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Immune expression signatures as candidate prognostic biomarkers of age and gender survival differences in cutaneous melanoma
- Title
- Immune expression signatures as candidate prognostic biomarkers of age and gender survival differences in cutaneous melanoma
- Authors
- Kim Y.-J.; Kim K.; Lee K.H.; Kim J.; Jung W.
- Ewha Authors
- 김규보; 김이준
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김규보; 김이준
- Issue Date
- 2020
- Journal Title
- Scientific Reports
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Citation
- Scientific Reports vol. 10, no. 1
- Publisher
- Nature Research
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- This study aims to investigate the difference of gene expression and its prognostic significance in younger women with melanoma. Significantly upregulated genes in tumors compared to normal skin tissues were extracted. Among these genes, genes that significantly affected survival according to expression level were selected, and pathway annotation was performed. The patient proportion with high/low expression of the most significant pathways was analyzed in each age (< 50, 50–59, ≥ 60) and gender group. Survival was analyzed according to age, gender, and pathways. The most significant pathways that were upregulated in tumor tissues and also had impacts on survival were programmed cell death protein [PD]-1, interferon-γ, and interferon-α/β pathways. In women, the immune signaling rate in patients was higher than men and decreased with age (63.5%, 53.8%, and 47.6%). In men, the decreasing tendency was minimal (47.6%, 50.0%, and 41.6%). In patients aged < 60 years, women had a favorable survival rate than men (p = 0.055). Except for patients with high immune signaling, no survival difference was observed between genders (p = 0.6). In conclusion, younger female melanoma patients had high immune signaling than older women and men. This immune signaling improved survival of the younger female patients. © 2020, The Author(s).
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-020-69082-z
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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