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Identification of Prognostic Biomarkers of Ovarian High-Grade Serous Carcinoma: A Preliminary Study Using Spatial Transcriptome Analysis and Multispectral Imaging
Haeyoun Kang, Je‐Gun Joung, Hyun Park, Min Chul Choi, Doohyun Koh, Ju‐Yeon Jeong, Joon‐Hyung Lee, Sook-Young Kim, Daun Jung, Sohyun Hwang, Hee Jung An
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Ovarian cancer is a lethal malignancy, with most patients initially responding to chemotherapy but frequently experiencing recurrence. Previous studies primarily examined tumor characteristics using limited genetic markers or bulk RNA sequencing. Here, we used spatial transcriptomics via the GeoMx<sup>®</sup> platform, alongside multispectral immune cell immunofluorescence (IF), to identify biomarkers associated with disease progression following first-line treatment of high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC). We identified several spatial biomarkers linked to non-recurrence, including elevated <i>NKG7</i> expression in CD45+ immune cell regions (<i>p</i> = 0.0011) and higher <i>TFPI2</i> and <i>PIGR</i> expression in tumor areas (<i>p</i> = 2.09 × 10<sup>-6</sup>), both associated with improved progression-free survival. Multispectral IF revealed significantly higher regulatory T cell (Treg) to CD8+ T cell ratios in the tumor nests and stroma of recurrent patients (<i>p</i> = 0.016, 0.048). Tregs were also found closer to cancer cells or macrophages than CD8+ T cells in recurrent tumors (<i>p</i> = 0.048), correlating with poor survival. Integrated analysis showed that immune cell density and immune pathway scores in the recurrent group positively correlated with cancer pathway scores, except for NF-κB. This comprehensive analysis revealed clues to interactions between different immune cells and identified biomarkers that may be useful for predicting recurrence of HGSC.

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Ovarian cancerImmune systemSerous fluidCD8Cancer researchStromaBiologyOvarian carcinomaTranscriptomeCancer
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5.2 / 2
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2025