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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2023

A novel disulfidptosis-related immune checkpoint genes signature: forecasting the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yuxin Chen, Wanying Xue, Yuting Zhang, Yu Gao, Yuanyuan Wang

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The emerging roles of disulfidptosis in cancer.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  10. Disulfidptosis: A new type of cell death.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2024
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuxin ChenSchool of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Wanying XueSchool of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Yuting ZhangSchool of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Yu GaoSchool of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Yuanyuan WangSchool of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China. yuanyuanwang@bbmc.edu.cn.
Bengbu Medical College · CN

Funding

National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for college students 202110367057the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Provincial Department of Education KJ2020A0591
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHCC is an extremely malignant tumor with a very poor prognosis. In 2023, a brand-new kind of cell death known as disulfidptosis was identified. Although, the prognosis as well as expression of immune checkpoints that are closely connected with it in HCC remain unknown.

methodsIn this work, we identified 49 genes with abnormal expression in liver cancer and normal liver tissue, with 23 of them being differentially expressed genes. To create a signature, we classified all HCC cases into three subtypes and used the TCGA database to evaluate each relevant gene's prognostic value for survival.

resultsFive gene signatures were identified using the LASSO Cox regression approach, while those diagnosed with HCC were split into either low- or high-risk groups. Patients having low-risk HCC showed a much greater likelihood of surviving than those with high risk (p < 0.05). Through immune cell infiltration analysis, it was found that immune-related genes were abundant in high-risk groups and had reduced immune status.

conclusionIn conclusion, immune checkpoint genes highly associated with disulfidptosis contribute to tumor immunity and can be used to evaluate HCC prognosis. When it comes to predicting overall survival (OS) time in HCC, risk score has been set to be a separate predictor. Through immune cell infiltration analysis, it was found that immune-related genes were abundant in high-risk groups and had reduced immune status. It is possible to measure the prognosis of HCC based on immune checkpoints genes strongly linked to disulfidptosis.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularImmune Checkpoint ProteinsLiver NeoplasmsDisulfidptosisFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisTranscriptomeBiomarkers, TumorImmune Checkpoint ProteinsDisulfidptosisHCCImmune checkpointsPrognosis signature model

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PMID37462769
PMCPMC10587022
OpenAlexW4384625886

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