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ArticleJournal of oncology2022

Comprehensive Analysis of RAPGEF2 for Predicting Prognosis and Immunotherapy Response in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Qing Wu, Yangzhi Hu, Qinghui Ma, Shanglin Yang, Junpeng Chen, Shunqian Wen, Guanqun Liao

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Article in Journal of oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qing WuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Foshan Hospital, Southern Medical University (The Second People's Hospital of Foshan), Foshan 528000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1143-5547
Yangzhi HuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Xiangnan University, Chenzhou 423000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2600-1442
Qinghui MaDepartment of Oncology, Affiliated Foshan Hospital, Southern Medical University (The Second People's Hospital of Foshan), Foshan 528000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9440-3737
Shanglin YangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Foshan Hospital, Southern Medical University (The Second People's Hospital of Foshan), Foshan 528000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9339-9417
Junpeng ChenDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Foshan Hospital, Southern Medical University (The Second People's Hospital of Foshan), Foshan 528000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0807-0161
Shunqian WenDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Foshan Hospital, Southern Medical University (The Second People's Hospital of Foshan), Foshan 528000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8884-1407
Guanqun LiaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Foshan Hospital, Southern Medical University (The Second People's Hospital of Foshan), Foshan 528000, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9567-9241
Foshan Second People's Hospital · CNXiangnan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the sixth most common tumor worldwide. Additionally, deletion of RAPGEF2 plays a critical role in CNV and related to tumor immune microenvironment, whereas the prognostic potential of RAPGEF2 in HCC patient needs to be explored. Methods: We looked for prognostic potential genes in HCC using a variety of R programs. Then, using the LASSO Cox regression, we thoroughly evaluated and integrated the RAPGEF2-related genes from TCGA database. Meanwhile, utilizing TCGA and ICGA databases, the link between RAPGEF2 and immunotherapy response in HCC was studied. In vivo, the effect of RAPGEF2 on tumor development and the capacity of natural killer (NK) cells to recruit were confirmed. To ascertain the connection between RAPGEF2-related genes and the prognosis of HCC, a prognostic model was created and validated. Result: We demonstrated RAPGEF2 has a differential expression, and patients with deletion of RAPGEF2 gene get shorter survival in HCC. Additionally, the tissues without RAPGEF2 have a weaker ability to recruit the NK cells and response to immunotherapy. After that, we scoured the database for eight RAPGEF2-related genes linked with a better prognosis in HCC patients. Additionally, silencing RAPGEF2 accelerated tumor development in the HCC mouse model and decreased CD56+ NK cell recruitment in HCC tissues. TCGA database was used to classify patients into low- and high-risk categories based on the expression of related genes. Patients in the low-risk group had a significantly greater overall survival than those in the high-risk group ( Conclusion: The prognostic model based on RAPGEF2 and RAPGEF2-related genes showed an excellent predictive performance in terms of prognosis and immunotherapy response in HCC, therefore establishing a unique prognostic model for clinical assessment of HCC patients.

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