Predicting tumor immune microenvironment and checkpoint therapy response of head & neck cancer patients from blood immune single-cell transcriptomics.

biorxiv(2023)

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The immune state of tumor microenvironment is crucial for determining immunotherapy response but is not readily accessible. Here we investigate if we can infer the tumor immune state from the blood and further predict immunotherapy response. First, we analyze a dataset of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients with matched scRNA-Seq of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and tumor tissues. We find that the tumor immune cell fractions of different immune cell types and many of the genes they express can be inferred from the matched PBMC scRNA-Seq. Second, analyzing another HNSCC dataset with PBMC scRNA-Seq and immunotherapy response, we find that the inferred ratio between tumor memory B and regulatory T cell fractions is predictive of immunotherapy response and is superior to the well-established cytolytic and exhausted T-cell signatures. Overall, these results showcase the potential of scRNA-Seq liquid biopsies in cancer immunotherapy, calling for their larger-scale testing. Significance:This head and neck cancer study demonstrates the potential of using blood single-cell transcriptomics to (1) infer the tumor immune status and (2) predict immunotherapy response from the tumor immune status inferred from blood. These results showcase the potential of single-cell transcriptomics liquid biopsies for further advancing personalized cancer immunotherapy.
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checkpoint therapy response,neck cancer patients,neck cancer,immune microenvironment,single-cell
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