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ArticleBioscience reports2021

Correlations between glycolysis with clinical traits and immune function in bladder urothelial carcinoma.

Kai Che, Wenkai Han, Danxia Li, Shuxia Cui, Mingxin Zhang, Xiaokun Yang, Haitao Niu

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Article in Bioscience reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kai Che *Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Wenkai Han *Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Danxia LiDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Shuxia CuiDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Mingxin ZhangDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Xiaokun Yang *Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Haitao Niu *Department of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Qingdao University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlycolysis was a representative hallmark in the tumor microenvironment (TME), and we aimed to explore the correlations between glycolysis with immune activity and clinical traits in bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA).

methodsOur study obtained glycolysis scores for each BLCA samples from TCGA by a single-sample gene set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA) algorithm, based on a glycolytic gene set. The relationship between glycolysis with prognosis, clinical characteristics, and immune function were investigated subsequently.

resultsWe found that enhanced glycolysis was associated with poor prognosis and metastasis in BLCA. Moreover, glycolysis had a close correlation with immune function, and enhanced glycolysis increased immune activities. In other words, glycolysis had a positive correlation with immune activities. Immune checkpoints such as IDO1, CD274, were up-regulated in high-glycolysis group as well.

conclusionWe speculated that in BLCA, elevated glycolysis enhanced immune function, which caused tumor cells to overexpress immune checkpoints to evade immune surveillance. Inhibition of glycolysis might be a promising assistant for immunotherapy in bladder cancer.

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GlycolysisClinical Trials as TopicDatabases, FactualHumansUrinary Bladder Neoplasmsbladder urothelial carcinomaclinical characteristicsglycolysisimmune activity

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PMID33558879
PMCPMC7897921
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