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ArticleCancer management and research2025

High PD-L2 Expression Is Associated with Better Disease-Free Survival in Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.

Shule Chen, Jie Meng, Lei Liu, Peilu Huang, Zhichao Xie, Zhiguo Zhang, Sansheng Ma, Yichuang Huang, Chunhua Bei, Lingyun Liu

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Shule Chen *Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, People's Republic of China.
Jie Meng *Department of Health Management Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-3076-6432
Lei Liu *Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou, 545007, People's Republic of China.
Peilu Huang *Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou, 545007, People's Republic of China.
Zhichao XieDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, People's Republic of China.
Zhiguo ZhangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, People's Republic of China.
Sansheng MaDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, People's Republic of China.
Yichuang HuangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, People's Republic of China.
Chunhua BeiGuangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposomics and Entire Lifecycle Heath, Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Entire Lifecycle Health and Care, School of Public Health, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, People's Republic of China.
Lingyun LiuDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, 541001, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-7431-7399

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Objective: PD-L2 is expressed in various cancer tissues. Currently, the value of PD-L2 expression in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) tissues remains unclear. This study investigated the prognostic and clinical significance of PD-L2 expression in ICC. Methods: This research employs The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database to examine the expression profiles of PD-L2 in ICC and to evaluate its prognostic significance. Immunohistochemistry detected PD-L2 expression in 66 postoperative ICC tissues and paired adjacent tissues. Correlations between PD-L2 expression and clinicopathological data were analyzed. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression model were used to evaluate the prognostic value of PD-L2. Results: Bioinformatics analysis shows that high expression of PD-L2 dominates in early ICC patients and is closely associated with tumor recurrence. High PD-L2 expression is associated with longer progression free survival (PFS) ( Conclusion: PD-L2 expression is predominantly high in patients with early-stage ICC. PD-L2 expression serves as an independent predictor of DFS in patients with ICC following hepatectomy. ICC patients with elevated PD-L2 expression levels exhibit delayed relapse.

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bioinformaticsimmunohistochemistryintrahepatic cholangiocarcinomaprognosisprogrammed death ligand-2

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