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ArticleHeliyon2024

SLC8A1, a novel prognostic biomarker and immunotherapy target in RSA and UCEC based on scRNA-seq and pan-cancer analysis.

Ji-Jun Chu, Xiu-Juan Qin, Wenting Chen, Zhen Xu, Xian-Jin Xu

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Ji-Jun ChuDepartment of Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230031, China.
Xiu-Juan QinDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230031, China.
Wenting ChenCollege of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, West Anhui University, Luan, 237012, China.
Zhen XuDepartment of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230031, China.
Xian-Jin XuHefei Ion Medical Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230088, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The field of gynaecological immunology has increasingly focused on recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA). The complex mechanisms underlying the interaction between RSA and cancer are not well understood. Methods: Weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA), single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), and machine learning algorithms were used for the analysis of RSA decidua samples to identify the hub genes. The expression and distribution of the hub genes were subsequently investigated via the pancancer database TCGA. A prognostic prediction was made to assess the impact of the hub genes on the cancer response, mutation burden, immune microenvironment, immune checkpoint, and chemotherapy. Results: SLC8A1 was identified as a hub gene within RSA and was highly expressed in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma (UCEC). The efficacy of SLC8A1 as a predictive marker was substantiated by calibration curves and the concordance index. The mutation rate of SLC8A1 was found to be 6 % on the basis of the waterfall plot. Immune analysis revealed notable differences in the fractions of T cells and macrophages between the high- and low-expression groups. Patients classified in the low-risk group exhibited enhanced responsiveness to osimertinib, dasatinib, and ibrutinib. The results of Conclusion: These findings suggest that SLC8A1 may serve as a promising prognostic biomarker and potential target for immunotherapy in the context of RSA and UCEC.

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Immune microenvironmentPrognostic biomarkerRSASLC8A1TCGAUCEC

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PMCPMC11388753

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