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ArticleBMC urology2022

High CENPA expression in papillary renal cell carcinoma tissues is associated with poor prognosis.

Junwu Li, Qinke Li, Yang Yuan, Yiteng Xie, Yuanfeng Zhang, Ronggui Zhang

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Article in BMC urology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Junwu LiDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400000, China.
Qinke LiDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400000, China.
Yang YuanDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400000, China.
Yiteng XieDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400000, China.
Yuanfeng ZhangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400000, China. 304100@cqmu.edu.cn.
Ronggui ZhangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400000, China. 300452@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.
Chongqing Medical University · CNDalian Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CN

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Kuanren Talent Program of Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University KY2019Y004National Natural Science Foundation of China No.81801507Research Program of Natural Science Foundation in Chongqing cstc2021jcyj-msxmX0484
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis work focused on investigating the relation of centromeric protein A (CENPA) gene expression with prognosis of papillary renal cell carcinoma (PRCC).

methodsWe obtained data from PRCC cases in TCGA. Thereafter, CENPA levels between the paired PRCC and matched non-carcinoma samples were analyzed by Wilcoxon rank-sum test, while the relations of clinicopathological characteristics with CENPA level were examined by logistic regression and Wilcoxon rank-sum test. The prognostic value of CENPA was assessed by plotting the receiver operating feature curve (ROC) and calculating the value of area under curve (AUC). In addition, relations between clinicopathological characteristics and PRCC survival were analyzed through Kaplan-Meier (KM) and Cox regression analyses. After dividing the total number of patients into the trial cohort and the validation cohort in a ratio of 7:3, we constructed a nomogram in trial cohort according to multivariate Cox regression results for predicting how CENPA affected patient survival and used the calibration curve to verify its accuracy in both cohorts. We also determined CENPA levels within cancer and matched non-carcinoma samples through immunohistochemistry (IHC). Finally, we utilized functional enrichment for identifying key pathways related to differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between PRCC cases with CENPA up-regulation and down-regulation.

resultsCENPA expression enhanced in PRCC tissues compared with healthy counterparts (P < 0.001). CENPA up-regulation was related to pathological TNM stage and clinical stage (P < 0.05). Meanwhile, the ROC curves indicated that CENPA had a remarkable diagnostic capacity for PRCC, and the expression of CENPA can significantly improve the predictive accuracy of pathological TNM stage and clinical stage for PRCC. As revealed by KM curves, PRCC cases with CENPA up-regulation were associated with poor survival compared with those with CENPA down-regulation (Risk ratio, RR = 3.07, 95% CI: 1.58-5.97, P = 0.001). In the meantime, univariate as well as multivariate analysis showed an independent association of CENPA with overall survival (OS, P < 0.05) and the nomogram demonstrated superior predictive ability in both cohorts. IHC analysis indicated that PRCC cases showed an increased CENPA positive rate compared with controls. As revealed by functional annotations, CENPA was enriched into pathways associated with neuroactive ligand receptor interactions, cytokine receptor interactions, extracellular matrix regulators, extracellular matrix glycoproteins and nuclear matrisome.

conclusionCENPA expression increases within PRCC samples, which predicts dismal PRCC survival. CENPA may become a molecular prognostic marker and therapeutic target for PRCC patients.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorGlycoproteinsHumansLigandsPrognosisReceptors, CytokineBiomarkers, TumorGlycoproteinsLigandsReceptors, CytokineBioinformaticsCENPAPapillary renal cell carcinomaPrognostic analysis

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