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ArticleCurrent gene therapy2026

Identifying Key Epigenetic Modification-Related Genes for Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Endocervical Adenocarcinoma and Cellular Validation.

Huizhen Zhang, Junjie Li, Heng Xu, ShiSong Zhang, Yunkun Lu, Sijie Feng

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Huizhen ZhangDepartment of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, 454000, China.ORCID 0009-0003-9396-6612
Junjie LiDepartment of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, 454000, China.ORCID 0009-0000-7927-7405
Heng XuDepartment of Oncology, Jiaozuo People's Hospital, Jiaozuo, 454150, China.ORCID 0009-0002-4301-9951
ShiSong ZhangDepartment of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, 454000, China.
Yunkun LuDepartment of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310016, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7605-1259
Sijie FengDepartment of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, 454000, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4398-0339

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Doctoral Fund of Henan Polytechnic University B2020-51Fundamental Research Funds for the Universities of Henan Province NSFRF240631Key Scientific and Technological Project of Henan Science and Technology Department 242102310296Key Scientific Research Project for Higher Education of Henan Province of China 25A320007National Natural Science Foundation of China 82403083
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introductionCervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Endocervical Adenocarcinoma (CESC) is a highly prevalent female malignancy. As the epigenomic characteristics of immune cells and cancer cells can serve as predictive indicators for the response to cancer immunotherapy, analysis of epigenetically modified genes (EpiGenes) could contribute to CESC treatment.

methodsThe ssGSEA algorithm was employed to compute EpiGenes scores. Core genes that exhibited significant module association and a close correlation with EpiGenes scores were identified via the WGCNA package. Univariate Cox proportional hazards regression was performed on the core genes using the survival package, followed by gene set reduction via LASSO Cox regression. Ultimately, key genes were determined through multivariate Cox regression to establish a RiskScore model. Further, the optimal risk cutoff was determined using the survminer package to stratify CESC patients into high- and low-risk subgroups. For enrichment analysis, clusterProfiler and GSEA were utilized. Immune infiltration across risk groups was evaluated via ssGSEA, the MCPcounter algorithm, and the ESTIMATE algorithm. TIDE was employed to compare immunotherapeutic responses between the risk groups, while the pRRophetic software was utilized to predict patients' chemotherapeutic drug sensitivity. The biomarkers identified were validated by performing in vitro experiments.

resultsDISCUSSION: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis revealed that module genes are significantly enriched in cell cycle regulatory pathways, and these genes, in conjunction with Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection-induced cell cycle dysregulation, jointly participate in CESC pathogenesis, providing a mechanistic basis for understanding the disease.

conclusionThis study provided novel theoretical evidence for immunotherapy and chemotherapy selection in the management of CESC.

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AdenocarcinomaCarcinoma, Squamous CellEpigenesis, GeneticUterine Cervical NeoplasmsAlgorithmsBiomarkers, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansBiomarkers, TumorCESCchemotherapeutic sensitivityenrichment analysisEpigenetic modificationimmune infiltrationRiskScore model

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