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ArticleCancers2022

Syntaxin-6, a Reliable Biomarker for Predicting the Prognosis of Patients with Cancer and the Effectiveness of Immunotherapy.

Wenchao Li, Kuan Li, Hongfa Wei, Yu Sun, Yangjing Liao, Yuan Zou, Xiancong Chen, Cuncan Deng, Songyao Chen, Yulong He and 2 more

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenchao LiDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4724-434X
Kuan LiDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Hongfa WeiDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Yu SunDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Yangjing LiaoDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510000, China.
Yuan ZouDepartment of Pathology, Southern Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China.
Xiancong ChenDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6199-8367
Cuncan DengDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Songyao ChenDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Yulong HeDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Mingyu HuoDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.
Changhua ZhangDigestive Diseases Center, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 628 Zhenyuan Road, Shenzhen 518107, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4358-4096
Sun Yat-sen University · CNSouthern Medical University · CN

Funding

Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2020A1515110303Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digestive Cancer Research 2021B1212040006National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073148Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen SZSM201911010Shenzhen excellent Science and Technology Innovation Talent training Project RCBS20210706092410024Shenzhen Sustainable Project KCXFZ202002011010593
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Syntaxin-6 (STX6), a vesicular transport protein, is a direct target of the tumor suppressor gene P53, supporting cancer growth dependent on P53. However, STX6's function in the tumor microenvironment has yet to be reported. In this research, we comprehensively explored the role of the oncogene STX6 in pan-cancer by combining data from several databases, including the Cancer Genome Atlas, CPTAC, cBioPortal, and TIMER. Then, we verified the carcinogenic effect of STX6 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) through a series of experiments in vitro and in vivo. Bioinformatics analysis demonstrated that STX6 is an oncogene for several cancers and is mainly involved in the cell cycle, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, oxidative phosphorylation, and tumor immune modulation, especially for tumor-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and NKT cells. Additionally, a high level of STX6 could indicate patients' resistance to immunotherapy. Our own data indicated that the STX6 level was upregulated in HCC and CRC. Knockdown of the STX6 levels could arrest the cell cycle and restrain cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. RNA-seq indicated that STX6 was significantly involved in pathways for cancer, such as the MAPK signal pathway. In a mouse model, knockdown of STX6 inhibited tumor growth and potentiated anti-PD-1 efficacy. In light of the essential roles STX6 plays in carcinogenesis and cancer immunology, it has the potential to be a predictive biomarker and a target for cancer immunotherapy.

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