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ArticleCancers2024

Two Different Immune Profiles Are Identified in Sentinel Lymph Nodes of Early-Stage Breast Cancer.

Joana Martins Ribeiro, João Mendes, Inês Gante, Margarida Figueiredo-Dias, Vânia Almeida, Ana Gomes, Fernando Jesus Regateiro, Frederico Soares Regateiro, Francisco Caramelo, Henriqueta Coimbra Silva

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Joana Martins RibeiroLaboratory of Sequencing and Functional Genomics of UCGenomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8571-9695
João MendesLaboratory of Sequencing and Functional Genomics of UCGenomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4697-0542
Inês GanteGynecology Department, Coimbra Hospital and University Center, Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, 3004-561 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3867-9867
Margarida Figueiredo-DiasGynecology Department, Coimbra Hospital and University Center, Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, 3004-561 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8396-2667
Vânia AlmeidaDepartment of Pathology, Coimbra Hospital and University Center, Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, 3004-561 Coimbra, Portugal.
Ana GomesDepartment of Pathology, Coimbra Hospital and University Center, Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra, 3004-561 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7734-2074
Fernando Jesus RegateiroLaboratory of Sequencing and Functional Genomics of UCGenomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.
Frederico Soares RegateiroInstitute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Centre of Investigation on Environment, Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6332-3056
Francisco CarameloInstitute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Centre of Investigation on Environment, Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0015-8604
Henriqueta Coimbra SilvaLaboratory of Sequencing and Functional Genomics of UCGenomics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1589-0416

Funding

Central Region Training Project for Personalized/Precision Medicine, with a genomic basis CEN-556 TRO2020 [CENTRO-08-5864-FSE-000039 (PEP IN1194) 07-2021]GenomePT-National Laboratory for Genome Sequencing and Analysis POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the management of early-stage breast cancer (BC), lymph nodes (LNs) are typically characterised using the One-Step Nucleic Acid Amplification (OSNA) assay, a standard procedure for assessing subclinical metastasis in sentinel LNs (SLNs). The pivotal role of LNs in coordinating the immune response against BC is often overlooked. Our aim was to improve prognostic information provided by the OSNA assay and explore immune-related gene signatures in SLNs. The expression of an immune gene panel was analysed in SLNs from 32 patients with Luminal A early-stage BC (cT1-T2 N0). Using an unsupervised approach based on these expression values, this study identified two clusters, regardless of the SLN invasion: one evidencing an adaptive anti-tumoral immune response, characterised by an increase in naive B cells, follicular T helper cells, and activated NK cells; and another with a more undifferentiated response, with an increase in the activated-to-resting dendritic cells (DCs) ratio. Through a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, we identified seven immunoregulatory hub genes:

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cancer genomicsimmune microenvironmentLuminal A breast cancerOSNAsentinel lymph node

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