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ArticleCancer genomics & proteomics

Identification of a Gene Expression Signature to Predict the Risk of Early Recurrence and the Degree of Immune Cell Infiltration in Triple-negative Breast Cancer.

Keiko Sato, Kentaro Miura, Shoma Tamori, Kazunori Akimoto

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Article in Cancer genomics & proteomics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Keiko SatoDepartment of Information Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan; keiko@is.noda.tus.ac.jp.
Kentaro MiuraDepartment of Information Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan.
Shoma TamoriDepartment of Medicinal and Life Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan.
Kazunori AkimotoDepartment of Medicinal and Life Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan.
Tokyo University of Science · JPTokyo University of Information Sciences · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimPatients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) have a high rate of recurrence within 3 years of diagnosis and a high rate of death within 5 years compared to other subtypes. The number of clinical trials investigating various new agents and combination therapies has recently increased; however, current strategies benefit only a minority of patients. This study aimed to identify specific genes that predict patients at high risk of recurrence and the immune status of the tumor microenvironment at an early stage, thereby providing insight into potential therapeutic targets to improve clinical outcomes in TNBC patients. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe evaluated the prognostic significance of microarray mRNA expression of 20,603 genes in 233 TNBC patients from the METABRIC dataset and further validated the results using RNA-seq mRNA expression data in 143 TNBC patients from the GSE96058 dataset.

resultsEighteen differentially expressed genes (AKNA, ARHGAP30, CA9, CD3D, CD3G, CD6, CXCR6, CYSLTR1, DOCK10, ENO1, FLT3LG, IFNG, IL2RB, LPXN, PRKCB, PVRIG, RASSF5, and STAT4) identified in both datasets were found to be reliable biomarkers for predicting TNBC recurrence and progression. Notably, the genes whose low expression was associated with increased risk of recurrence and death were immune-related genes, with significant differences in levels of immune cell infiltration in the tumor microenvironment between high- and low- expression groups.

conclusionGenes reported herein may be effective biomarkers to identify TNBC patients who will and will not benefit from immunotherapy and may be particularly important genes for developing future treatment strategies, including immunotherapy.

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Neoplasm Recurrence, LocalTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiddle AgedPrognosisTranscriptomeTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, Tumorbiomarkergene expression signatureimmune cell infiltrationrecurrenceTNBC

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PMID38670590
PMCPMC11059597
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