Immune Infiltration Correlates with Transcriptomic Subtypes in Primary ER+ Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer

Res Sq [Preprint]. 2024 Aug 13:rs.3.rs-4579052. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4579052/v1.

Abstract

Understanding interplay of breast cancer and microenvironment is critical. Here, we identified two transcriptomic subtypes and five immune infiltration patterns from RNA-seq and multiplex immunohistochemistry from 21 ER+/HER2- invasive lobular breast cancers. The proliferative subtype associated with increased immune infiltration especially by immunosuppressive regulatory T-cells and macrophages. We also defined a TAM-Low signature, which associated with lower infiltration of proliferative, pro-inflammatory TAM, and improved outcome in patients with ER+ tumors.

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