Research Paper Volume 12, Issue 10 pp 9868—9881
Construction of immune-related and prognostic lncRNA clusters and identification of their immune and genomic alterations characteristics in lung adenocarcinoma samples
- 1 Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou 450008, China
- 2 Department of Integrated Therapy, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200032, China
- 3 Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China
- 4 Department of internal Medicine-Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250117, China
Received: February 20, 2020 Accepted: April 20, 2020 Published: May 23, 2020
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.103251How to Cite
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Abstract
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in various biological processes of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), such as immune response regulation, tumor microenvironment remodeling and genomic alteration. Nevertheless, immune-related lncRNAs and their immune and genomic alterations characteristics in LUAD samples still remain unreported. Here, using various public databases, statistic and software tools, we constructed two immune-related lncRNA clusters with different immune and genomic alterations characteristics. Notably, cluster 1 had a stronger immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) and a higher mutation frequency than cluster 2, especially the mutant genes, such as Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1) and toll like receptor 4 (TLR4). In cluster 1, both the amplified and deleted portions of copy number variation (CNV) segments were enriched and cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A) was significantly deleted. GSVA analysis revealed that these immune-related lncRNAs may be involved in stem cell and EMT functions. Furthermore, cluster 1 was related to worse prognosis of LUAD patients. Therefore, we constructed two immune-related and prognostic lncRNA clusters and identified their immune and genomic alterations characteristics in LUAD samples, which could well divide LUAD patients into different immune phenotypes and help to understand immune molecular mechanisms of LUAD.