ArticleJournal of inflammation research2025
Comprehensive Bioinformatics Analyses and Experimental Validation of the Cell Cycle Related Protein SAPCD2 as a New Biomarker and Potential Therapeutic Target in Pancreatic Cancer.
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- Histone chaperone-based stratification combined with two-sample Mendelian randomization identifies ADORA2B and SAPCD2 as prognostic biomarkers in esophageal cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
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Purpose: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) is a highly aggressive cancer with a poor prognosis, reliable markers are urgently needed for early detection and prognosis evaluation. Methods: SAPCD2 expression was analyzed using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas database (TCGA) and Human Protein Atlas (HPA) database. Genetic and epigenetic alterations of Results: Our study found that SAPCD2 is notably upregulated in various cancers, especially early-stage digestive cancers, and is linked to poor survival in most cancers like PAAD and LIHC. Gene amplification and promoter DNA hypomethylation appear to drive this upregulation. Additionally, SAPCD2 expression correlates with tumor mutation burden, microsatellite instability, and immune scores across several cancers. In PAAD, elevated SAPCD2 levels correlated with reduced immune activity, whereas in stomach cancer (STAD), its prognostic impact appeared immune-independent. In PDAC cell lines, SAPCD2 knockdown reduced proliferation and invasion, and caused reduction of G0/G1 phase. PAAD cells with high SAPCD2 expression showed increased sensitivity to DNA-PK, p38α MAPK, and Bcl-2 inhibitors. Conclusion: SAPCD2 serves as both a prognostic marker and a potential therapeutic target in PAAD, where its low expression may enhance responsiveness to specific drugs. These findings underscore SAPCD2's dual role in cancer progression and therapy.
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