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ArticleScientific reports2023

BHLHE40, a potential immune therapy target, regulated by FGD5-AS1/miR-15a-5p in pancreatic cancer.

Wenxin Qi, Qian Liu, Wenjun Fu, Jiaming Shi, Minmin Shi, Songqi Duan, Zhe Li, Shaohua Song, Jiao Wang, Yihao Liu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wenxin QiSchool of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Qian LiuSchool of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Wenjun FuSchool of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Jiaming ShiSchool of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Minmin ShiDepartment of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China.
Songqi DuanCollege of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, China.
Zhe LiSchool of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. zhe_li0913@shu.edu.cn.
Shaohua SongDepartment of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China. 77472087@163.com.
Jiao WangSchool of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. jo717@shu.edu.cn.
Yihao LiuDepartment of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China. xb88053@sjtu.edu.cn.
Shanghai University · CNRuijin Hospital · CNSichuan Agricultural University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer, as one of the neoplasms with the highest degree of malignancy, has become a main disease of concerns in recent years. BHLHE40, a critical transcription factor for remodeling of the tumor immune microenvironment, has been described to be substantially increased in a variety of tumor-associated immune cells. Nevertheless, the pro-cancer biological functions and underlying molecular mechanisms of BHLHE40 for pancreatic cancer and its unique microenvironment are unclear. Hereby, we investigated the pro-oncogenic role of BHLHE40 in the pancreatic cancer microenvironment by bioinformatics analysis and cell biology experiments and determined that the expression of BHLHE40 was obviously elevated in pancreatic cancer tissues than in adjacent normal tissues. In parallel, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis unveiled that lower expression of BHLHE40 was strongly associated with better prognosis of patients. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis confirmed the accuracy of the BHLHE40-related prediction model. Subsequent, spearman correlation analysis observed that higher expression of BHLHE40 might be involved in immunosuppression of pancreatic cancer. Silencing of BHLHE40 could inhibit proliferation, invasion, and apoptosis of pancreatic cancer in vitro and in vivo, implying that BHLHE40 is expected to be a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer. In addition, we explored and validated the FGD5-AS1/miR-15a-5p axis as a potential upstream regulatory mode for high expression of BHLHE40 in pancreatic cancer. In summary, our data showed that ceRNA involved in the regulation of BHLHE40 contributes to the promotion of immunosuppressive response in pancreatic and is expected to be a diagnostic marker and potential immunotherapeutic target for pancreatic cancer.

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MicroRNAsPancreatic NeoplasmsRNA, Long NoncodingBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsHomeodomain ProteinsHumansPrognosisTumor MicroenvironmentBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBHLHE40 protein, humanFGD5 protein, humanGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsHomeodomain ProteinsMicroRNAsRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID37773521
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