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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2024

Prognostic Hypoxia-Angiogenesis-Related Gene Signature in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, in Which HILPDA Contributes to Tumor Progression.

Sheng Wang, Wufei Ye, Kui Yang, Xiongwen Lv, Jiajie Luan

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Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2024. 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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Sheng Wang *Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, Anhui, 241001, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-3776-2397
Wufei Ye *Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, Anhui, 241001, People's Republic of China.
Kui YangDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, Anhui, 241001, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0009-5326-3721
Xiongwen LvThe Key Laboratory of Anti-Inflammatory and Immune Medicines, Ministry of Education, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, School of Pharmacy, Institute for Liver Disease of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230032, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-2354-0168
Jiajie LuanDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, Anhui, 241001, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0000-4135-7266

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Abstract

Objective: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the predominant form of liver cancer. Hypoxia can be involved in HCC tumor growth, invasion and metastasis through inducing angiogenesis. Nevertheless, the assessment of the impact of hypoxia and angiogenesis on the prognosis of HCC remains inadequate. Methods: According to hypoxia-angiogenesis-related genes (HARGs) expression information and clinical data from patients within the Cancer Genome Atlas-Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (TCGA-LIHC) cohort, we constructed a prognostic model (HARG-score) using bioinformatic tools. In addition to assessing the predictive ability of this prognostic model in both Liver Cancer-Riken-Japan (LIRI-JP) and GSE14520 cohorts, we analyzed the correlation between HARG-score and clinical characteristics, immune infiltration and immunotherapy efficacy. Moreover, we investigated the exact role and underlying mechanism of key HARGs through molecular experiments. Results: We constructed a 5-gene prognostic model HARG-score consisting of hypoxia-inducible lipid droplet-associated (HILPDA), erythropoietin (EPO), solute carrier family 2 member 1 (SLC2A1), proteasome subunit alpha type 7 (PSMA7) and cAMP responsive element-binding protein 1 (CREB1) through differentially expressed HARGs. The findings demonstrated that HARG-score was a good predictor of the prognosis of HCC patients from distinct cohorts and was correlated with clinical characteristics and immune infiltration. Furthermore, the HARG-score was identified as an independent prognostic factor. Lower HARG-score implied greater immunotherapy efficacy and better response. The expression and prognostic significance of these 5 genes were additionally validated in clinical data. In addition, experimental data revealed that the key gene HILPDA contributes to the progression of HCC through facilitating angiogenesis and affecting the expression of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA4). Conclusion: HARG-score has promising applications in prognosis prediction of HCC patients, in which HILPDA may be a latent prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target, providing a foundation for further research and treatment of HCC.

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hepatocellular carcinomaHILPDAhypoxia-angiogenesisimmunotherapy efficacyprognosis

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