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ArticleCancer medicine2024

Fc receptor-like A promotes malignant behavior in renal cell carcinoma and correlates with tumor immune infiltration.

Jun-Peng Liu, Yi-Fan Jiang, Jin-Wen Liu, Chong-Jiang Tian, Yu-Zhao Lin, Yun-Zhi Yang, Ze-Ke Zhang, Yi-Liang Fang, Bin Huang, Hao Lin

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  2. FcRL1, a New B-Cell-Activating Co-Receptor.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  3. Effect of Dead-CellAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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Jun-Peng LiuDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Yi-Fan JiangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Jin-Wen LiuDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Chong-Jiang TianDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Yu-Zhao LinDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Yun-Zhi YangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Ze-Ke ZhangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Yi-Liang FangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Bin HuangDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hao LinDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1005-4585

Funding

the Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province B2022311The National Natural Science Foundation of China 82072817
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOur study aims to investigate the mechanisms through which Fc receptor-like A (FCRLA) promotes renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and to examine its significance in relation to tumor immune infiltration. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe correlation between FCRLA and data clinically related to RCC was explored using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), then validated using Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) gene chip data. Enrichment and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analyses were performed for FCRLA and its co-expressed genes. FCRLA was knocked down in RCC cell lines to evaluate its impact on biological behavior. Then the potential downstream regulators of FCRLA were determined by western blotting, and rescue experiments were performed for verification. The relevance between FCRLA and various immune cells was analyzed through GSEA, TIMER, and GEPIA tools. TIDE and ESTIMATE algorithms were used to predict the effect of FCRLA in immunotherapy.

resultsFc receptor-like A was associated with clinical and T stages and could predict the M stage (AUC = 0.692) and 1-3- and 5-year survival rates (AUC = 0.823, 0.834, and 0.862) of RCC patients. Higher expression of FCLRA predicted an unfavorable overall survival (OS) in TCGA-RCC and GSE167573 datasets (p = 0.03, p = 0.04). FCRLA promoted the malignant biological behavior of RCC cells through the pERK1/2/-MMP2 pathway and was associated with tumor immune microenvironment in RCC.

conclusionFc receptor-like A is positively correlated with poor outcomes in RCC patients and plays an oncogenic role in RCC through the pERK1/2-MMP2 pathway. Patients with RCC might benefit from immunotherapy targeting FCRLA.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMatrix Metalloproteinase 2PrognosisProtein Interaction MapsReceptors, FcTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorFCRLA protein, humanMatrix Metalloproteinase 2Receptors, FcFCRLAimmune infiltrationMMP2pERK1/2renal cell carcinoma

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PMID39108036
PMCPMC11303447

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