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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2023

Combining multiple cell death pathway-related risk scores to develop neuroblastoma cell death signature.

Yahui Han, Biyun Li, Dun Yan, Diming Zhou, Xiafei Yuan, Wei Zhao, Da Zhang, Jiao Zhang

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yahui HanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China.
Biyun LiDepartment of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Dun YanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China.
Diming ZhouDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China.
Xiafei YuanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China.
Wei ZhaoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China.
Da ZhangDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China.
Jiao ZhangDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450000, Henan, China. zhangjiaomail@126.com.
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Abstract

purposeCell death plays an important role in tumourigenesis and progression; nevertheless, the clinical significance of cell death-related genes in neuroblastoma remains incompletely understood.

methodsWe separately constructed the corresponding risk scores for each of the eight cell death pathways separately and assessed their predictive performance. Through Cox regression analysis, these eight risk scores were integrated to obtain final cell death risk scores (CDRS). We evaluated the predictive performance of CDRS in multiple datasets and compared its accuracy with the clinical characteristics of patients and some existing prognostic models for neuroblastoma. We then explored the differences in immune infiltration between the high and low CDRS groups, and the significance of CDRS on EFS and disease progression.

resultsAll eight risk scores have high predictive accuracy, with the Immunogenic-RS being the most accurate and the cuproptosis-RS the least accurate. Model genes are mainly enriched in a variety of cancer-related pathways and are closely related to the clinical characteristics. CDRS showed superior and robust predictive performance in multiple datasets and was more accurate than the clinical characteristics of patients and some existing prognostic models for neuroblastoma. High CDRS group featured distinct immune cold tumor profiles and may have poorer immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy. CDRS had significance in predicting EFS and disease progression.

conclusionWe integrated risk scores associated with multiple cell death pathways to develop a high-performing and robust neuroblastoma signature. CDRS was a promising tool that may help with risk assessment and prediction of overall prognosis, and thus improve clinical outcomes.

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NeuroblastomaCell DeathDisease ProgressionHumansRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsMultiple cell death pathwayNeuroblastomaPrognosisProgressionSignature

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