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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2022

Analysis of Gene Co-Expression Network to Identify the Role of CD8 + T Cell Infiltration-Related Biomarkers in High-Grade Glioma.

Peng Feng, Yuchen Li, Zhijie Tian, Yuan Qian, Xingyu Miao, Yuelin Zhang

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Article in International journal of general medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Peng Feng *Neurosurgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xian, 710068, People's Republic of China.
Yuchen Li *Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, People's Republic of China.
Zhijie Tian *Neurosurgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xian, 710068, People's Republic of China.
Yuan QianNeurosurgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xian, 710068, People's Republic of China.
Xingyu MiaoNeurosurgery, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xian, 710068, People's Republic of China.
Yuelin ZhangXi'an Medical University, Xian, 710021, People's Republic of China.
Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital · CNUniversity of South China · CNXi'an Medical University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundHigh-grade glioma is a type of heterogeneous lethal brain tumor most common in adults. At present, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are being considered for first-line therapeutics for malignant GBM. Nonetheless, molecular markers for malignant GBM are unavailable at present. As a result, it is important to explore molecular markers related to immunity for GBM. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe present study adopted a deconvolution algorithm for quantifying immunocyte composition and measuring gene expression, and used weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) to analyze GBM expression data obtained from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA), and the Cancer Genome Atlas Glioblastoma Multiforme (TCGA-GBM) databases. Thereafter, key CD8+ T cell infiltration-related genes and modules were identified, and database analysis was conducted to verify the therapeutic and immune features of the selected genes.

resultsFrom this study, CD8+ T cell-related modules were identified. By using consistent clustering analysis, two panels of genes (red and green) with the highest correlation with CD8+ T cells infiltration were used to construct high-, low-expression groups, silent and/or mixed group of T cell infiltrations. In the high and low CD8+ T cell infiltration groups, a total of 535 differential genes were obtained, of which ten genes (RPS5, RPS6, FAU, RPS19, RPS23, RPS15A, RPS29, RPS14, RPS16, RPS27A) were identified through protein-protein interactions and co-expression network analysis. Post Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier (K-M) survival analysis, RPS5, RPS6, and RPS16 were selected as candidate prognostic biomarkers related to CD8+ T cells.

conclusionThe three associated genes RPS5, RPS6, and RPS16 were markedly related to degree of T cell infiltration and immune-related activated. We identified their potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets associated with the extent of CD8+ T cell infiltration in GBM.

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