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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

GPR65 is a novel immune biomarker and regulates the immune microenvironment in lung adenocarcinoma.

Hanxu Zhou, Zhi Chen, Shuang Gao, Chaoqun Lian, Junjie Hu, Jin Lu, Lei Zhang

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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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  1. BUB1B is a novel prognostic-related biomarker and correlated with immune infiltrates in lung adenocarcinoma.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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  2. Advances in GPCR-Targeted PET Radiotracer Patents (2020-2025).Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Hanxu Zhou *Department of General Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Graduate Institute of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Zhi Chen *Department of General Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Graduate Institute of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Shuang Gao *Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Chaoqun LianDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Junjie HuDepartment of Radiotherapy, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Jin LuDepartment of Human Anatomy, Key Laboratory of Computational Medicine and Intelligent Health of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Lei ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, China.

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Abstract

Background: The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a crucial role in the progression of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), and it may serve as the best prognostic predictor of LUAD. GPR65 is an extracellular pH-sensing G protein-coupled receptor and a glycosphingolipid receptor, which is engaged in the functions of regulating tumor immunity. However, the prognostic value of GPR65 and its relevance to immune infiltration in LUAD are unknown. Methods: The proportion of immune, stromal and tumor cells in LUAD samples was assessed by ESTIMATE algorithm scores with RNA sequence data and clinical information from LUAD patients downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. We screened differential genes (DEGs) in the immune and stromal components, and then screened modular genes by the WGCNA algorithm, which were intersected with DEGs and incorporated into the LASSO-COX regression model. Additionally, nomogram containing GPR65 and clinical features were constructed for predicting patient prognosis. Then, the correlation between GPR65 and immune cell infiltration was assessed by CIBERSORT, and the impact of hub gene on immunotherapy was determined using correlation analysis between GPR65 and immune checkpoint molecules. Finally, we confirmed the expression of GPR65 in LUAD by Western Blot, Quantitative Real-time PCR and Immunohistochemistry. Results: In our study, we found that low expression of GPR65 was associated with poorer overall survival and primary treatment outcome in patients with LUAD. Moreover, GPR65 expression was found to be closely correlated with multiple tumor infiltrating immune cells (TIICs) and immune checkpoint molecules. Immunohistochemistry and Quantitative Real-time PCR results confirmed that the transcription levels and protein expression levels of GPR65 in LUAD tissues were significantly lower than in normal tissues. Western Blot results showed that the expression of GPR65 in human normal lung epithelial cell lines was significantly higher than the expression level in LUAD cell lines. Conclusions: GPR65 may be an important immune biomarker in the prognosis and diagnosis of LUAD.

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Adenocarcinoma of LungBiomarkers, TumorLung NeoplasmsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledTumor MicroenvironmentFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleMiddle AgedNomogramsPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorGPR65 protein, humanReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledbiomarkerGpr65immune microenvironmentlung adenocarcinomaprognosis

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