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ArticleCancer cell international2025

Systemic chemotherapy in metastatic TNBC polarizes effector T cell differentiation.

Hye-Yeon Ju, Hyundong Yoon, Seungpil Jung, Serk In Park, Tae Kon Kim, Mi-Ryung Han

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Article in Cancer cell international, 2025. 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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Hye-Yeon JuDivision of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22014, the Republic of Korea.
Hyundong YoonProgram in Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Seungpil JungDivision of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, 02841, the Republic of Korea.
Serk In ParkDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 02841, the Republic of Korea. serkin@korea.edu.
Tae Kon KimDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA. tae.k.kim@vumc.org.
Mi-Ryung HanDivision of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22014, the Republic of Korea. genetic0309@inu.ac.kr.

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National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2024-00337714National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2025-24873317National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2025-25426804SK Bioscience Q2208381
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Abstract

backgroundTriple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has the poorest prognosis among the three major subtypes of breast cancer, and more than one-third of patients with TNBC experience recurrence or distant metastasis. Despite advances in diverse immunotherapy strategies for metastatic TNBC (mTNBC), multiple mechanisms underlying resistance to treatment remain unknown.

methodsIn this study, the dynamic changes in the immune landscape in mTNBC were assessed and compared with healthy donors using single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis. By integrating internal and public scRNA-seq data, 61,149 cells extracted from East Asian patients with mTNBC and 51,448 cells extracted from East Asian healthy donors were used to landscape a comprehensive cellular profile of mTNBC.

resultsResults showed that nine overexpressed genes from patients with mTNBC in effector T cells such as CTSW, PRF1, GNLY, GZMA, CCL5, KLRD1, KLRB1, B2M, and GZMB exhibited favorable survival prognoses. In addition, effector T cells enriched in patients with mTNBC were more differentiated compared with those enriched in healthy donors.

conclusionCollectively, this study is the first to provide potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets of East Asian chemotherapy-treated mTNBC with regard to effector T cells.

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Effector T cellSingle-cell RNA sequencingT cell differentiationTriple-negative breast cancer

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