Nature Communications (May 2022)

A lncRNA signature associated with tumor immune heterogeneity predicts distant metastasis in locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

  • Ye-Lin Liang,
  • Yuan Zhang,
  • Xi-Rong Tan,
  • Han Qiao,
  • Song-Ran Liu,
  • Ling-Long Tang,
  • Yan-Ping Mao,
  • Lei Chen,
  • Wen-Fei Li,
  • Guan-Qun Zhou,
  • Yin Zhao,
  • Jun-Yan Li,
  • Qian Li,
  • Sheng-Yan Huang,
  • Sha Gong,
  • Zi-Qi Zheng,
  • Zhi-Xuan Li,
  • Ying Sun,
  • Wei Jiang,
  • Jun Ma,
  • Ying-Qin Li,
  • Na Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30709-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) can be used for the development of prognostic signatures to predict tumour metastasis. Here the authors identify an immune-associated nine-lncRNA signature for predicting metastasis in a multicentre cohort of locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer patients.