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ArticleBMC medicine2025

Immune microenvironment spatial landscapes of tertiary lymphoid structures in gastric cancer.

Yi Xie, Haoxin Peng, Yajie Hu, Keren Jia, Jiajia Yuan, Dan Liu, Yanyan Li, Xujiao Feng, Jian Li, Xiaotian Zhang and 3 more

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Article in BMC medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Yi Xie *Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Haoxin Peng *Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Yajie Hu *Department of Pathology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Keren Jia *Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Jiajia YuanDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Dan LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Yanyan LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Xujiao FengDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Jian LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Xiaotian ZhangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Yu SunDepartment of Pathology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China. sunyupath@sohu.com.
Lin ShenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China. shenlin@bjmu.edu.cn.
Yang ChenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education, Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, 100142, China. Yang_chen@bjcancer.org.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82203881National Natural Science Foundation of China 823B2069National Natural Science Foundation of China U22A20327Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality 7222021the Beijing Hospitals Authority Youth Programme QMS20201102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) correlate with tumour prognosis and immunotherapy responses in gastric cancer (GC) studies. However, understanding the complex and diverse immune microenvironment within TLS requires comprehensive analysis.

methodsWe examined the prognostic impact of TLS within the tumour core (TC) of 59 GC patients undergoing immunotherapy. Multispectral fluorescence imaging was employed to evaluate variations in immune cell infiltration across different TLS sites among 110 GC patients, by quantifying immune cell density and spatial characteristics. We also generated a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of TLS-positive (n = 4) and TLS-negative (n = 8) microenvironments and performed spatial transcriptomics (ST) analysis on two samples.

resultsTLS presence in the TC significantly correlated with improved immune-related overall survival (P = 0.049). CD8

conclusionsTLS presence facilitates frequent cell-to-cell communication, forming an active immune microenvironment, highlighting the prognostic value of TLS.

Indexed as

Stomach NeoplasmsTertiary Lymphoid StructuresTumor MicroenvironmentAgedFemaleHumansImmunotherapyLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisGastric cancerImmunotherapyPrognostic modelSingle-cell RNA sequencingSpatial transcriptomicsTertiary lymphoid structuresTumour microenvironment

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PMID39901202
PMCPMC11792408

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