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ArticleAmerican journal of clinical and experimental immunology2024

Prognostic significance of LRPPRC and its association with immune infiltration in liver hepatocellular carcinoma.

Yanqiu Zhang, Bin Feng, Yuting Liang, Qingqin Tang, Sheng Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Li Xu, Jingping Yin

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Article in American journal of clinical and experimental immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Yanqiu ZhangCenter for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu, The People's Republic of China.
Bin FengCenter for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu, The People's Republic of China.
Yuting LiangCenter for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu, The People's Republic of China.
Qingqin TangCenter for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu, The People's Republic of China.
Sheng ZhangCenter for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu, The People's Republic of China.
Zheng ZhangCenter for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu, The People's Republic of China.
Li XuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu, The People's Republic of China.
Jingping YinCenter for Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu, The People's Republic of China.

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Abstract

backgroundLeucine rich pentatricopeptide repeat containing (LRPPRC) protein is a multifunctional protein involved in cell cycle progression and tumor development. However, its prognostic significance and association with immune infiltration in Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) remain unclear.

methodsWe utilized transcriptomic and clinical data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Genotype Tissue Expression (GTEx) databases of LIHC patients to investigate the potential pro-cancer role of LRPPRC, including differential expression of LRPPRC in LIHC, prognostic value, clinicopathological features, immune cell infiltration relevance and function enrichment analysis.

resultsOur findings suggest that LRPPRC is upregulated in LIHC and exhibits correlations with survival, clinical stage, and tumor grade in LIHC patients. Additionally, immune infiltration analysis revealed significant negative correlations between LRPPRC expression and multiple tumor-infiltrating immune cells, including CTLs, DCs, pDCs, B cells, Th17 cells, neutrophils, T cells, Mast cells, Th1 cells, Tregs, and NK cells, whereas a significant positive correlation was observed with infiltration of Th2 cells, T helper cells and Tcms. Furthermore, functional enrichment analysis indicated that LRPPRC may be involved in G2m checkpoint, mitotic spindle, E2f targets, Wnt Beta catenin signaling, spermatogenesis and other processes.

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immune infiltrationliver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC)LRPPRCprognostic value

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PMID39022790
PMCPMC11249856

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