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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Mast cell marker gene signature: prognosis and immunotherapy response prediction in lung adenocarcinoma through integrated scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq.

Pengpeng Zhang, Jianlan Liu, Shengbin Pei, Dan Wu, Jiaheng Xie, Jinhui Liu, Jun Li

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 31 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pengpeng ZhangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jianlan LiuDepartment of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Shengbin PeiDepartment of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Dan WuDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Jiaheng XieDepartment of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jinhui LiuDepartment of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jun LiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNNanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Mast cells, comprising a crucial component of the tumor immune milieu, modulate neoplastic progression by secreting an array of pro- and antitumorigenic factors. Numerous extant studies have produced conflicting conclusions regarding the impact of mast cells on the prognosis of patients afflicted with lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). Methods: Employing single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis, mast cell-specific marker genes in LUAD were ascertained. Subsequently, a mast cell-related genes (MRGs) signature was devised to stratify LUAD patients into high- and low-risk cohorts based on the median risk value. Further investigations were conducted to assess the influence of distinct risk categories on the tumor microenvironment. The prognostic import and capacity to prognosticate immunotherapy benefits of the MRGs signature were corroborated using four external cohorts. Ultimately, the functional roles of SYAP1 were validated through Results: After scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq data analysis, we established a prognostic signature consisting of nine MRGs. This profile effectively distinguished favorable survival outcomes in both the training and validation cohorts. In addition, we identified the low-risk group as a population more effective for immunotherapy. In cellular experiments, we found that silencing SYAP1 significantly reduced the proliferation, invasion and migratory capacity of LUAD cells while increasing apoptosis. Conclusion: Our MRGs signature offers valuable insights into the involvement of mast cells in determining the prognosis of LUAD and may prove instrumental as a navigational aid for immunotherapy selection, as well as a predictor of immunotherapy response in LUAD patients.

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Adenocarcinoma of LungLung NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyMast CellsPrognosisRNA-SeqSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisTumor Microenvironmentlung adenocarcinomamast cellsignatureSYAP1tumor immune microenvironment

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