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ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2022

A pyroptosis-related gene signature predicts prognosis and immune microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yifeng Jin, Xiaofan Pu, Dongnan Ping, Chaojie Huang, Guoping Ding, Liping Cao

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Article in World journal of surgical oncology, 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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  1. DamageZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2026
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  2. Disulfidptosis-related genes RPN1 inhibits the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating cell cycle, may be a new therapeutic targets.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yifeng JinDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaofan PuDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Dongnan PingDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Chaojie HuangDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Guoping DingDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. dinguop@zju.edu.cn.
Liping CaoDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. caolipingzju@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4810-1495
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital · CN

Funding

Foundation Project for Medical Science and Technology of Zhejiang province 2019ZH022Major Research Project of Science Technology Department of Zhejiang Province 2019C03048National Natural Science Foundation of China 81971479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly malignant tumor with a very poor prognosis. Pyroptosis is an inflammatory form of cell death and plays an important role in cancer development. The prognostic value of pyroptosis-related genes (PRGs) in HCC has not been studied extensively.

methodsUnsupervised consensus clustering analysis was performed to identify two subtypes based on the expression profiles of prognostic PRGs in the The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, and the differences between the two subtypes were compared. A prognostic model based on four PRGs was established by further least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) Cox regression analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis.

resultsTwo subtypes (clusters 1 and 2) were identified by consensus clustering based on prognostic PRGs in HCC. Survival outcomes, biological function, genomic alterations, immune cell infiltration, and immune checkpoint genes were compared between the subtypes. Cluster 2 had a worse survival outcome than cluster 1. Cluster 2 was enriched for hallmarks of cancer progression, TP53 mutation, tumor-promoting immune cells, and immune checkpoint genes, which may contribute to the poor prognosis. A prognostic risk signature that predicted the overall survival (OS) of patients was constructed and validated. Consequently, a risk score was calculated for each patient. Combined with the clinical characteristics, the risk score was found to be an independent prognostic factor for survival of HCC patients. Further analysis revealed that the risk score was closely associated with the levels of immune cell infiltration and the expression profiles of immune checkpoint genes.

conclusionsCollectively, our study established a prognostic risk signature for HCC and revealed a significant correlation between pyroptosis and the HCC immune microenvironment.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorHumansPrognosisPyroptosisTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorHCCImmune checkpoint geneImmune infiltratesPrognosisPyroptosis

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