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ArticleDiscover oncology2021

Identification of prognostic biomarkers associated with tumor microenvironment in ceRNA network for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a bioinformatics study based on TCGA database.

Danlei Song, Yongjian Wei, Yuping Hu, Xia Chen, Ya Zheng, Min Liu, Yuping Wang, Yongning Zhou

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Article in Discover oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Danlei SongThe First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Yongjian WeiThe First Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou, China.
Yuping HuThe First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Xia ChenThe First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Ya ZhengDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Min LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Yuping WangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
Yongning ZhouDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China. zhouyn@lzu.edu.cn.
Lanzhou University · CNFirst Hospital of Lanzhou University · CNCangzhou Central Hospital · CN

Funding

the National Natural Science Foundation of China 71964021the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81960430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEsophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the most common histological type of esophageal cancer in the world with high incidence rate and poor prognosis. Infiltrated immune and stromal cells are vital components of tumor microenvironment (TME) and have a significant impact on the progression of ESCC. The competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) hypothesis has been proved important in the molecular biological mechanisms of tumor development. However, there are few studies on the relationship between ceRNA and ESCC TME.

methodsThe proportion of tumor-infiltrating immune cells and the amount of stromal and immune cells in ESCC cases were calculated from The Cancer Genome Atlas database using the CIBERSORT and ESTIMATE calculation methods. After stratified identification of differentially expressed genes, WGCNA and miRNA prediction system were applied to construct ceRNA network. Finally, PPI network and survival analysis were selected to discriminate prognostic signature. And the results were verified in two independent groups from Gene Expression Omnibus and Lanzhou, China.

resultsWe found that high Stromal and ESTIMATE scores were significantly associated with poor overall survival. Three TME-related key prognostic genes were screened, namely, LCP2, CD86, SLA. And the expression of them was significantly correlated with infiltrated immunocytes. It is also found that ESTIMATE Score and the expression of CD86 were both related to TNM system of ESCC.

conclusionsWe identified three novel TME-related prognostic markers and their lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA pathway in ESCC patients, which may provide new strategies for the targeted therapy.

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Competing endogenous RNA networkEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaPrognosisRelative abundance of tumor infiltrating immune cellsTumor microenvironmentWeighted gene co-expression network analysis

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