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ArticleDiscover oncology2025

Tissue levels of regulatory T cell related lncRNAs in lung cancer: evidence for dysregulation of immune responses.

Farbod Esfandi, Bashdar Mahmud Hussen, Ali Shakeri Abroudi, Melika Djamali, Solat Eslami, Fatemeh Sadat Feghahati, Arezou Sayad, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

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Farbod EsfandiDepartment of Microbial Biotechnology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Bashdar Mahmud HussenDepartment of Clinical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Ali Shakeri AbroudiDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Melika DjamaliDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
Solat EslamiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
Fatemeh Sadat FeghahatiDepartment of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arezou SayadDepartment of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Ar.sayad@yahoo.com.
Soudeh Ghafouri-FardDepartment of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. s.ghafourifard@sbmu.ac.ir.

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backgroundLung cancer is the second most prevalent malignancy among males and females and the leading cause of cancer deaths. Due to its high mortality, identification of novel therapeutic options is of critical value. Regulatory T cells and their associated transcripts are among possible targets for design of targeted therapies.

methodsHere, we assessed expression of lncRNAs that are possibly involved in Treg lineage commitment and their plasticity in lung tumor tissues (TT) and normal tissues adjacent to the tumor (NTAT).

resultsWe found up-regulation of TH2-LCR, IFNG-AS1, and MAFTRR in TT samples compared with NTATs. The highest difference in the expression between two sets of samples belonged to MAFTRR with expression ratio (95% CI) of 6.48 (2.67-15.7). TH2-LCR ranked second in this list with expression ratio (95% CI) of 5.23 (1.92-14.24). Finally, IFNG-AS1 was up-regulated in TT samples compared with NTATs with expression ratio (95% CI) of 3.3 (1.56-6.95). Then, the suitability of MAFTRR, TH2-LCR and IFNG-AS1 in the separation of TT samples from NTATs was assessed through plotting sensitivity values against 1-specifiicity values in ROC curves. The obtained AUC values were 0.74, 0.71 and 0.7, respectively.

conclusionIn brief, we demonstrated dysregulation of three Treg-related lncRNAs in lung cancer tissues and suggested them as possible candidates for biomarker discovery investigations.

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FLICRIFNG-AS1LncRNALung cancerMAFTRRRMRPTH2-LCR

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