ligand-receptor pairs.

Weijun Pan, Kai Song, Yunli Zhang, Ciqiu Yang, Yi Zhang, Fei Ji, Junsheng Zhang, Jian Shi, Kun Wang

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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.

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Weijun PanThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Kai SongDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yunli ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Ciqiu YangDepartment of Breast Cancer, Cancer Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Yi ZhangDepartment of Breast Cancer, Cancer Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Fei JiDepartment of Breast Cancer, Cancer Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Junsheng ZhangDepartment of Breast Cancer, Cancer Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Jian ShiDepartment of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Kun WangThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences · CNNanfang Hospital · CN

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Abstract

Background: Intercellular communication mediated by ligand-receptor interactions in tumor microenvironment (TME) has a profound impact on tumor progression. This study aimed to explore the molecular subtypes mediated by ligand-receptor (LR) pairs in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), identify the most important LR pairs to construct a prognostic risk model, and study their effect on TNBC immunotherapy. Methods: LR pairs subclasses of TNBC were categorized by consensus clustering based on LR Pairs in METABRIC dataset. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Cox regression and stepwise Akaike information criterion (stepAIC) were conducted to build a LR pairs score model. The relationship between LR pairs score and immune cell infiltration, stromal score and immune score associated with TME was analyzed, and the prediction of drug therapy and immunotherapy efficacy by LR pairs score was evaluated. Results: According to the expression pattern of 145 TNBC prognostic LR pairs, the samples were divided into three subclasses with different survival outcomes, copy number variation (CNV), TME immune cell infiltration, stromal score and immune score. The LR pairs score model constructed in the METABRIC dataset was composed of four LR pairs, and its predictive significance for TNBC prognosis was verified in GSE58812 and GSE21653 cohorts. In addition, LR pairs score was negatively correlated with several immune pathways regulating immunity and immune score, and related to the sensitivity of anti-neoplastic drugs and the effect of anti-PD-L1 therapy. Conclusion: Our study confirmed the impact of LR pairs on the molecular heterogeneity of TNBC, characterized three LR pairs subtypes with different survival outcomes and TME patterns, and proposed a LR pairs score system with predictive significance for TNBC prognosis and anti-PD-L1 therapeutic effect, which provides a potential evaluation scheme for TNBC management.

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Triple Negative Breast NeoplasmsDNA Copy Number VariationsHumansLigandsPrognosisTumor MicroenvironmentLigandsdrug susceptibilityimmunotherapyligand-receptor pairstriple negative breast cancertumor microenvironment

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