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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

ESCRT may function as a tumor biomarker, transitioning from pan-cancer analysis to validation within breast cancer.

Xiao-Rui Chen, Xue-Ying Tan, Zong-Liang Zhang, Jiang-Shui Yuan, Wei-Qing Song

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Xiao-Rui Chen *Qingdao Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Xue-Ying Tan *Clinical Laboratory Department, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, China.
Zong-Liang ZhangDepartment of Urology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Jiang-Shui YuanClinical Laboratory Department, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, China.
Wei-Qing SongQingdao Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.

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Background: Studies have shown that ESCRT genes affect cell aging, immune environment, and tumors. BRCA was used to explore its effects on tumor prognosis and therapy. Methods: The data sets of Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Genome-Tissue Expression Plan (GTEX), Human Protein Mapping (HPA), Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC), R software package, and bioinformatics methods were used to mine the potential carcinogenic effects of ESCRT, including the expression level, prognostic value, and immune value of ESCRT in various types of tumor tissues, and the potential function of ESCRT family genes was further verified in breast cancer. Results: ESCRT showed significant differential expression in various cancers, such as bladder urothelial carcinoma and liver, cervical, renal, esophageal, head, and neck cancers ( Conclusion: This study highlights ESCRT's potential in tumor detection via pan-cancer analysis, showing expression variations between tumor and normal tissues, its role in cancer progression through the immune microenvironment, and its specificity and sensitivity in detection. The VPS37D gene, with significant variation in breast cancer, predicts patient prognosis and is related to the tumor microenvironment, suggesting that ESCRT is a novel biomarker for early diagnosis and prognosis assessment.

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Biomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportComputational BiologyFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansPrognosisTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorEndosomal Sorting Complexes Required for TransportbiomarkerESCRTimmune cell infiltrationpan-cancerVPS37D

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