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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2023

N6-methyladenosine with immune infiltration and PD-L1 in hepatocellular carcinoma: novel perspective to personalized diagnosis and treatment.

Yanlong Shi, Yizhu Wang, Wenning Zhang, Kaiyi Niu, Xinyu Mao, Kun Feng, Yewei Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yanlong ShiHepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yizhu WangHepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Wenning ZhangHepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Kaiyi NiuHepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Xinyu MaoHepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Kun FengHepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Yewei ZhangHepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Increasing evidence elucidated N6-methyladenosine (m6A) dysregulation participated in regulating RNA maturation, stability, and translation. This study aimed to demystify the crosstalk between m6A regulators and the immune microenvironment, providing a potential therapeutic target for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods: Totals of 371 HCC and 50 normal patients were included in this study. GSE121248 and GSE40367 datasets were used to validate the expression of HNRNPC. The R package "ConsensusClusterPlus" was performed to screen consensus clustering types based on the expression of m6A regulators in HCC. The R package "pheatmap", "immunedeconv", "survival", "survminer" and "RMS" were applied to investigate the expression, immunity, overall survival, and clinical application in different clusters and expression groups. Comprehensive analysis of HNRNPC in pan-cancer was conducted by TIMER2 database. Besides, HNRNPC mRNA and protein expression were verified by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry analysis. Results: Most of m6A regulators were over-expressed excerpt for ZC3H13 in HCC. Three independent clusters were screened based on m6A regulators expression, and the cluster 2 had a favorable prognosis in HCC. Then, the cluster 2 was positively expression in macrophage, hematopoietic stem cell, endothelial cell, and stroma score, while negatively in T cell CD4 Conclusion: The m6A regulators play irreplaceable roles in prognosis and immune infiltration in HCC, and the relationship of HNRNPC and PD-L1 possesses a promising direction for therapeutic targets of immunotherapy response. Exploration of m6A regulators pattern could be build the prognostic stratification of individual patients and move toward to personalized treatment.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsAdenosineB7-H1 AntigenHumansImmunotherapyTumor MicroenvironmentAdenosineB7-H1 Antigenhepatocellular carcinomahnRNPCimmune infiltrationimmunotherapyN6-methyladenosinePD-L1prognosis

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