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ArticleCancers2023

Revealing Pan-Histology Immunomodulatory Targets in Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors.

Robert T Galvin, Sampreeti Jena, Danielle Maeser, Robert Gruener, R Stephanie Huang

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert T GalvinDivision of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7139-9707
Sampreeti JenaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Danielle MaeserDepartment of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Robert GruenerDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8166-2772
R Stephanie HuangDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9862-0368
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

TRAINING GRANT IN MICROBIOLOGY/CANCER RESEARCHT32CA009138 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Scott M. Dehm · 1985 to 2026
$11.3M
Translational Pediatric Cancer Epidemiology Research Training GrantT32CA099936 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Logan G. Spector · 2004 to 2026
$5.1M
Genetic mechanisms underlying sexual dimorphism in cancer and response to therapyR01CA229618 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HUANG, RONG STEPHANIE, STRANGER, BARBARA E · 2019 to 2024
$2.9M
Drug repurposing in breast cancerR01CA204856 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HUANG, RONG STEPHANIE · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA204856NCI NIH HHS R01CA204856NCI NIH HHS R01 CA229618NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009138NCI NIH HHS T32 CA099936NIH HHS CA099936NIH HHS R01CA229618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe application of immunotherapy for pediatric CNS malignancies has been limited by the poorly understood immune landscape in this context. The aim of this study was to uncover the mechanisms of immune suppression common among pediatric brain tumors.

methodsWe apply an immunologic clustering algorithm validated by The Cancer Genome Atlas Project to an independent pediatric CNS transcriptomic dataset. Within the clusters, the mechanisms of immunosuppression are explored via tumor microenvironment deconvolution and survival analyses to identify relevant immunosuppressive genes with translational relevance.

resultsHigh-grade diseases fall predominantly within an immunosuppressive subtype (C4) that independently lowers overall survival time and where common immune checkpoints (e.g., PDL1, CTLA4) are less relevant. Instead, we identify several alternative immunomodulatory targets with relevance across histologic diseases. Specifically, we show how the mechanism of EZH2 inhibition to enhance tumor immunogenicity in vitro via the upregulation of MHC class 1 is applicable to a pediatric CNS oncologic context. Meanwhile, we identify that the C3 (inflammatory) immune subtype is more common in low-grade diseases and find that immune checkpoint inhibition may be an effective way to curb progression for this subset.

conclusionsThree predominant immunologic clusters are identified across pediatric brain tumors. Among high-risk diseases, the predominant immune cluster is associated with recurrent immunomodulatory genes that influence immune infiltrate, including a subset that impacts survival across histologies.

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epigeneticsimmunotherapypediatric CNS malignanciestumor immunosuppressiontumor microenvironment

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PMID38001715
PMCPMC10670190
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