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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2025

Single-cell sequencing reveals the role of aggrephagy-related patterns in tumor microenvironment, prognosis and immunotherapy in endometrial cancer.

Yuquan Yuan, Chunyan Ren, Jin Shu, Keyang Zhu, Ganghui Li, Bao Liu, Jianrong Huang, Yinde Huang, Chengzhi Zhao

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  1. Applications of single-cell transcriptomics: updated insights in endometrial cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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Yuquan Yuan *Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China.
Chunyan Ren *Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China.
Jin Shu *Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Research for Cancer Metastasis and Individualized Treatment, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Keyang ZhuClinical Medical College, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
Ganghui LiDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China.
Bao LiuDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China.
Jianrong HuangDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China.
Yinde HuangChongqing General Hospital, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Chengzhi ZhaoDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology, Chongqing Health Center for Women and Children, Chongqing, China.

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Background: As a type of autophagy, aggrephagy degrades the aggregation of misfolded protein in cells and plays an important role in key genetic events for various cancers. However, aggrephagy functions within the tumor microenvironment (TME) in endometrial cancer (EC) remain to be elucidated. Methods: A total of 36,227 single cells from single-cell RNA-seq data derived from five EC tumor samples were comprehensively analyzed using a nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) algorithm for 44 aggrephagy-related genes. Bulk RNA-seq cohorts from public repositories were utilized to assess the prognostic value of aggrephagy-related TME clusters and predict immune checkpoint blockade immunotherapeutic response in EC. Results: Fibroblasts, macrophages, CD8+T cells, and lymphatic endothelial cells were categorized into two to five aggrephagy-related subclusters, respectively. CellChat analysis showed that the aggrephagy-related subtypes of TME cells exhibited extensive interactions with tumor epithelial cells, particularly for macrophages. Moreover, aggrephagy regulators may be significantly associated with the pseudotime trajectories of major TME cell types as well as the clinical and biological features of EC. Bulk-seq analysis showed that these aggrephagy-related subclusters had significant predictive value for the survival and immune checkpoint blockade response in EC patients. Notably, immunohistochemical staining results manifested that the TUBA1A+ macrophage subtype was linked to less lymph node metastasis and longer survival, which were consistent with the bioinformatics analysis findings. Conclusions: This study provided a novel view of aggrephagy signaling in the EC tumor microenvironment, and intervention of aggrephagy was expected to improve the survival rate of EC patients.

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aggrephagyendometrial cancerimmunohistochemistryprognosistumor microenvironment

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