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Identification of a Novel Immune Landscape Signature for Predicting Prognosis and Response of Colon Cancer to Immunotherapy

FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY(2022)

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Abstract
PurposeTo construct an immune-related gene prognostic index (IRGPI) for colon cancer and elucidate the molecular and immune characteristics as well as the benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy in IRGPI-defined groups of colon cancer. Experimental DesignTranscriptional and clinical data of colon cancer samples were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) (n = 521). Immune-related genes were obtained from ImmPort and InnateDB databases. 21 immune-related hub genes were identified byweighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). the Cox regression method was used to construct IRGPI and validated with Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset (n = 584). Finally, the molecular and immune profiles in the groups defined by IRGPI and the benefit of ICI treatment were analyzed. Results8 genes were identified to construct IRGPI. IRGPI-low group had a better overall survival (OS) than IRGPI-high group. And this was well validated in the GEO cohort. Overall results showed that those with low IRGPI scores were enriched in antitumor metabolism, and collated with high infiltration of resting memory CD4 T cells and less aggressive phenotypes, benefiting more from ICI treatment. Conversely, high IRGPI scores were associated with cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) and chemokine signaling pathways, high infiltration of macrophage M1, suppressed immunity, more aggressive colon cancer phenotypes, as well as reduced therapeutic benefit from ICI treatment. ConclusionsIRGPI is a promising biomarker to differentiate the prognostic and molecular profile of colon cancer, as well as the therapeutic benefits of ICI treatment.
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colon cancer, immune-related gene prognostic index, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), prognosis, signature
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