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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2022

CUL4B is a Potential Novel Prognostic Biomarker and is Correlated with Immune Infiltrates in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

Lu Liu, Ruting Hui, Tianyang Zeng, Xuetao Yang, Qingchen Wu, Tao Yang

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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 2 countries.

Lu LiuIntensive Care Unit of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China.
Ruting HuiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chengdu First People's Hospital, Chengdu, 61007, People's Republic of China.
Tianyang ZengDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China.
Xuetao YangDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China.
Qingchen WuDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China.
Tao YangDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-1273-0089
The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College · CNYale University · US

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Abstract

Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a particularly fatal cancer with a median survival of less than one year. The value of single-agent checkpoint inhibitors is still obscure in MPM. We aim to reveal CUL4B prognostic role and immune infiltrates in MPM patients. Methods: CUL4B expression profile and clinical information of malignant pleura mesothelioma individuals were collected from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis measured CUL4B mRNA expression in epithelioid, biphasic, sarcomatoid, and normal pleural cell lines. Results: CUL4B expression elevated in MPM and had a high diagnostic value with AUC = 0.772. Additionally, our results showed that CUL4B high expression significantly correlated with poorer outcomes in MPM. Moreover, GSEA revealed 15 KEGG pathways enriched in the CUL4B high-expression group, and 22 were exhibited in the CUL4B low-expression group. Otherwise, our results showed that CUL4B was relevant to Wnt antagonistic factors (BARX2), Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP3), and Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN). In addition, our results revealed that CUL4B expression was positively linked with four types of immune cells, whereas CUL4B expression was negatively linked with three types of immune cells. Additionally, our results showed that CUL4B expression regulates T helper cells, Tcm, and Th2 cells infiltration MPM microenvironment. Finally, our results identified CUL4B high expression in MPM cell line NCI-H2052 (epithelioid), MSTO-211H (biphasic), and NCI-H28 (sarcomatoid). Conclusion: CUL4B is a valuable prognostic biomarker and a critical immune cell infiltration regulator in MPM.

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CUL4Bimmune infiltratesmalignant pleural mesotheliomaprognosistumorigenesis

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