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ArticleMediators of inflammation2023

A Model of Basement Membrane-Associated Gene Signature Predicts Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma Response to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Jiajia Shen, Zhihong Wei, Lizhi Lv, Jingxiong He, Suming Du, Fang Wang, Ye Wang, Lin Ni, Xiaojin Zhang, Fan Pan

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Jiajia ShenDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5378-3773
Zhihong WeiDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6710-343X
Lizhi LvDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1108-0493
Jingxiong HeDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9207-2823
Suming DuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6436-0539
Fang WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8933-7666
Ye WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Lin NiDepartment of General Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6206-4267
Xiaojin ZhangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4169-5721
Fan PanDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 900th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force (Fuzong Clinical Medical College) (Former Fuzhou General Hospital), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4432-0579

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Abstract

Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is a highly lethal malignant tumor originating from the digestive system, which is a serious threat to human health. In recent years, immunotherapy has shown significant therapeutic effects in the treatment of LIHC, but only for a minority of patients. The basement membrane (BM) plays an important role in the occurrence and development of tumors, including LIHC. Therefore, this study is aimed at establishing a risk score model based on basement membrane-related genes (BMRGs) to predict patient prognosis and response to immunotherapy. First, we defined three patterns of BMRG modification (C1, C2, and C3) by consensus clustering of BMRG sets and LIHC transcriptome data obtained from public databases. Survival analysis showed that patients in the C2 group had a better prognosis, and Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA) revealed that the statistically significant pathways were mainly enriched in the C2 group. Moreover, we performed Weighted Correlation Network Analysis (WGCNA) on the above three subgroups and obtained 179 intersecting genes. We further applied function enrichment analyses, and the results demonstrated that they were mainly enriched in metabolism-related pathways. Furthermore, we conducted the LASSO regression analysis and obtained 4 BMRGs (MPV17, GNB1, DHX34, and MAFG) that were significantly related to the prognosis of LIHC patients. We further constructed a prognostic risk score model based on the above genes, which was verified to have good predictive performance for LIHC prognosis. In addition, we analyzed the correlation between the risk score and the tumor immune microenvironment (TIM), and the results showed that the high-risk scoring group tended to be in an immunosuppressed status. Finally, we investigated the relationship between the risk score and LIHC immune function. The results demonstrated that the risk score was closely related to the expression levels of multiple immune checkpoints. Patients in the low-risk group had significantly higher IPS scores, and patients in the high-risk group had lower immune escape and TIDE score. In conclusion, we established a novel risk model based on BMRGs, which may serve as a biomarker for prognosis and immunotherapy in LIHC.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsBasement MembraneHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPrognosisRNA HelicasesTumor MicroenvironmentDHX34 protein, humanImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsRNA Helicases

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