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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2021

Identification of a novel tumour microenvironment-based prognostic biomarker in skin cutaneous melanoma.

Rong-Hua Yang, Bo Liang, Jie-Hua Li, Xiao-Bing Pi, Kai Yu, Shi-Jian Xiang, Ning Gu, Xiao-Dong Chen, Si-Tong Zhou

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rong-Hua YangDepartment of Burn Surgery and Skin Regeneration, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China.
Bo LiangNanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1749-6976
Jie-Hua LiDepartment of Dermatology, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China.
Xiao-Bing PiDepartment of Dermatology, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China.
Kai YuDepartment of Emergency, The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Shi-Jian XiangDepartment of Pharmacy, Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China.
Ning GuNanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0704-6768
Xiao-Dong ChenDepartment of Burn Surgery and Skin Regeneration, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China.
Si-Tong ZhouDepartment of Dermatology, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2082-742X
First People's Hospital of Foshan · CNNanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skin cutaneous melanoma (SKCM) is one of the most destructive skin malignancies and has attracted worldwide attention. However, there is a lack of prognostic biomarkers, especially tumour microenvironment (TME)-based prognostic biomarkers. Therefore, there is an urgent need to investigate the TME in SKCM, as well as to identify efficient biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of SKCM patients. A comprehensive analysis was performed using SKCM samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas and normal samples from Genotype-Tissue Expression. TME scores were calculated using the ESTIMATE algorithm, and differential TME scores and differentially expressed prognostic genes were successively identified. We further identified more reliable prognostic genes via least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression analysis and constructed a prognostic prediction model to predict overall survival. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy, and Cox regression analysis was applied to explore the relationship with clinicopathological characteristics. Finally, we identified a novel prognostic biomarker and conducted a functional enrichment analysis. After considering ESTIMATEScore and tumour purity as differential TME scores, we identified 34 differentially expressed prognostic genes. Using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression, we identified seven potential prognostic biomarkers (SLC13A5, RBM24, IGHV3OR16-15, PRSS35, SLC7A10, IGHV1-69D and IGHV2-26). Combined with receiver operating characteristic and regression analyses, we determined PRSS35 as a novel TME-based prognostic biomarker in SKCM, and functional analysis enriched immune-related cells, functions and signalling pathways. Our study indicated that PRSS35 could act as a potential prognostic biomarker in SKCM by investigating the TME, so as to provide new ideas and insights for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of SKCM.

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Biomarkers, TumorCutaneous Malignant MelanomaFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMelanomaPrognosisROC CurveSignal TransductionSkin NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorESTIMATELASSOprognostic biomarkerPRSS35skin cutaneous melanomatumour microenvironment

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