2021
Impact of Neoantigen Expression and T-Cell Activation on Breast Cancer Survival
Li W, Amei A, Bui F, Norouzifar S, Lu L, Wang Z. Impact of Neoantigen Expression and T-Cell Activation on Breast Cancer Survival. Cancers 2021, 13: 2879. PMID: 34207556, PMCID: PMC8228363, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13122879.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchT cell activationNeoantigen expressionChi-squared testOverall survivalBreast cancerMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsMultivariable Cox regression modelsCox proportional hazards modelImproved overall survivalT-cell statusT cell exhaustionBreast cancer patientsKaplan-Meier survivalBreast cancer survivalCox regression modelClinical-pathological variablesReceptor-positive subgroupCancer immunotherapy efficacyProportional hazards modelPearson's chi-squared testTumor-specific somatic mutationsSpearman correlation analysisImmunotherapy efficacyPathological variablesPatient survival
2020
Regulation and characterization of tumor-infiltrating immune cells in breast cancer
Dai Q, Wu W, Amei A, Yan X, Lu L, Wang Z. Regulation and characterization of tumor-infiltrating immune cells in breast cancer. International Immunopharmacology 2020, 90: 107167. PMID: 33223469, PMCID: PMC7855363, DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-infiltrating immune cellsT cell activation statusImmune cellsCell activation statusT cell activationPatient survivalM2 macrophagesT cellsBreast cancerCell activationT cell peripheral toleranceTumor-infiltrating B cellsMultivariate Cox regression modelActivation statusBreast cancer patient survivalEffector T cellsT cell subsetsBreast cancer patientsImmune cell infiltrationAbundant plasma cellsCox regression modelKaplan-Meier survivalImmune cell typesMolecular pathwaysCancer patient survivalInterplay of tRNA-Derived Fragments and T Cell Activation in Breast Cancer Patient Survival
Shan N, Li N, Dai Q, Hou L, Yan X, Amei A, Lu L, Wang Z. Interplay of tRNA-Derived Fragments and T Cell Activation in Breast Cancer Patient Survival. Cancers 2020, 12: 2230. PMID: 32785169, PMCID: PMC7466003, DOI: 10.3390/cancers12082230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchT cell activationBreast cancer patient survivalCancer patient survivalOverall survivalCell activationBreast cancerExpression of tRFsImproved survivalPatient survivalMultivariate Cox regression modelBreast cancer patientsCox regression modelKaplan-Meier survivalSpearman correlation analysisEffector CD8Cytotoxic functionCancer patientsExhaustion groupsTherapeutic targetCancer progressionCancerSurvivalGene co-expression network analysisActivation groupTRNA-derived fragments