2020
Regulation and characterization of tumor-infiltrating immune cells in breast cancer
Dai Q, Wu W, Amei A, Yan X, Lu L, Wang Z. Regulation and characterization of tumor-infiltrating immune cells in breast cancer. International Immunopharmacology 2020, 90: 107167. PMID: 33223469, PMCID: PMC7855363, DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-infiltrating immune cellsT cell activation statusImmune cellsCell activation statusT cell activationPatient survivalM2 macrophagesT cellsBreast cancerCell activationT cell peripheral toleranceTumor-infiltrating B cellsMultivariate Cox regression modelActivation statusBreast cancer patient survivalEffector T cellsT cell subsetsBreast cancer patientsImmune cell infiltrationAbundant plasma cellsCox regression modelKaplan-Meier survivalImmune cell typesMolecular pathwaysCancer patient survivalInterplay of tRNA-Derived Fragments and T Cell Activation in Breast Cancer Patient Survival
Shan N, Li N, Dai Q, Hou L, Yan X, Amei A, Lu L, Wang Z. Interplay of tRNA-Derived Fragments and T Cell Activation in Breast Cancer Patient Survival. Cancers 2020, 12: 2230. PMID: 32785169, PMCID: PMC7466003, DOI: 10.3390/cancers12082230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchT cell activationBreast cancer patient survivalCancer patient survivalOverall survivalCell activationBreast cancerExpression of tRFsImproved survivalPatient survivalMultivariate Cox regression modelBreast cancer patientsCox regression modelKaplan-Meier survivalSpearman correlation analysisEffector CD8Cytotoxic functionCancer patientsExhaustion groupsTherapeutic targetCancer progressionCancerSurvivalGene co-expression network analysisActivation groupTRNA-derived fragments
2019
BRCA1 mRNA expression modifies the effect of T cell activation score on patient survival in breast cancer
Lu L, Huang H, Zhou J, Ma W, Mackay S, Wang Z. BRCA1 mRNA expression modifies the effect of T cell activation score on patient survival in breast cancer. BMC Cancer 2019, 19: 387. PMID: 31023256, PMCID: PMC6482542, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-019-5595-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell activation statusCell activation statusPatient survivalT cell activationBreast cancerActivation statusCCND1 levelsCell activationT cell activation scoreCCND1 expressionKaplan-Meier survival curvesAdjusted hazard ratioCCND1 expression levelsBreast cancer patient survivalImmune checkpoint blockadeBetter overall survivalBreast cancer patientsCox regression modelCancer patient survivalT cell recognitionBRCA1 levelsBRCA1 mRNA expressionCheckpoint blockadeHazard ratioOverall survival