Characterization of m6A-Related Genes Landscape in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma to Aid Immunotherapy and Assess Prognosis
Jinzhi Meng,1 Xing Huang,1 Yue Qiu,1 Miao Yu,2 Jinfeng Lu,2 Jun Yao1 1Bone and Joint Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Rep...
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doaj-8f431b698c724f2890570141fd8cbf7d2021-09-07T20:56:37ZengDove Medical PressInternational Journal of General Medicine1178-70742021-09-01Volume 145345536168586Characterization of m6A-Related Genes Landscape in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma to Aid Immunotherapy and Assess PrognosisMeng JHuang XQiu YYu MLu JYao JJinzhi Meng,1 Xing Huang,1 Yue Qiu,1 Miao Yu,2 Jinfeng Lu,2 Jun Yao1 1Bone and Joint Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jun Yao Tel +860771-5319091Email yaojun800524@126.comBackground: Skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is the most malignant tumor among skin cancers. Immunotherapy has shown a great role in the advantageous prognosis of SKCM. However, only a small percentage of people can benefit from immunotherapy. To date, there has been insufficient evidence to reveal the prognostic value of m6A in SKCM and its relationship with the infiltration of immune cells and the efficacy of immunotherapy.Methods: Here, we synthetically analyzed 23 m6A regulators from SKCM samples collected from the TCGA and GEO databases. We defined three m6A modification patterns and constructed m6A scores using principal component analysis (PCA).Results: We found significant differences in overall survival (OS) and immune infiltration between different m6A subclusters. Besides, m6A score was positively correlated with regulatory T-cell and helper T-cell content, which may account for the association of high m6A scores with superior prognosis. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that the m6A score was an independent prognostic indicator. Moreover, patients with high m6A scores showed a better response to immunotherapy, and this result was further validated in two independent immunotherapy cohorts receiving anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy.Conclusion: The findings suggested the m6A score can screen suitable candidates for immunotherapy and can predict immunotherapy response. This analysis of different m6A patterns in a large sample of SKCM expanded our understanding of TME and provided new ideas for prognostic assessment and personalized immunotherapy strategies for SKCM patients.Keywords: skin cutaneous melanoma, immunotherapy, M6A-related genes, prognosishttps://www.dovepress.com/characterization-of-m6a-related-genes-landscape-in-skin-cutaneous-mela-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-IJGMskin cutaneous melanomaimmunotherapym6a-related genesprognosis |
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Characterization of m6A-Related Genes Landscape in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma to Aid Immunotherapy and Assess Prognosis |
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Characterization of m6A-Related Genes Landscape in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma to Aid Immunotherapy and Assess Prognosis |
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Characterization of m6A-Related Genes Landscape in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma to Aid Immunotherapy and Assess Prognosis |
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Characterization of m6A-Related Genes Landscape in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma to Aid Immunotherapy and Assess Prognosis |
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Characterization of m6A-Related Genes Landscape in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma to Aid Immunotherapy and Assess Prognosis |
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characterization of m6a-related genes landscape in skin cutaneous melanoma to aid immunotherapy and assess prognosis |
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International Journal of General Medicine |
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Jinzhi Meng,1 Xing Huang,1 Yue Qiu,1 Miao Yu,2 Jinfeng Lu,2 Jun Yao1 1Bone and Joint Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jun Yao Tel +860771-5319091Email yaojun800524@126.comBackground: Skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is the most malignant tumor among skin cancers. Immunotherapy has shown a great role in the advantageous prognosis of SKCM. However, only a small percentage of people can benefit from immunotherapy. To date, there has been insufficient evidence to reveal the prognostic value of m6A in SKCM and its relationship with the infiltration of immune cells and the efficacy of immunotherapy.Methods: Here, we synthetically analyzed 23 m6A regulators from SKCM samples collected from the TCGA and GEO databases. We defined three m6A modification patterns and constructed m6A scores using principal component analysis (PCA).Results: We found significant differences in overall survival (OS) and immune infiltration between different m6A subclusters. Besides, m6A score was positively correlated with regulatory T-cell and helper T-cell content, which may account for the association of high m6A scores with superior prognosis. Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that the m6A score was an independent prognostic indicator. Moreover, patients with high m6A scores showed a better response to immunotherapy, and this result was further validated in two independent immunotherapy cohorts receiving anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy.Conclusion: The findings suggested the m6A score can screen suitable candidates for immunotherapy and can predict immunotherapy response. This analysis of different m6A patterns in a large sample of SKCM expanded our understanding of TME and provided new ideas for prognostic assessment and personalized immunotherapy strategies for SKCM patients.Keywords: skin cutaneous melanoma, immunotherapy, M6A-related genes, prognosis |
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