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Current transfer learning-based methods typically focus on learning domain-invariant representations, but often overlook the critical role of tumor microenvironment (TME) during cross-domain translation. Given that TME discrepancies between in vitro and in vivo settings are critical factors of therapeutic resistance, explicitly modeling the TME is essential to bridge the gap between preclinical models and patient-specific responses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We propose TMEDRP, a novel two-stage learning framework that integrates tumor-intrinsic signatures and TME-specific components for enhanced clinical drug response prediction. TMEDRP introduces TME influences via a pathway-informed disentanglement strategy, a neural co-expression module, and an uncertainty-driven adaptation mechanism. 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The identified shared and drug-specific molecular markers align with established clinical mechanisms, supporting the model\u2019s biological interpretability and clinical utility.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Availability and implementation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The code and results are available at https:\/\/github.com\/kybinn\/TMEDRP.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btag680","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,11]],"date-time":"2026-09-11T11:46:36Z","timestamp":1789127196000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["TMEDRP: decoding tumor-intrinsic and microenvironmental signatures for clinical drug response prediction"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Yabin","family":"Kuang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University , 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