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ArticleBMC cancer2021

SERPINE1 associated with remodeling of the tumor microenvironment in colon cancer progression: a novel therapeutic target.

Shaokun Wang, Li Pang, Zuolong Liu, Xiangwei Meng

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Article in BMC cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shaokun WangDepartment of Emergency, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Li PangDepartment of Emergency, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Zuolong LiuDepartment of Emergency, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Xiangwei MengDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, No. 71 Xinmin Road, Changchun, China. mengxw@jlu.edu.cn.
First Hospital of Jilin University · CNJilin University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe change of immune cell infiltration essentially influences the process of colorectal cancer development. The infiltration of immune cells can be regulated by a variety of genes. Thus, modeling the immune microenvironment of colorectal cancer by analyzing the genes involved can be more conducive to the in-depth understanding of carcinogenesis and the progression thereof.

methodsIn this study, the number of stromal and immune cells in malignant tumor tissues were first estimated by using expression data (ESTIMATE) and cell-type identification with relative subsets of known RNA transcripts (CIBERSORT) to calculate the proportion of infiltrating immune cell and stromal components of colon cancer samples from the Cancer Genome Atlas database. Then the relationship between the TMN Classification and prognosis of malignant tumors was evaluated.

resultsBy investigating differentially expressed genes using COX regression and protein-protein interaction network (PPI), the candidate hub gene serine protease inhibitor family E member 1 (SERPINE1) was found to be associated with immune cell infiltration. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) further projected the potential pathways with elevated SERPINE1 expression to carcinogenesis and immunity. CIBERSORT was subsequently utilized to investigate the relationship between the expression differences of SERPINE1 and immune cell infiltration and to identify eight immune cells associated with SERPINE1 expression.

conclusionWe found that SERPINE1 plays a role in the remodeling of the colon cancer microenvironment and the infiltration of immune cells.

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Colonic NeoplasmsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansPlasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1PrognosisSurvival AnalysisTumor MicroenvironmentPlasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1SERPINE1 protein, humanColon cancerSERPINE1Tumor-infiltrating immune cellsTumor microenvironment

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