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ArticleAnnals of medicine2025

Construction and validation of renal cell carcinoma tumor cell differentiation-related prognostic classification (RCC-TCDC): an integrated bioinformatic analysis and clinical study.

Yifan Liu, Keqin Dong, Yuntao Yao, Bingnan Lu, Lei Wang, Guo Ji, Haoyu Zhang, Zihui Zhao, Xinyue Yang, Runzhi Huang and 3 more

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Yifan LiuDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0189-7900
Keqin DongDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2783-1635
Yuntao YaoDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Bingnan LuDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Lei WangDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Guo JiDepartment of Pathology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Haoyu ZhangDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zihui ZhaoDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xinyue YangDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Runzhi HuangDepartment of Burn Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Wang ZhouDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xiuwu PanDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xingang CuiDepartment of Urology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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Abstract

backgroundRenal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a heterogeneous malignancy with diverse gene expression patterns, molecular landscapes, and differentiation characteristics of tumor cells. It is imperative to develop molecular RCC classification based on tumor cell differentiation for precise risk stratification and personalized therapy.

methodsWe obtained scRNA-seq profiles from GSE159115 and bulk RNA-seq profiles from TCGA-KIRC cohort. We then performed scRNA-seq cluster analysis, monocle2 pseudotime analysis, and prognostic analysis to obtain tumor cell differentiation-related prognostic genes (TCDGs). Subsequently, we conducted consensus clustering to construct the RCC tumor cell differentiation-related prognostic classification (RCC-TCDC) and implemented prognostic and multi-omics analyses. Moreover, we utilized Lasso regression to help develop a multivariable prognostic model. In addition, we performed correlation analysis and Cmap algorithm for regulatory network establishment and candidate inhibitor prediction. We eventually included 370 kidney neoplasm patients in Xinhua cohort to undergo immunohistochemical staining and scoring for classification and comprehensive statistical analyses, including Chi-square tests, Kaplan-Meier survival analyses, and multivariable Cox regression analysis .

results32 TCDGs were identifiedand RCC-TCDC was constructed to classify TCGA-KIRC patients into RCC-low differentiation (RCC-LD) (S100A11+ SH3BGRL3+, high risk), RCC-moderate differentiation (TSPAN7+, medium risk), and RCC-high differentiation (RCC-HD) (AQP1+ NPR3+, low risk). Notably, RCC-LD was validated as anindependent risk factor for both OS (

conclusionsWe constructed and validated a robust molecular classification system, RCC-TCDC, elucidating three distinct RCC subtypes.

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Carcinoma, Renal CellCell DifferentiationKidney NeoplasmsAgedBiomarkers, TumorComputational BiologyFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkers, Tumorbioinformatic analysisimmunohistochemical stainingmolecular classification systemprognosisRenal cell carcinomaretrospective studytumor cell differentiation

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