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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2025

Zhen Gao, Rui Han, Qinghao Chen, Jichao Guo, Yancheng Wang, Qian Hong, Chenguang Zhao, Juwei Mu, Jiagen Li

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2025. 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

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Zhen Gao *Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0994-3959
Rui Han *Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2281-7129
Qinghao ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shulan (Jinan) Hospital, Jinan, China.
Jichao GuoLanshan District People's Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Linyi, China.
Yancheng WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.
Qian HongDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Chenguang ZhaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Juwei Mu *Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jiagen Li *Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are clinically effective in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but the response rate in nonselective NSCLC patients is approximately 20%. It is important to expand the pool of benefits of immunotherapy. However, current solution strategies are limited. Our research is to identify new targets for combined immunotherapy and expand the beneficiary population of immunotherapy. Methods: Functional enrichment analysis was performed for differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in 175 NSCLC immunotherapy cohorts and 494 non-immunotherapy cohorts, and single-sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA) was used to quantify the level of infiltration of different immune cell subpopulations. Weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA), univariate Cox regressions, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regressions, and gene correlation analysis were applied to identify immune signature genes associated with immune cell infiltration, and a nomogram was constructed to predict the survival rate. Results: The DEGs were not enriched in the classical antitumour immune response and the dendritic cells (DCs) infiltration level in the tumour microenvironment (TME) was at a low level in the immunotherapy cohort. The high expression of Conclusions: High expression of

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CD2dendritic cells (DCs)immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)IRF8non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

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PMID40223995
PMCPMC11986741

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