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ArticleBiomarker research2023

Pan-cancer patterns of cuproptosis markers reveal biologically and clinically relevant cancer subtypes.

Fanqin Bu, Xiangji Li, Yu Zhao, Liyi Bai, Shutian Zhang, Li Min

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Article in Biomarker research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fanqin BuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing Digestive Disease Center, Beijing Key Laboratory for Precancerous Lesion of Digestive Disease, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China.
Xiangji LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing Digestive Disease Center, Beijing Key Laboratory for Precancerous Lesion of Digestive Disease, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China.
Yu ZhaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing Digestive Disease Center, Beijing Key Laboratory for Precancerous Lesion of Digestive Disease, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China.
Liyi BaiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing Digestive Disease Center, Beijing Key Laboratory for Precancerous Lesion of Digestive Disease, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China.
Shutian ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing Digestive Disease Center, Beijing Key Laboratory for Precancerous Lesion of Digestive Disease, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China. zhangshutian@ccmu.edu.cn.
Li MinDepartment of Gastroenterology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Disease, Beijing Digestive Disease Center, Beijing Key Laboratory for Precancerous Lesion of Digestive Disease, Beijing, 100050, P. R. China. minli@ccmu.edu.cn.
Capital Medical University · CNBeijing Friendship Hospital · CNNational Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases · CN

Funding

Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Project Z191100006619081Beijing Nova Program Z191100001119128National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073390The Digestive Medical Coordinated Development Center of Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospitals XXZ02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cuproptosis is a newly discovered type of cell death triggered by copper accumulation. Here we exhibited the genetic profiles of 10 cuproptosis-associated genes (CuAGs) across 21 cancer types. Only 8.0% (627/7839) of tumors possessed at least 1 mutation on CuAGs, while the copy number amplifications or deletions on the alleles of CuAGs were ubiquitous. Generally, the expression of CuAGs showed heterogeneity across cancer types and the expression of CuAGs showed different correlations with MSI, TMB, immune and stromal features in different cancer types. Therefore, CuAGs were ubiquitously and heterogeneously dysregulated in pan-cancer. With a Non-negative Matrix Factorization method, we divided patients of each cancer type into cuproptosis-based subtypes, which showed a close but heterogeneous correlation with different biological and clinical features. Accordingly, we summarized all cancer types into four categories. The cancers in which cuproptosis subtypes correlated with MSI and TMB were annotated as Genomic disturbed. Those correlated with stromal scores were categorized as Stromal remolded. The others only associated with immune infiltration were labeled as Immune inhibited. A minor fraction of cancers not correlated with any biological indicators were marked as Cuproptosis inert. Together, we provided a pan-cancer overview of cuproptosis markers which revealed biologically and clinically relevant cancer subtypes in different cancers.

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CuproptosisPan-cancerTumor microenvironment

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PMID36721175
PMCPMC9887831
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