Construction of a ferroptosis-based prognostic model for breast cancer helps to discriminate high/low risk groups and treatment priority

Liyong Zhang, Tingting Zhao, Xiujuan Wu, Hao Tian, Pingping Gao, Qingqiu Chen, Ceshi Chen, Yi Zhang, Shushu Wang, Xiaowei Qi, Na Sun · 2023

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Liyong Zhang and ten co-authors build a risk score for breast cancer from genes of an iron-driven cell death, in a 2023 study. That death style, ferroptosis, may shape how tumors grow and answer drugs, but its gene cast in breast cancer was unmapped. The team sifted public tumor data and immune and drug files, landing on 73 candidate genes. Tests for survival links cut the list down.

A shrinkage method then picked ten genes for the final score. The score split patients into high and low risk with real gaps in outcome. Immune cell mixes differed between the risk groups, which may guide drug choice. Lab checks in cancer cell lines and stained tumor samples confirmed the genes are truly active in the disease. The authors offer the score as a planning aid, not a verdict.

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CREATORLiyong Zhang, Tingting Zhao, Xiujuan Wu, Hao Tian, Pingping Gao, Qingqiu Chen, Ceshi Chen, Yi Zhang, Shushu Wang, Xiaowei Qi, Na Sun
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE38 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10751362

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