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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Revealing the role of regulatory T cells in the tumor microenvironment of lung adenocarcinoma: a novel prognostic and immunotherapeutic signature.

Pengpeng Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Yanan Cui, Zetian Gong, Wei Wang, Shengrong Lin

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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. Cited by 31 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Pengpeng ZhangDepartment of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xiao ZhangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yanan CuiDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Zetian GongDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Shengrong LinDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Dongtai People's Hospital, Dongtai, China.
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CNTianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · CNXingtai People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Regulatory T cells (Tregs), are a key class of cell types in the immune system. In the tumor microenvironment (TME), the presence of Tregs has important implications for immune response and tumor development. Relatively little is known about the role of Tregs in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). Methods: Tregs were identified using but single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis and interactions between Tregs and other cells in the TME were investigated. Next, we used multiple bulk RNA-seq datasets to construct risk models based on marker genes of Tregs and explored differences in prognosis, mutational landscape, immune cell infiltration and immunotherapy between high- and low-risk groups, and finally, qRT-PCR and cell function experiments were performed to validate the model genes. Results: The cellchat analysis showed that MIF-(CD74+CXCR4) pairs play a key role in the interaction of Tregs with other cell subpopulations, and the Tregs-associated signatures (TRAS) could well classify multiple LUAD cohorts into high- and low-risk groups. Immunotherapy may offer greater potential benefits to the low-risk group, as indicated by their superior survival, increased infiltration of immune cells, and heightened expression of immune checkpoints. Finally, the experiment verified that the model genes LTB and PTTG1 were relatively highly expressed in cancer tissues, while PTPRC was relatively highly expressed in paracancerous tissues. Colony Formation assay confirmed that knockdown of PTTG1 reduced the proliferation ability of LUAD cells. Conclusion: TRAS were constructed using scRNA-seq and bulk RNA-seq to distinguish patient risk subgroups, which may provide assistance in the clinical management of LUAD patients.

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Adenocarcinoma of LungLung NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyPrognosisT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTumor Microenvironmentimmunotherapylung adenocarcinomaprognosisregulatory T cellsTME

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