In:
Epigenomics, Future Medicine Ltd, Vol. 11, No. 6 ( 2019-05), p. 639-653
Abstract:
Aim: We investigated the significance of PD-L2 DNA methylation in gastric adenocarcinomas. Methods: We analyzed the methylation at different CpG sites within the PD-L2-encoding gene PDCD1LG2 with regard to correlations and associations with gene expression, clinicopathological parameters, molecular features and immune cell infiltrates in two publicly available cohorts (The Cancer Genome Atlas and Singapore cohorts) of a total of 594 gastric adenocarcinoma patients. Results: PD-L2 methylation is significantly associated with transcriptional activity, survival, Epstein–Barr virus infection, PD-L2 gene amplification, CD8 + T-cell infiltration, microsatellite instability and high mutational load (tumor mutational burden, hypermutation). Conclusion: PD-L2 methylation is associated with known predictive biomarkers of response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapies.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1750-1911
,
1750-192X
DOI:
10.2217/epi-2018-0149
Language:
English
Publisher:
Future Medicine Ltd
Publication Date:
2019
SSG:
12
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