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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Profiling of Lymphovascular Space Invasion in Cervical Cancer Revealed PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway Overactivation and Heterogenic Tumor-Immune Microenvironments.

Yeseul Choi, Yu Ando, Donghyeon Lee, Na Young Kim, Olive E M Lee, Junghwan Cho, Incheol Seo, Gun Oh Chong, Nora Jee-Young Park

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yeseul ChoiGraduate Program, Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-7982-3736
Yu AndoGraduate Program, Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.
Donghyeon LeeGraduate Program, Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.
Na Young KimGraduate Program, Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.
Olive E M LeeGraduate Program, Department of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4150-2491
Junghwan ChoClinical Omics Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41405, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9715-1440
Incheol SeoClinical Omics Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41405, Republic of Korea.
Gun Oh ChongClinical Omics Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41405, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4887-4017
Nora Jee-Young ParkClinical Omics Institute, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41405, Republic of Korea.
Kyungpook National University · KRKyungpook National University Hospital · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2020R1F1A1076816National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2022R1F1A1061498
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphovascular space invasion (LVSI) is the presence of tumor emboli in the endothelial-lined space at the tumor body's invasive edge. LVSI is one of three Sedlis criteria components-a prognostic tool for early cervical cancer (CC)-essential for indicating poor prognosis, such as lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, or shorter survival rate. Despite its clinical significance, an in-depth comprehension of the molecular mechanisms or immune dynamics underlying LVSI in CC remains elusive. Therefore, this study investigated tumor-immune microenvironment (TIME) dynamics of the LVSI-positive group in CC. RNA sequencing included formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) slides from 21 CC patients, and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were analyzed. Functional analysis and immune deconvolution revealed aberrantly enriched PI3K/Akt pathway activation and a heterogenic immune composition with a low abundance of regulatory T cells (Treg) between LVSI-positive and LVSI-absent groups. These findings improve the comprehension of LSVI TIME and immune mechanisms, benefiting targeted LVSI therapy for CC.

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cervical cancerimmune deconvolutionlymphovascular space invasionPI3K/Akt signaling pathwayregulatory T cellsRNA sequencingsustained angiogenesisTIMEtumor immune microenvironment

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PMID38137942
PMCPMC10744523
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