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ArticlePeerJ2020

Mining of prognosis-related genes in cervical squamous cell carcinoma immune microenvironment.

Jiong Ma, Pu Cheng, Xuejun Chen, Chunxia Zhou, Wei Zheng

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Jiong Ma *Department of Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hang Zhou, China.
Pu Cheng *Department of Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hang Zhou, China.
Xuejun ChenDepartment of Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hang Zhou, China.
Chunxia ZhouDepartment of Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hang Zhou, China.
Wei ZhengDepartment of Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hang Zhou, China.

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purposeThe aim of this study was to explore the effective immune scoring method and mine the novel and potential immune microenvironment-related diagnostic and prognostic markers for cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSSC). MATERIALS AND

methodsThe Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data was downloaded and multiple data analysis approaches were initially used to search for the immune-related scoring system on the basis of Estimation of STromal and Immune cells in MAlignant Tumour tissues using Expression data (ESTIMATE) algorithm. Afterwards, the representative genes in the gene modules correlated with immune-related scores based on ESTIMATE algorithm were further screened using Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) and network topology analysis. Gene functions were mined through enrichment analysis, followed by exploration of the correlation between these genes and immune checkpoint genes. Finally, survival analysis was applied to search for genes with significant association with overall survival and external database was employed for further validation.

resultsThe immune-related scores based on ESTIMATE algorithm was closely associated with other categories of scores, the HPV infection status, prognosis and the mutation levels of multiple CSCC-related genes (HLA and TP53). Eighteen new representative immune microenvironment-related genes were finally screened closely associated with patient prognosis and were further validated by the independent dataset GSE44001.

conclusionOur present study suggested that the immune-related scores based on ESTIMATE algorithm can help to screen out novel immune-related diagnostic indicators, therapeutic targets and prognostic predictors in CSCC.

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Cervical carcinomaImmunePrognosisTCGA

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PMCPMC7450998

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