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ArticleCancers2022

Integrated Analysis of TME and Hypoxia Identifies a Classifier to Predict Prognosis and Therapeutic Biomarkers in Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

Ruiling Xu, Lin Qi, Xiaolei Ren, Wenchao Zhang, Chenbei Li, Zhongyue Liu, Chao Tu, Zhihong Li

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Article in Cancers, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prospective exploratory pilot study of 18 F-FMISO PET/CT for assessing tumor hypoxia in soft tissue sarcomas.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ruiling XuDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410010, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7205-0459
Lin QiDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410010, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4587-8226
Xiaolei RenDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410010, China.
Wenchao ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410010, China.
Chenbei LiDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410010, China.
Zhongyue LiuDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410010, China.
Chao TuDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410010, China.
Zhihong LiDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410010, China.
Central South University · CN

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation No. 2021M693557Hunan Provincial Research and Development Program in Key Areas 2020DK 2003The National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 81902745, No.82172500, No.82103228, No. 82272664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is one of the rarest but most aggressive cancer. It is important to note that intratumoral hypoxia and tumor microenvironment (TME) infiltration play a significant role in the growth and therapeutic resistance of STS. The goal of this study was therefore to determine whether linking hypoxia-related parameters to TME cells could provide a more accurate prediction of prognosis and therapeutic response. An analysis of 109 hypoxia-related genes and 64 TME cells was conducted in STS. Hypoxia-TME classifier was constructed based on 6 hypoxia prognostic genes and 8 TME cells. As a result, we evaluated the prognosis, tumor, and immune characteristics, as well as the effectiveness of therapies in Hypoxia-TME-defined subgroups. The Lowplus group showed a better prognosis and therapeutic response than any other subgroup. It is possible to unravel these differences based on immune-related molecules and somatic mutations in tumors. Further validation of Hypoxia-TME was done in an additional cohort of 225 STS patients. Additionally, we identified five key genes through differential analysis and RT-qPCR, namely, ACSM5, WNT7B, CA9, MMP13, and RAC3, which could be targeted for therapy. As a whole, the Hypoxia-TME classifier demonstrated a pretreatment predictive value for prognosis and therapeutic outcome, providing new approaches to therapy strategizing for patients.

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hypoxiaprognosissoft tissue sarcomastherapy strategizingtumor microenvironment

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PMID36428766
PMCPMC9688460
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