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ArticleBMC cancer2020

The role of SRGN in the survival and immune infiltrates of skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) and SKCM-metastasis patients.

Xiaofang Wang, Hui Xiong, Daning Liang, Zhenzhen Chen, Xiqing Li, Kun Zhang

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Article in BMC cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaofang WangDepartment of Dermatology and Venerology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Hui XiongDepartment of Dermatology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Daning LiangDepartment of Dermatology and Venerology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Zhenzhen ChenDepartment of Dermatology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Xiqing LiDepartment of Dermatology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Kun ZhangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. zszhangk@hotmail.com.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNPeking University Shenzhen Hospital · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81600351National Natural Science Foundation of China 81602762the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 19ykpy103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSkin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is one of most aggressive type of cancers worldwide. Serglycin (SRGN) is an intracellular proteoglycan that playing an important role in various tumors. However, its effect on immune infiltrates and whether it associates with survival of SKCM and SKCM-metastasis patients has not been explored.

methodsWe evaluated SRGN expression via the databases of Oncomine, Tumor Immune Estimation Resource (TIMER) and Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA). The influence of SRGN expression on survival of SKCM and SKCM-metastasis patients was analyzed using TIMER database. Furthermore, the correlations between SRGN expression and immune infiltrates or gene marker sets of immune infiltrates were also analyzed via TIMER database.

resultsWe found that the expression of SRGN in SKCM and SKCM-metastasis tissues was significantly increased compared to the normal skin tissues (P < 0.001). Interestingly, it was showed that lower level of SRGN expression and lower immune infiltrates of B cell, CD8+ T cell, Neutrophil, and Dendritic cell were correlated with poor survival rate of SKCM and SKCM-metastasis patients (P < 0.001) but not SKCM primary patients. We also demonstrated that SRGN expression was positively associated with the immune infiltrates and diverse immune marker sets in SKCM and SKCM-metastasis.

conclusionsOur findings indicated that SRGN was associated with the survival of SKCM and SKCM-metastasis patients. SRGN may be a new immune therapy target for treating SKCM and SKCM-metastasis.

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Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionBiomarkers, TumorB-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCutaneous Malignant MelanomaDatabases, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMelanomaNeoplasm MetastasisPrognosisProteoglycansSkin NeoplasmsSurvival RateTumor MicroenvironmentVesicular Transport ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorProteoglycansserglycinVesicular Transport ProteinsImmune infiltratesSKCMSKCM-metastasisSRGNSurvival

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