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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2026

Pan-cancer screening, bioinformatics analysis, and experimental validation identify TEX10 as a key biomarker driving OSCC progression.

Ruonan Sun, Jiahong Zhao, Jie Guo, Linyu Jin, Jilun Liu, Hui Xu, Yunfang Bai

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ruonan Sun *Department of Stomatology, The Second Hospital of Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Jiahong Zhao *Department of Stomatology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Jie GuoDepartment of Stomatology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Linyu JinDepartment of Stomatology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Jilun LiuDepartment of Oral Surgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Hui XuDepartment of Stomatology, The Second Hospital of Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Yunfang BaiDepartment of Emergency, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.

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Background: TEX10 is a nuclear protein involved in chromatin remodeling. Its pan-cancer diagnostic, prognostic, and immunotherapeutic value has not been systematically evaluated, and its role in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains unclear. Methods: We employed TCGA and GTEx data for pan-cancer analysis of TEX10's prognostic and immune associations, along with OSCC-specific clinical, diagnostic and survival correlations. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, GO/KEGG enrichment analysis and Results: TEX10 was upregulated in 15 cancer types and served as a prognostic biomarker for multiple cancers. It was associated with dysregulation of the tumor immune microenvironment and significantly enriched in pathways including cell cycle and DNA replication. In oral squamous cell carcinoma, high TEX10 expression positively correlated with advanced clinical stage, TNM stage, and smoking history, demonstrating high diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value. Conclusion: TEX10 plays an important role in cell cycle progression in OSCC, showing promise as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target.

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biomarkerscells cycleimmune microenvironmentoral squamous cell carcinomaTEX10

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