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ArticleAmerican journal of clinical and experimental immunology2025

IGLL5 has potential to be a prognostic biomarker and its correlation with immune infiltrates in breast cancer.

Junchao Feng, Yuhan Hou, Chang Liu, Youyou Wang, Weibo Chen, Yulong Liu, Huahui Bian

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Junchao FengDepartment of Nuclear Accident Medical Emergency, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China.
Yuhan HouDepartment of Nuclear Accident Medical Emergency, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China.
Chang LiuClinical Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China.
Youyou WangDepartment of Nuclear Accident Medical Emergency, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China.
Weibo ChenDepartment of Nuclear Accident Medical Emergency, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China.
Yulong LiuClinical Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China.
Huahui BianDepartment of Nuclear Accident Medical Emergency, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu, China.

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backgroundThe tumor microenvironment (TME) of breast cancer (BRCA) influences disease progression through dynamic interactions between immunity and stroma, but its key regulatory molecules and prognostic value remain to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to explore the prognostic potential of immunoglobulin λ-like polypeptide 5 (IGLL5) in BRCA and its association with immune infiltration in TME.

methods1178 BRCA cases were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. CIBERSORT and ESTIMATE computational methods were used to quantify the composition of tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TICs) and the presence of immune and stromal components. Prognostic indicator closely associated with BRCA was identified by Cox regression analysis and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network construction. Through Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) and other means, the correlations between IGLL5 expression and patient survival, immune activities, metabolic pathways, and immune cell types were studied.

resultsOverall survival was significantly prolonged in patients with high IGLL5 expression (HR=0.62, 95% CI 0.45-0.86,

conclusionIGLL5 is a novel prognostic marker for BRCA, and its expression level affects patient survival by modulating TME immune infiltration and metabolic reprogramming. This study provides a theoretical basis for IGLL5-directed immunotherapeutic strategies (e.g., combining PD-1 inhibitors), and its mechanism needs to be verified by multicenter clinical cohorts and functional experiments in the future.

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breast cancerIGLL5immune infiltrationprognostictumor microenvironment

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