SynthesisBMC cancer2023
A meta-validated immune infiltration-related gene model predicts prognosis and immunotherapy sensitivity in HNSCC.
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- Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in the Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Oncology research · 2025Pooled it
- The Complex Role of Mast Cells in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
- Deciphering the Role of Mast Cells in HPV-Related Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Neoadjuvant immunotherapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: current evidence and future perspectives.Molecular cancer · 2025Review
- Identification and validation of a 9-RBPs-related gene signature associated with prognosis and immune infiltration in bladder cancer based on bioinformatics analysis and machine learning.Translational andrology and urology · 2025Article
- Multifaceted role of the actin-binding protein WIP: Promotor and inhibitor of tumor progression and dissemination.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- MORF4L2 induces immunosuppressive microenvironment and immunotherapy resistance through GRHL2/MORF4L2/H4K12Ac/CSF1 axis in triple-negative breast cancer.Biomarker research · 2025Article
- Combined single-cell RNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq construction of M2 TAMs signature for predicting HNSCC prognosis and immunotherapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- A novel mast cell marker gene-related prognostic signature to predict prognosis and reveal the immune landscape in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Enhancing radiotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer with hesperetin-induced ferroptosis via AURKA targeting nanocomposites.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2024Article
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- Deciphering COPS5 influence on immune infiltration and prognosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Type I conventional dendritic cells and CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Macrophage Profiling in Head and Neck Cancer to Improve Patient Prognosis and Assessment of Cancer Cell-Macrophage Interactions Using Three-Dimensional Coculture Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- WIPF1 regulates stemness in small cell lung cancer.Science progressArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTumor microenvironment (TME) is of great importance to regulate the initiation and advance of cancer. The immune infiltration patterns of TME have been considered to impact the prognosis and immunotherapy sensitivity in Head and Neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Whereas, specific molecular targets and cell components involved in the HNSCC tumor microenvironment remain a twilight zone.
methodsImmune scores of TCGA-HNSCC patients were calculated via ESTIMATE algorithm, followed by weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) to filter immune infiltration-related gene modules. Univariate, the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO), and multivariate cox regression were applied to construct the prognostic model. The predictive capacity was validated by meta-analysis including external dataset GSE65858, GSE41613 and GSE686. Model candidate genes were verified at mRNA and protein levels using public database and independent specimens of immunohistochemistry. Immunotherapy-treated cohort GSE159067, TIDE and CIBERSORT were used to evaluate the features of immunotherapy responsiveness and immune infiltration in HNSCC.
resultsImmune microenvironment was significantly associated with the prognosis of HNSCC patients. Total 277 immune infiltration-related genes were filtered by WGCNA and involved in various immune processes. Cox regression identified nine prognostic immune infiltration-related genes (MORF4L2, CTSL1, TBC1D2, C5orf15, LIPA, WIPF1, CXCL13, TMEM173, ISG20) to build a risk score. Most candidate genes were highly expressed in HNSCC tissues at mRNA and protein levels. Survival meta-analysis illustrated high prognostic accuracy of the model in the discovery cohort and validation cohort. Higher proportion of progression-free outcomes, lower TIDE scores and higher expression levels of immune checkpoint genes indicated enhanced immunotherapy responsiveness in low-risk patients. Decreased memory B cells, CD8+ T cells, follicular helper T cells, regulatory T cells, and increased activated dendritic cells and activated mast cells were identified as crucial immune cells in the TME of high-risk patients.
conclusionsThe immune infiltration-related gene model was well-qualified and provided novel biomarkers for the prognosis of HNSCC.
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