A novel immune subtype classification of ER-positive, PR-negative and HER2-negative breast cancer based on the genomic and transcriptomic landscape.
J Transl Med
; 19(1): 398, 2021 09 20.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The diversity and plasticity behind ER+/PR-/HER2- breast cancer have not been widely explored. It is essential to identify heterogeneous microenvironment phenotypes and investigate specific genomic events driving the formation of these phenotypes.METHODS:
Based on the immune-related gene expression profiles of 411 ER+/PR-/HER2- breast cancers in the METABRIC cohort, we used consensus clustering to identify heterogeneous immune subtypes and assessed their reproducibility in an independent meta-cohort including 135 patients collected from GEO database. We further analyzed the differences of cellular and molecular characteristics, and potential immune escape mechanism among immune subtypes. In addition, we constructed a transcriptional trajectory to visualize the distribution of individual patient.RESULTS:
Our analysis identified and validated five reproducible immune subtypes with distinct cellular and molecular characteristics, potential immune escape mechanisms, genomic drivers, as well as clinical outcomes. An immune-cold subtype, with the least amount of lymphocyte infiltration, had a poorer prognosis. By contrast, an immune-hot subtype, which demonstrated the highest infiltration of CD8+ T cells, DCs and NK cells, and elevated IFN-γ response, had a comparatively favorable prognosis. Other subtypes showed more diverse gene expression and immune infiltration patterns with distinct clinical outcomes. Finally, our analysis revealed a complex immune landscape consisting of both discrete cluster and continuous spectrum.CONCLUSION:
Overall, this study revealed five heterogeneous immune subtypes among ER+/PR-/HER2- breast cancer, also provided important implications for clinical translations.Palabras clave
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Neoplasias de la Mama
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Transcriptoma
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
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En
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J Transl Med
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2021
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Article