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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2023

Role of the membrane-spanning 4A gene family in lung adenocarcinoma.

Zijun Zheng, Huiping Li, Runjiao Yang, Hui Guo

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zijun ZhengDepartment of Endocrinnology, Lequn Branch, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Huiping LiDepartment of Endocrinnology, Lequn Branch, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Runjiao YangDepartment of Endocrinnology, Lequn Branch, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Hui GuoDepartment of Endocrinnology, Lequn Branch, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Jilin University · CNFirst Hospital of Jilin University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung adenocarcinoma, which is the second most prevalent cancer in the world, has a poor prognosis and a low 5-year survival rate. The MS4A protein family is crucial to disease development and progression, particularly for cancers, allergies, metabolic disorders, autoimmune diseases, infections, and neurodegenerative disorders. However, its involvement in lung adenocarcinoma remains unclear. In this study, we found that 11 MS4A family genes were upregulated or downregulated in lung adenocarcinoma. Furthermore, we described the genetic variation landscape of the MS4A family in lung adenocarcinoma. Notably, through functional enrichment analysis, we discovered that the MS4A family is involved in the immune response regulatory signaling pathway and the immune response regulatory cell surface receptor signaling pathway. According to the Kaplan-Meier curve, patients with lung adenocarcinoma having poor expression of MS4A2, MS4A7, MS4A14, and MS4A15 had a low overall survival rate. These four prognostic genes are substantially associated with immune-infiltrating cells, and a prognosis model incorporating them may more accurately predict the overall survival rate of patients with lung adenocarcinoma than current models. The findings of this study may offer creative suggestions and recommendations for the identification and management of lung adenocarcinoma.

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gene mutationlung adenocarcinomaMS4A gene familyprognosistumor immune microenvironment

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