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Pan-cancer analysis of LRRC59 with a focus on prognostic and immunological roles in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Boyu Pan, Jun Cheng, Wei Tan, Xin Wu, Qizhi Fan, Lei Fan, Minghui Jiang, Rong Yu, Xiaoyun Cheng, Youwen Deng

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Boyu PanDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha 410015, Hunan, China.
Jun ChengDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China.
Wei TanDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China.
Xin WuDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China.
Qizhi FanDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China.
Lei FanDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha 410015, Hunan, China.
Minghui JiangDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha 410015, Hunan, China.
Rong YuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha 410015, Hunan, China.
Xiaoyun ChengDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China.
Youwen DengDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLRRC59 is a leucine-rich repeats-containing protein located in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), it serves as a prognostic marker in several cancers. However, there has been no systematic analysis of its role in the tumor immune microenvironment, nor its predictive value of prognosis and immunotherapy response in different cancers.

methodsA comprehensive pan-cancer analysis of LRRC59 was conducted from various databases to elucidate the associations between its expression and the prognosis of cancer, genetic alterations, tumor metabolism, and tumor immunity. Additionally, further functional assays were performed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to study its biological role in regulating cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, and sensitivity to immunotherapy.

resultsThe pan-cancer analysis reveals a significant upregulation of LRRC59 in pan-cancer, and its overexpression is correlated with unfavorable prognosis in cancer patients. LRRC59 is negatively correlated with immune cell infiltration, tumor purity estimation, and immune checkpoint genes. Finally, the validation in HCC demonstrates LRRC59 is significantly overexpressed in cancer tissue and cell lines, and its knockdown inhibits cell proliferation and migration, promotes cell apoptosis, induces cell cycle arrest, and enhances the sensitivity to immunotherapy in HCC cells.

conclusionsLRRC59 emerges as a novel potential prognostic biomarker across malignancies, offering promise for anti-cancer drugs and immunotherapy.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsApoptosisBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunotherapyMembrane ProteinsPrognosisTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorMembrane Proteinshepatocellular carcinomaimmunotherapyLRRC59pan-cancertumor microenvironment

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PMID38738999
PMCPMC11131990

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