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ArticleCancer science2024

A heterogeneous tumor immune microenvironment of uncommon epidermal growth factor receptor mutant non-small cell lung cancer.

Chong Zhang, Liangwei Yang, Weidi Zhao, Huangkai Zhu, Shuo Shi, Songan Chen, Guoqiang Wang, Bing Li, Guofang Zhao

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Article in Cancer science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. EGFR: New Insights on Its Activation and Mutation in Tumor and Tumor Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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9 authors.

Chong ZhangHealth Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.
Liangwei YangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Ningbo No.2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Weidi ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Ningbo No.2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Huangkai ZhuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Ningbo No.2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Shuo ShiBurning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, China.
Songan ChenBurning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, China.
Guoqiang WangBurning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, China.
Bing LiBurning Rock Biotech, Guangzhou, China.
Guofang ZhaoHealth Science Center, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3434-8000

Funding

China University Industry-University-Research Innovation Fund 2022BC078HwaMei Reasearch Foundation of Ningbo No.2 Hospital 2023HMKY20HwaMei Reasearch Foundation of Ningbo No.2 Hospital 2023HMKY32Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China 2022KY1138Ningbo Natural Science Foundation 2023J316Ningbo Top Medical and Health Research Program 2022030208Science and technology innovation guidance fund project of Hangzhou Medical College CX2022006
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Abstract

Common epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations are usually not considered for immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) due to poor efficacy. However, whether uncommon EGFR mutations are suitable for immunotherapy has not been thoroughly studied. Thus, we explored the tumor immune microenvironment (TME) features in uncommon EGFR mutant NSCLC. In this study, a total of 41 patients with EGFR mutations were included, the majority (85.4%) of whom were stage I. Among them, 22 patients harbored common mutations, while 19 patients presented with uncommon mutations. Compared with common mutations, uncommon mutations exhibited more infiltrating T cells and fewer M2 macrophages, upregulated expression of antigen processing and a presentation pathway. Unsupervised clustering based on the mIF profile identified two classes with heterogeneous TME in uncommon mutations. Class 1 featured the absence of PD-1

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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungErbB ReceptorsLung NeoplasmsMutationTumor MicroenvironmentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCTLA-4 AntigenFemaleHumansIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMaleMiddle AgedProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorCTLA-4 AntigenEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMIF protein, humanPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorheterogeneityNSCLCtumor immune microenvironmentuncommon EGFR mutant

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PMID38890815
PMCPMC11462928

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