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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2022

Pan-cancer analysis of forkhead box Q1 as a potential prognostic and immunological biomarker.

Qiguan Dong, Lirong Yan, Qingbang Xu, Xianliang Hu, Yan Yang, Ruiwu Zhu, Qian Xu, Yuchao Yang, Bengang Wang

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Qiguan DongDepartment of Radiation Oncology, General Hospital of Fushun Mining Bureau of Liaoning Health Industry Group, Fushun, China.
Lirong YanTumour Etiology and Screening Department of Cancer Institute and General Surgery, Liaoning Provincial Education Department, Key Laboratory of Cancer Etiology and Prevention, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Qingbang XuDepartment of Pain Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xianliang HuDepartment of Breast Surgery, The 3rd People's Hospital of Liaoyang, Liaoyang, China.
Yan YangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, General Hospital of Fushun Mining Bureau of Liaoning Health Industry Group, Fushun, China.
Ruiwu ZhuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital of Fushun Mining Bureau of Liaoning Health Industry Group, Fushun, China.
Qian XuTumour Etiology and Screening Department of Cancer Institute and General Surgery, Liaoning Provincial Education Department, Key Laboratory of Cancer Etiology and Prevention, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Yuchao YangDepartment of Neurology, General Hospital of Fushun Mining Bureau of Liaoning Health Industry Group, Fushun, China.
Bengang WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Institute of General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Liaoning Shihua University · CNUnion Hospital · CNFirst Hospital of China Medical University · CNShanghai Cancer Institute · CNThird People 's Hospital of Liaoyang · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forkhead box Q1 (FOXQ1) is a member of the forkhead transcription factor family involved in the occurrence and development of different tumors. However, the specific expression patterns and functions of FOXQ1 in pan-cancer remain unclear. Therefore, we collected the expression, mutation, and clinical information data of 33 tumors from The Cancer Genome Atlas database. Via public pan-cancer transcriptome data analysis, we found that FOXQ1 is differentially expressed in various tumors at tissue and cell levels, such as liver hepatocellular carcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, lung squamous cell carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, and kidney renal clear cell carcinoma. Kaplan-Meier and Cox analyses suggested that FOXQ1 expression was associated with poor overall survival of cutaneous melanoma and thymoma. Its expression was also associated with good disease-specific survival (DSS) in prostate adenocarcinoma but poor DSS in liver hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition, FOXQ1 expression was associated with poor disease-free survival of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Moreover, FOXQ1 expression was closely related to the tumor mutational burden in 14 tumor types and microsatellite instability (MSI) in 8 tumor types. With an increase in stromal and immune cells, FOXQ1 expression was increased in breast invasive carcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, and ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma, while its expression was decreased in pancreatic adenocarcinoma, bladder urothelial carcinoma, and stomach adenocarcinoma. We also found that FOXQ1 expression was related to the infiltration of 22 immune cell types in different tumors (

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FOXQ1immune cell infiltrationmicrosatellite instabilitypan-cancerprognosistumor microenvironmenttumor mutational burden

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