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ArticleDisease markers2022

G Protein Subunit Gamma 5 Is a Prognostic Biomarker and Correlated with Immune Infiltrates in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Hang Wang, Liang Yu, Yunfu Cui, Jiaxin Huang

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Article in Disease markers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Hang WangDepartment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-0752
Liang YuDepartment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6400-329X
Yunfu CuiDepartment of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7393-1680
Jiaxin HuangDepartment of Postgraduate, Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-7967
Harbin Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the malignancies with an extremely inferior prognosis in the abdominal cavity, making it essential to develop more effective biomarkers for HCC. Although GNG5 has been linked to increased patient survival in a variety of human malignancies, no evidence has been found for its involvement in the development of HCC yet. Our study first analyzed the expression and prognosis of GNG5 in HCC using The Cancer Genome Atlas database (TCGA database) with the Gene Expression Omnibus database (GEO database) and found that GNG5 has a potential oncogenic role. Based on survival analysis, the clinical importance and prognostic value of the GNG5 gene were studied. Relying on tumor Immune Estimation Resource database (TIMER database), we analyzed the correlation between the GNG5 gene and HCC Immune infiltration cells. GNG5 expression levels were significantly higher in HCC tissues compared to normal liver tissues. HCC patients with high GNG5 expression had significantly reduced overall survival time and affected multiple immune cell infiltrates. Additionally, KEGG functional enrichment analysis indicated the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway as the most promising carcinogenic pathway associated with GNG5. This is the first comprehensive revelation of GNG5 as a possible new biological marker associated with immune infiltration in HCC. Additionally, it holds promise as an emerging target for HCC immunotherapy.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinogenesisHumansPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPrognosisProtein SubunitsBiomarkers, TumorPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Subunits

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PMID35686033
PMCPMC9173888
OpenAlexW4281832288

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