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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2023, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (8): 684-699.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.23-077

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Analysis between macrophage-related genes with prognosis and tumor microenvironment in non-small cell lung cancer

Qingyu Sun(), Yang Zhou(), Lijuan Du, Mengke Zhang, Jiale Wang, Yuanyuan Ren, Fang Liu()   

  1. Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, China
  • Received:2023-03-28 Revised:2023-05-21 Online:2023-08-20 Published:2023-05-29
  • Contact: Fang Liu E-mail:sun18790538507@163.com;664192792@qq.com;fangliu@hrbmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Major Program of Haiyan Foundation(91339107);Horizontal Project of Medical Research Project for Young and Middle-aged Lung Cancer(31471095);Horizontal Project of National Cancer Center Climbing Foundation(NCC201908B11);Horizontal Project of Beijing Science and Technology Innovation Medical Development Foundation(81270113)

Abstract:

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a highly morbid and fatal disease that exhibits individualized differences in prognosis and drug efficacy. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanism of the occurrence and progression of lung cancer can improve early diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Macrophages are a crucial component of the tumor microenvironment (TME) due to their high plasticity and heterogeneity. They play a multifaceted role in tumor initiation and progression. In order to elucidate the pathogenesis of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) related genes in NSCLC, transcriptomic sequencing, univariate COX regression, LASSO regression and multivariate COX regression analyses were conducted to identify the 11 genes that have the most significant association with prognosis. These genes include FCRLA, LDHA, LMOD3, MAP3K8, NT5E, PDGFB, S100P, SFXN1, TDRD1, TFAP2A and TUBB6. The risk score (RS) was computed, and all samples were split into high- and low-risk groups based on the median RS. The correlation of RS and 11 genes with macrophages was verified by the CIBERSORT deconvolution algorithm. These above results suggest that the risk score developed in this study can be utilized for predicting patients' prognosis and evaluating their immune infiltration status. This study can serve as a guide for subsequent tumor immunotherapy and gene targeting therapy.

Key words: non-small cell lung cancer, tumor microenvironment, tumor-associated macrophages