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ArticleCancer gene therapy2025

Identification of an immunomodulatory lncRNA signature associated with immune cell reprogramming in high-grade glioma.

Alessandro Canella, Prajwal Rajappa

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Article in Cancer gene therapy, 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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2 authors.

Alessandro CanellaThe Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA. alessandrocanella@ymail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0141-7399
Prajwal RajappaThe Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA. prajwal.rajappa@nationwidechildrens.org.

Funding

Bone marrow-derived myeloid cell dysregulation in malignant progression of gliomaR01NS127984 · NINDS · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI Prajwal Rajappa · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127984U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R01NS127984
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-grade gliomas (HGGs) are among the most aggressive brain tumors in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult (AYA) cancer patients, with a median survival of 12-15 months post-diagnosis. Their poor prognosis is driven by a highly immunosuppressive tumor immune microenvironment (TIME), which inhibits cytotoxic immune infiltration and anti-tumor response. This study investigated the involvement of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in shaping the immune phenotype of HGGs using two murine models: RCAS-PDGFb representing an immunosuppressive TME, and RCAS-BRAF V600E characterized by a signature more consistent with a pro-inflammatory TME. Transcriptomic analysis of tumor-infiltrating immune cells identified distinct lncRNA signatures associated with immunosuppressive and pro-inflammatory TMEs. Single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics supported context-dependent expression of these lncRNAs in high-grade glioma-associated immune cells, such as myeloid, T, and NK cells, and revealed their spatial distribution within the glioblastoma (GBM) TME. Several lncRNAs were enriched at the tumor edge and within necrotic regions in GBM patient samples, correlating with immunosuppression reprogramming and immune evasion mechanisms. These findings highlight specific immunomodulatory lncRNAs as potential players in the immunosuppressive glioma TME, and likely candidates for future studies aimed at developing novel therapeutic strategies to overcome immune suppression and improve clinical outcomes.

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Brain NeoplasmsCellular ReprogrammingGliomaRNA, Long NoncodingAnimalsFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiceNeoplasm GradingTranscriptomeTumor MicroenvironmentRNA, Long Noncoding

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