Comprehensive genomic and immunological characterization of Chinese non-small cell lung cancer patients

Nat Commun. 2019 Apr 16;10(1):1772. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09762-1.

Abstract

Deep understanding of the genomic and immunological differences between Chinese and Western lung cancer patients is of great importance for target therapy selection and development for Chinese patients. Here we report an extensive molecular and immune profiling study of 245 Chinese patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte estimated using immune cell signatures is found to be significantly higher in adenocarcinoma (ADC, 72.5%) compared with squamous cell carcinoma (SQCC, 54.4%). The correlation of genomic alterations with immune signatures reveals that low immune infiltration was associated with EGFR mutations in ADC samples, PI3K and/or WNT pathway activation in SQCC. While KRAS mutations are found to be significantly associated with T cell infiltration in ADC samples. The SQCC patients with high antigen presentation machinery and cytotoxic T cell signature scores are found to have a prolonged overall survival time.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung / genetics*
  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung / immunology
  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung / mortality
  • Aged
  • Antigen Presentation / genetics
  • Antigen Presentation / immunology
  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / genetics*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / immunology
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / mortality
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / genetics*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / immunology
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / mortality
  • Datasets as Topic
  • ErbB Receptors / genetics
  • Female
  • Genomics
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Lung Neoplasms / immunology
  • Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / immunology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) / genetics
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology
  • Wnt Signaling Pathway / genetics
  • Wnt Signaling Pathway / immunology

Substances

  • KRAS protein, human
  • EGFR protein, human
  • ErbB Receptors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)