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ArticleChinese neurosurgical journal2022

New biomarker: the gene HLA-DRA associated with low-grade glioma prognosis.

Desheng Chen, Jiawei Yao, Bowen Hu, Liangwen Kuang, Binshun Xu, Haiyu Liu, Chao Dou, Guangzhi Wang, Mian Guo

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Article in Chinese neurosurgical journal, 2022. 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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Desheng ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
Jiawei YaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
Bowen HuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
Liangwen KuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
Binshun XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
Haiyu LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
Chao DouDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
Guangzhi WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China. h04863@hrbmu.edu.cn.
Mian GuoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 246 Xuefu Road, Nangang, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China. guomian@hrbmu.edu.cn.
Harbin Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81773161National Natural Science Foundation of China 82173384
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow-grade gliomas (LGG) are WHO grade II tumors presenting as the most common primary malignant brain tumors in adults. Currently, LGG treatment involves either or a combination of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Despite the knowledge of constitutive genetic risk factors contributing to gliomas, the role of single genes as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers is limited. The aim of the current study is to discover the predictive and prognostic genetic markers for LGG.

methodsTranscriptome data and clinical data were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. We first performed the tumor microenvironment (TME) survival analysis using the Kaplan-Meier method. An analysis was undertaken to screen for differentially expressed genes. The function of these genes was studied by Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis. Following which a protein-protein interaction network (PPI) was constructed and visualized. Univariate and multivariate COX analyses were performed to obtain the probable prognostic genes. The key genes were selected by an intersection of core and prognostic genes. A clinical correlation analysis of single-gene expression was undertaken. GSEA enrichment analysis was performed to identify the function of key genes. Finally, a single gene-related correlation analysis was performed to identify the core immune cells involved in the development of LGG.

resultsA total of 529 transcriptome data and 515 clinical samples were obtained from the TCGA. Immune cells and stromal cells were found to be significantly increased in the LGG microenvironment. The top five core genes intersected with the top 38 prognostically relevant genes and two key genes were identified. Our analysis revealed that a high expression of HLA-DRA was associated with a poor prognosis of LGG. Correlation analysis of immune cells showed that HLA-DRA expression level was related to immune infiltration, positively related to macrophage M1 phenotype, and negatively related to activation of NK cells.

conclusionsHLA-DRA may be an independent prognostic indicator and an important biomarker for diagnosing and predicting survival in LGG patients. It may also be associated with the immune infiltration phenotype in LGG.

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BiomarkerGliomaHLA-DRAImmuneLow-grade gliomasTEM

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