机构:[1]School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No.2006, Xiyuan Avenue, High‑Tech Zone (West District), Chengdu City 611731, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China.四川省人民医院[2]Department of Radiation Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No.55, South Renmin Avenue Fourth Section, Chengdu City 610041, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China.四川省人民医院四川省肿瘤医院[3]Radiation Oncology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, No.55, South Renmin Avenue Fourth Section, Chengdu City 610041, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China.
The main limitation of current immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in the treatment of cervical cancer comes from the fact that it benefits only a minority of patients. The study aims to develop a classification system to identify immune subtypes of cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), thereby helping to screen candidates who may respond to ICIs.
A real-world cervical SCC cohort of 36 samples were analyzed. We used a nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) algorithm to separate different expression patterns of immune-related genes (IRGs). The immune characteristics, potential immune biomarkers, and somatic mutations were compared. Two independent data sets containing 555 samples were used for validation.
Two subtypes with different immunophenotypes were identified. Patients in sub1 showed favorable progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in the training and validation cohorts. The sub1 was remarkably related to increased immune cell abundance, more enriched immune activation pathways, and higher somatic mutation burden. Also, the sub1 group was more sensitive to ICIs, while patients in the sub2 group were more likely to fail to respond to ICIs but exhibited GPCR pathway activity. Finally, an 83-gene classifier was constructed for cervical SCC classification.
This study establishes a new classification to further understand the immunological diversity of cervical SCC, to assist in the selection of candidates for immunotherapy.
基金:
National Key Research and Development
Program (2017YFC0113100) and Sichuan Science and Technology Innovation
Seedling Project (2019064).
第一作者机构:[1]School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No.2006, Xiyuan Avenue, High‑Tech Zone (West District), Chengdu City 611731, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China.
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[2]Department of Radiation Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No.55, South Renmin Avenue Fourth Section, Chengdu City 610041, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China.[3]Radiation Oncology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, No.55, South Renmin Avenue Fourth Section, Chengdu City 610041, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China.
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Li Yimin,Lu Shun,Wang Shubin,et al.Identification of immune subtypes of cervical squamous cell carcinoma predicting prognosis and immunotherapy responses.[J].JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE.2021,19(1):doi:10.1186/s12967-021-02894-3.
APA:
Li Yimin,Lu Shun,Wang Shubin,Peng Xinhao&Lang Jinyi.(2021).Identification of immune subtypes of cervical squamous cell carcinoma predicting prognosis and immunotherapy responses..JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE,19,(1)
MLA:
Li Yimin,et al."Identification of immune subtypes of cervical squamous cell carcinoma predicting prognosis and immunotherapy responses.".JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 19..1(2021)