Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37399661›Full record

ArticleAging2023

Identification and characterization of a novel molecular classification based on disulfidptosis-related genes to predict prognosis and immunotherapy efficacy in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Li Yang, Weigang Zhang, Yifeng Yan

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Aging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
12.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The emerging roles of disulfidptosis in cancer.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
    Review
  2. Disulfidptosis-related genes RPN1 inhibits the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating cell cycle, may be a new therapeutic targets.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li YangDepartment of Forensic Pathology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Weigang ZhangDepartment of Graduate School, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Yifeng YanDepartment of Forensic Pathology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
Wannan Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDisulfidptosis has been discovered as a mechanism of cell death mediating by SLC7A11. Nonetheless, little is known about the relationship between disulfidptosis-related genes (DRG) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

methods7 datasets including 1,302 HCC patients and 62,530 cells were downloaded. We adopted consensus clustering algorithm to construct the consensus matrix and cluster the samples' DRG related expression profile data. Then, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was conducted to identify hub gene modules associated with the identified clusters and determine the correlation between modules. A DRG.score was constructed based on genes through differential analysis and WGCNA of the 2 clusters.

resultsUnivariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis show that SLC7A11 and LRPPRC can be used as an independent factor in HCC. Then, two molecular subgroups with significantly different survival were identified based on 10 DRG. The cluster.A showed a worse prognosis, higher immune infiltration, and higher immune checkpoint expression. Then, by differential analysis and WGCNA of the 2 clusters, we identified 5 hub genes, and constructed a DRG.score. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis show that DRG.score can be used as an independent factor to predict the prognosis in HCC. Furthermore, high DRG.score group had a worse prognosis, and was validated in TCGA-LIHC, LIRI-JP, GSE14520, GSE36376, and GSE76427. Preclinically, patients with higher DRG.score demonstrated significant immunotherapy therapeutic advantages and transcatheter arterial chemoembolization clinical benefits.

conclusionsSLC7A11 and LRPPRC play an essential role in HCC prognosis prediction. The DRG.score might become useful biomarkers for novel therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularChemoembolization, TherapeuticLiver NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyPrognosisTumor Microenvironmentdisulfidptosishepatocellular carcinomaimmunotherapytumor microenvironmentWGCNA

Identifiers

PMID37399661
PMCPMC10373967
OpenAlexW4382933481

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.