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Cancer Cell International
Published in: Cancer Cell International 1/2022

01-12-2022 | Glioma | Primary research

The B7H4-PDL1 classifier stratifies immuno-phenotype in cervical cancer

Authors: Lingyan Chen, Jianfeng Dong, Zeying Li, Yu Chen, Yan Zhang

Published in: Cancer Cell International | Issue 1/2022

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Abstract

Background

It has been revealed that B7H4 is negatively correlated with PDL1 and identifies immuno-cold tumors in glioma. However, the application of the B7H4-PDL1 classifier in cancers has not been well testified.

Methods

A pan-cancer analysis was conducted to evaluate the immunological role of B7H4 using the RNA-sequencing data downloaded from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and multiplexed quantitative immunofluorescence (QIF) were performed to validate the primary results revealed by bioinformatics analysis.

Results

The pan-cancer analysis revealed that B7H4 was negatively correlated with PDL1 expression and immune cell infiltration in CeCa. In addition, patients with high B7H4 exhibited the shortest overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS) while those with high PDL1 exhibited a better prognosis. Multiplexed QIF showed that B7H4 was mutually exclusive with PDL1 expression and the B7H4-high group exhibited the lowest CD8 + T cell infiltration. Besides, B7H4-high predicted highly proliferative subtypes, which expressed the highest Ki67 antigen. Moreover, B7H4-high also indicated a lower response to multiple therapies.

Conclusions

Totally, the B7H4-PDL1 classifier identifies the immunogenicity and predicts proliferative subtypes and limited therapeutic options in CeCa, which may be a convenient and feasible biomarker in clinical practice.
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Metadata
Title
The B7H4-PDL1 classifier stratifies immuno-phenotype in cervical cancer
Authors
Lingyan Chen
Jianfeng Dong
Zeying Li
Yu Chen
Yan Zhang
Publication date
01-12-2022
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Cancer Cell International / Issue 1/2022
Electronic ISSN: 1475-2867
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-021-02423-8

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