Publication date: Jul 01, 2025
This project aimed to discover independent gut markers of immunotherapy based on qPCR method. 80 metastatic melanoma patients receiving immunotherapy were enrolled in this study, and the relative abundance of 41 gut markers was worked out by a newly established qPCR method. The HR of these gut markers was calculated using Rstudio-coxph. The associations between these 41 gut markers and age as well as treatment-course were analyzed by heatmap, linear-regression or VIF. Markers for Cox prediction model were selected according to the results of HR, VIF and LASSO regression. Nomogram, calibration curves for nomogram and stratified survival analysis were used to observe the predictive performance of the prediction model and related gut markers. Blo may be associated with pseudoresponse of immunotherapy, especially in elderly patients. Age (risk**), treatment-type*, treatment-course (protective), clinical-response**, LDH (risk), Amc (risk**), Bvu (protective), Cpe (protective) and Rgn (risk) were recommended as predictors of immunotherapy. For patients with Age or LDH, the detection of Amc could further predict the prognosis (p = 0. 065, p = 0. 013). For patients with Age or LDH, the detection of Bvu could further predict the prognosis (p = 0. 007, p = 0. 011). For patients with Amc or Bvu , longer treatment duration (treatment-course) will significantly improve prognosis (p 
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| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | melanoma |
| pathway | KEGG | Melanoma |
| pathway | REACTOME | Reproduction |
| disease | MESH | tumor |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Trestolone |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Paclitaxel |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Anlotinib |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Lenvatinib |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Vemurafenib |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Coenzyme A |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Cefaclor |