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ArticleBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica2025

ZC3H12D upregulation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a potential prognostic biomarker associated with immune infiltration.

Mingyu Zhao, Wenkai Huang, Xu Huang, Feihan Gu, Lin Yang, Yuanyin Wang, Ran Chen

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Article in Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mingyu ZhaoCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University, Key Lab. of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Shushan District, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-8210-6616
Wenkai HuangCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University, Key Lab. of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Shushan District, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3874-6065
Xu HuangCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University, Key Lab. of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Shushan District, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9071-0599
Feihan GuCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University, Key Lab. of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Shushan District, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6982-1523
Lin YangCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University, Key Lab. of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Shushan District, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4493-4051
Yuanyin WangCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University, Key Lab. of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Shushan District, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9304-1423
Ran ChenCollege & Hospital of Stomatology, Anhui Medical University, Key Lab. of Oral Diseases Research of Anhui Province, Shushan District, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0296-1724

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Abstract

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a common malignant tumor that poses a major hazard to people's health. ZC3H12D, which belongs to the family of CCCH-type zinc finger-containing proteins, is a negative regulator with a key function in immune modulation. However, it is still unclear how ZC3H12D affects the immune infiltration and prognosis of HNSCC. In this study, the data obtained from various databases were used to assess ZC3H12D expression in HNSCC and in various tumors under the HNSCC classification. The association between clinical features and ZC3H12D expression in HNSCC was evaluated using the UALCAN database. Additionally, a ROC curve was employed to analyze the diagnostic value of ZC3H12D. The effect of ZC3H12D on prognosis was assessed using Kaplan-Meier curves, Cox analysis, and the nomogram model. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis, Gene Ontology, and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analyses were employed to investigate the underlying role of ZC3H12D in HNSCC. The association between ZC3H12D expression and the tumor microenvironment and immune checkpoints were investigated by TIMER2 and Tumor Immune Single Cell Hub 2 databases and various packages in R. The findings demonstrated a significant up-regulation of ZC3H12D expression in HNSCC, while ZC3H12D expression was found to be associated with clinical parameters. Our study also demonstrated that ZC3H12D could act as a potential prognostic biomarker for HNSCC, especially oral squamous cell carcinoma. Additional analyses have shown that ZC3H12D was associated with common immune checkpoint genes and may be related to immune infiltration in HNSCC.

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Biomarkers, TumorHead and Neck NeoplasmsSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisROC CurveTumor MicroenvironmentUp-RegulationBiomarkers, Tumor

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