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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Co-expression modules identified from published immune signatures reveal five distinct immune subtypes in breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2017 January
PURPOSE: There is a growing body of literature demonstrating that immune-related expression signatures predict breast cancer prognosis and chemo-/targeted-therapy responsiveness. However, it is unclear whether these signatures correlate with each other or represent distinct immune-related signals.
METHODS: We evaluated 57 published immune-related expression signatures in four public breast cancer datasets totaling 3295 samples. For each dataset, we used consensus clustering to group signatures together based on their co-expression pattern. Signatures that were in the same consensus cluster across all four datasets were used to define immune modules. Tumors were then classified into immune subtypes based on their module scores using consensus clustering. Survival analysis was conducted using Cox proportional hazards modeling.
RESULTS: Consensus clustering consistently yields four distinct co-expression modules across the datasets. These modules appear to represent distinct immune components and signals, where constituent signatures relate to (1) T-cells and/or B-cells (T/B-cell), (2) interferon (IFN), (3) transforming growth factor beta (TGFB), and (4) core-serum response, dendritic cells, and/or macrophages (CSR). Subtyping of tumors based on these co-expression modules consistently yields subsets that fall into five major immune subtypes: T/B-cell/IFN High, IFN/CSR High, CSR High, TGFB High, and Immune Low. Basal and/or triple-negative breast cancer patients with CSR High tumors have significantly worse outcome relative to those within the T/B-cell/IFN High subtype.
CONCLUSION: Our exploratory study identified four distinct immune co-expression modules (T/B-cell, IFN, TGFB, or CSR) from published immune signatures. Using these modules, we identified five immune subtypes with significant outcome differences in basal breast cancers.
METHODS: We evaluated 57 published immune-related expression signatures in four public breast cancer datasets totaling 3295 samples. For each dataset, we used consensus clustering to group signatures together based on their co-expression pattern. Signatures that were in the same consensus cluster across all four datasets were used to define immune modules. Tumors were then classified into immune subtypes based on their module scores using consensus clustering. Survival analysis was conducted using Cox proportional hazards modeling.
RESULTS: Consensus clustering consistently yields four distinct co-expression modules across the datasets. These modules appear to represent distinct immune components and signals, where constituent signatures relate to (1) T-cells and/or B-cells (T/B-cell), (2) interferon (IFN), (3) transforming growth factor beta (TGFB), and (4) core-serum response, dendritic cells, and/or macrophages (CSR). Subtyping of tumors based on these co-expression modules consistently yields subsets that fall into five major immune subtypes: T/B-cell/IFN High, IFN/CSR High, CSR High, TGFB High, and Immune Low. Basal and/or triple-negative breast cancer patients with CSR High tumors have significantly worse outcome relative to those within the T/B-cell/IFN High subtype.
CONCLUSION: Our exploratory study identified four distinct immune co-expression modules (T/B-cell, IFN, TGFB, or CSR) from published immune signatures. Using these modules, we identified five immune subtypes with significant outcome differences in basal breast cancers.
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