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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2024

Pan-cancer analysis identifies the IRF family as a biomarker for survival prognosis and immunotherapy.

Hua-Guo Xu, Can Chen, Lin-Yuan Chen, Shiyang Pan

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Hua-Guo XuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Can ChenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9050-9086
Lin-Yuan ChenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Shiyang PanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Funding

Jiangsu Provincial Research Hospital YJXYY202201National Nature Science Foundation of China 82272401Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China BK20181492the National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine of China in Nanjing, Key laboratory for Laboratory Medicine of Jiangsu Province and by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions ZDXK202239the National Key Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine of China in Nanjing, Key laboratory for Laboratory Medicine of Jiangsu Province and by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions ZDXKB2016005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IRF family genes have been shown to be crucial in tumorigenesis and tumour immunity. However, information about the role of IRF in the systematic assessment of pan-cancer and in predicting the efficacy of tumour therapy is still unknown. In this work, we performed a systematic analysis of IRF family genes in 33 tumour samples, including expression profiles, genomics and clinical characteristics. We then applied Single-Sample Gene-Set Enrichment Analysis (ssGSEA) to calculate IRF-scores and analysed the impact of IRF-scores on tumour progression, immune infiltration and treatment efficacy. Our results showed that genomic alterations, including SNPs, CNVs and DNA methylation, can lead to dysregulation of IRFs expression in tumours and participate in regulating multiple tumorigenesis. IRF-score expression differed significantly between 12 normal and tumour samples and the impact on tumour prognosis and immune infiltration depended on tumour type. IRF expression was correlated to drug sensitivity and to the expression of immune checkpoints and immune cell infiltration, suggesting that dysregulation of IRF family expression may be a critical factor affecting tumour drug response. Our study comprehensively characterizes the genomic and clinical profile of IRFs in pan-cancer and highlights their reliability and potential value as predictive markers of oncology drug efficacy. This may provide new ideas for future personalized oncology treatment.

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NeoplasmsBiomarkersCarcinogenesisCell Transformation, NeoplasticHumansImmunotherapyInterferon Regulatory FactorsReproducibility of ResultsTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkersInterferon Regulatory FactorsimmunotherapyIRF familypan-cancertargeted therapytumour microenvironment

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PMID38130025
PMCPMC10844690
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