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ArticleBMC cancer2025

Correlation between METTL3 overexpression and

Tong Wu, Jinghui Xie, Hongbo Feng, Hua Zhang, Juan Tao, Bo Chen

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Tong WuFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jinghui XieFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Hongbo FengFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Hua ZhangFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Juan TaoSecond Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Bo ChenFirst Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China. chenbojobs@163.com.

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Dalian Medical Science research project 2023DF036Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province, China 2024-BS-164
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Abstract

backgroundN6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation plays a key role in tumor progression. However, the significance of methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) in biological processes of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) patients, and the relationship between METTL3 and STS are unclear.

methodsThe expression of METTL3 in STS and its relationship with patient prognosis were determined from database analyses. Immunohistochemical staining and

resultsMETTL3 expression was significantly higher in STS tumor tissues than normal tissues (all p values<0.01), and correlated with poor patient prognosis (p < 0.05). METTL3 expression was associated with histological differentiation (Z=-2.026, p = 0.043), but no significant difference was observed according to age, sex, tumor size, tumor location, or metastasis (all p values > 0.05). METTL3 expression positively correlated with the expression of CD163 (r = 0.502, p = 0.011), CD68 (r = 0.381, p = 0.017), and CD8 (r = 0.319, p = 0.048), and exhibited a trend toward correlation with CD4 expression (r = 0.310, p = 0.055). Moreover,

conclusionsMETTL3 was overexpressed in STS, which may be a meaningful target of action in STS patients. The

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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18MethyltransferasesSarcomaAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiddle AgedPositron-Emission TomographyPrognosisRadiopharmaceuticalsYoung AdultBiomarkers, TumorFluorodeoxyglucose F18MethyltransferasesMETTL3 protein, humanRadiopharmaceuticals18F-fluorodeoxyglucoseImmune cell infiltrationMethyltransferase-like protein 3Soft tissue sarcomas

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