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ArticleCell proliferation2023

High endothelial venule is a prognostic immune-related biomarker in patients with resected intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Yan Zhou, Qian Gu, Linxi Zhu, Shuo Zhang, Hongyan Wu, Xiaohong Pu, Chunping Jiang, Jun Chen

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Article in Cell proliferation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yan ZhouDepartment of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4973-7543
Qian GuDepartment of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Linxi ZhuDepartment of Pancreatic surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Shuo ZhangDepartment of Pancreatic surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Hongyan WuDepartment of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Xiaohong PuDepartment of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Chunping JiangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Drum Tower Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jun ChenDepartment of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CNJiangsu Province Hospital · CN

Funding

Clinical Trials from the Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University 2022 LCYJ MS27Major Project of Nanjing Health Science and Technology Development ZDX22001Nanjing Municipal Administration of Health and Human Services YKK21074National Natural Science Foundation of China 82172631Research Project of Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory JNL202204AResearch Project of Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory JNL202219B
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Having been reported to be a crucial prognostic factor in solid tumours, the role of high endothelial venule (HEV) in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) remains unclear, however. The data of ICC and healthy individuals were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databases. Meanwhile, a cutting-edge ICC high-resolution spatial transcriptome was also acquired before these data were comprehensively analysed using bioinformatics approaches. Moreover, 95 individuals with ICC who had undergone resection surgery were enrolled in this study to investigate the relationship between HEV and tumour microenvironment (TME) applying immunohistochemistry and multiple immunofluorescence techniques. The high-HEV subtype contains rich immune infiltrates including tertiary lymphoid structure (TLS), CD8+ T cells, and CD20+ B cells. Furthermore, HEV and TLS exhibited a strong relationship of spatial colocalization. Correlated with improved prognostic outcomes in ICC, the high-HEV subtype could be an independent prognostic indicator for individuals with ICC. This study revealed the association of HEV with immune function and observed a strong spatial colocalization correlation between HEV and TLS. Moreover, correlated with immunotherapeutic response, HEV could improve prognostic outcomes, which may be a potential indicator of immunotherapy pathology in ICC.

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Bile Duct NeoplasmsCholangiocarcinomaBile Ducts, IntrahepaticBiomarkersHumansPrognosisTumor MicroenvironmentVenulesBiomarkers

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PMID37401015
PMCPMC10693183
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