Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Molecular subtyping reveals immune alterations associated with progression of bronchial premalignant lesions

  • Jennifer E. Beane,
  • Sarah A. Mazzilli,
  • Joshua D. Campbell,
  • Grant Duclos,
  • Kostyantyn Krysan,
  • Christopher Moy,
  • Catalina Perdomo,
  • Michael Schaffer,
  • Gang Liu,
  • Sherry Zhang,
  • Hanqiao Liu,
  • Jessica Vick,
  • Samjot S. Dhillon,
  • Suso J. Platero,
  • Steven M. Dubinett,
  • Christopher Stevenson,
  • Mary E. Reid,
  • Marc E. Lenburg,
  • Avrum E. Spira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09834-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Bronchial premalignant lesions can potentially progress to lung squamous cell carcinoma. Here, the authors profile bronchial biopsies from high-risk smokers by RNA sequencing and identify four molecular subtypes of premalignant lesions and an immune molecular signature that associates with lesion progression.