Prognostic and immunological value of M2-like macrophage-related risk model in breast cancer
Objective:The development of breast cancer is not only related to the genetic changes of tumor cells,but also to the tumor microenvironment.Tumor-associated macrophages(TAMs)are the most abundant and active immune cells in breast tumor microenvironment.This study aimed to explore the potential of M2 macrophages(M2-TAMs)related genes as biomarkers to assess individual risk of breast cancer.Methods:Using the Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA)and the Gene Expression Omnibus(GEO)databases,the M2-TAMs related genes were screened,then,the proportional hazards model(Cox)and Least Absolute Value Convergence and Selection Operator(LASSO)regression analysis were used to establish the M2-TAMs related risk model.Patients were divided into high-risk and low-risk groups for survival,clinical characteristics,and immunology analysis.Results:The prognosis of patients in the low-risk group in the M2-TAMs related risk model was obviously better than that in the high-risk group.Mo-reover,the risk score in the model can be used as an independent predictor of the prognosis of breast cancer pa-tients,and combined with clinical characteristics and risk score,the prognosis of patients can be evaluated more ac-curately.Most immune cells were highly infiltrated in the low-risk group and there were significant differences in immune function between the two groups,and there were many differentially expressed immune checkpoint-related genes.Conclusion:M2-TAMs related risk model shows outstanding predictive performance,and provides a new perspective for evaluating the success of immunotherapy,which is helpful to provide new insights for precise treat-ment and comprehensive treatment.
breast cancerM2-like tumor-associated macrophagesimmune infiltrationprognostic risk model