Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35669909›Full record

ArticleJournal of hepatocellular carcinoma2022

Identification of KRBA1 as a Potential Prognostic Biomarker Associated with Immune Infiltration and m6A Modification in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Yue Liu, Bidong Fu, Zichuan Yu, Gelin Song, Hong Zeng, Yiyang Gong, Yongqi Ding, Da Huang

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yue LiuSecond Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330000, People's Republic of China.
Bidong FuSecond College of Clinical Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330000, People's Republic of China.
Zichuan YuSecond College of Clinical Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330000, People's Republic of China.
Gelin SongSecond College of Clinical Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330000, People's Republic of China.
Hong ZengSecond College of Clinical Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330000, People's Republic of China.
Yiyang GongSecond College of Clinical Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330000, People's Republic of China.
Yongqi DingSecond College of Clinical Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330000, People's Republic of China.
Da HuangDepartment of Thyroid Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330000, People's Republic of China.
Nanchang University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignancy with high incidence, but its prognosis is not optimistic. KRBA1 is a member of the KRAB family and participates in the regulation of gene transcription. However, no studies have focused on the role of KRBA1 in HCC. Patients and Methods: In this study, we first analyzed the expression of KRBA1 in HCC using TCGA and ICGC databases and validated by Immunohistochemistry in clinical HCC samples. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to determine the relationship between KRBA1 expression and clinicopathological features. Subsequently, we used Kaplan-Meier online website analysis and Cox regression model to predict the prognostic value of KRBA1 in HCC patients. Furthermore, the functions of KRBA1 were identified by enrichment analysis. TIMER and GSCALite were used to investigate the relationship between KRBA1 expression in HCC and immune infiltration and drug targets, respectively. Finally, the relationship between KRBA1 expression and m6A modification in HCC was analyzed using the TCGA and ICGA datasets. Results: The results showed that KRBA1 was upregulated in HCC and was associated with many clinicopathological features. High KRBA1 causes poor overall survival and may be an independent risk factor for HCC. KRBA1 tends to be hypermethylated and associated with poor prognosis in HCC compared with normal tissues. Enrichment analysis indicates that KRBA1 is associated with cell cycle and immune processes, and TIMER analysis shows that KRBA1 expression is associated with infiltration levels and immune characteristics of various immune cells. Silenced KRBA1 evidently reduced three chemokine expression in HCC cells. Drug sensitivity analysis showed that KRBA1 was sensitive to 39 drug small molecules. KRBA1 showed a strong positive correlation with five m6A related genes. Conclusion: KRBA1 is a prognostic biomarker associated with HCC immunity and m6a modification, serving as an effective target for the diagnosis and treatment of HCC.

Indexed as

biomarkerhepatocellular carcinomaimmune infiltrationKRBA1m6A modificationprognosis

Identifiers

PMID35669909
PMCPMC9166909
OpenAlexW4281701304

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.