ArticleCancers2021
Necroptosis in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Independent Prognostic Factor and Its Correlation with Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes.
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- Necroptosis as a key player in cervical cancer progression and management: a systematic review and transcriptomic cross-study consensus analysis.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026Pooled it
- A Novel Approach for Cisplatin-Resistant Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma via Amino Acid Transporter LAT1 Inhibition.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Harnessing the FGFR2/NF2/YAP signaling-dependent necroptosis to develop an FGFR2/IL-8 dual blockade therapeutic strategy.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A novel necroptosis-related miRNA signature for predicting the prognosis of esophageal cancer and immune infiltration analysis.Translational cancer research · 2025Article
- The necroptosis-related lncRNA ENSG00000253385.1 promotes the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by targeting the miR-16-2-3p/VDAC1 axis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Prognostic significance and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors of RIPK3, MLKL and necroptosis in non-small cell lung cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Identification of hub necroptosis-related lncRNAs for prognosis prediction of esophageal carcinoma.Aging · 2023Article
- Necroptosis-Related Modification Patterns Depict the Tumor Microenvironment, Redox Stress Landscape, and Prognosis of Ovarian Cancer.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2023Article
- Necroptosis pathways in tumorigenesis.Seminars in cancer biology · 2022Review
- Identification and validation of necroptosis-related prognostic gene signature and tumor immune microenvironment infiltration characterization in esophageal carcinoma.BMC gastroenterology · 2022Article
- A necroptosis-related lncRNA signature was identified to predict the prognosis and immune microenvironment of IDH-wild-type GBM.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- A novel marker based on necroptosis-related long non-coding RNA for forecasting prognostic in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
- MIR548P and TRAV39 Are Potential Indicators of Tumor Microenvironment and Novel Prognostic Biomarkers of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Journal of oncology · 2022Article
- Identification of molecular subtypes, risk signature, and immune landscape mediated by necroptosis-related genes in non-small cell lung cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- A Novel Prognostic Predictor of Immune Microenvironment and Therapeutic Response in Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma based on Necroptosis-related Gene Signature.International journal of medical sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
Necroptosis is a pivotal process in cancer biology; however, the clinical significance of necroptosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) has remained unknown. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to verify the potential involvement of necroptosis in the clinical outcome, chemotherapeutic resistance, and tumor microenvironment of ESCC. Mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein (MLKL) and phosphorylated MLKL (pMLKL) were immunohistochemically examined in 88 surgically resected specimens following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and 53 pre-therapeutic biopsy specimens, respectively. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) were also evaluated by immunolocalizing CD3, CD8, and forkhead box protein 3 (FOXP3) in the residual tumors after NAC. High pMLKL status in the post-NAC resected specimens was significantly correlated with worse prognosis in ESCC patients. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that a high pMLKL status was an independent prognostic factor. In pre-NAC biopsy specimens, a high pMLKL status was significantly associated with a lower therapeutic efficacy. CD8+ TILs were significantly lower in the high-pMLKL group. FOXP3+ TILs were significantly higher in both high-MLKL and high-pMLKL groups. We first demonstrated pMLKL status as an independent prognostic factor in ESCC patients. Our study revealed the possible involvement of necroptosis in the immunosuppressive microenvironment, resulting in the attenuated therapeutic efficacy of NAC and eventual adverse clinical outcomes in ESCC.
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