In fact, cg24670442, one of the four-DNA methylation signatures, corresponding to GBP5 gene, was significantly negatively correlated with PD-1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA-4 (p<0. Meanwhile, GBP5 has been proved to be induced by interferon-gamma (IFN-?), and could serve as the substitute indicator of IFN-?, which promotes not only immunomodulation but also anticancer activity, and play a role in immunotherapy (Chang et al. The raw P values of Pearson correlation and Bonferroni correction adjusted P values between our four-DNA methylation signature and other known signatures are shown in Supplementary file 3. Collectively, these results imply that our four-DNA methylation signature, although developed to accurately stratify patients in terms of prognosis, may also play a role in ICB immunotherapy.