肝细胞癌
免疫系统
肝癌
癌症研究
医学
生存分析
CD8型
免疫
肿瘤科
免疫疗法
内科学
免疫学
作者
Wei Chen,Xing Chen,Sijin Li,Baizhao Ren
摘要
Abstract Background Overexpression of sperm‐associated antigen 5 (SPAG5) is a marker of poor prognosis in numerous tumors and is recognized as an index of tumor proliferation; however, its expression in liver cancer remains unclear. Methods The Oncomine (https://www.oncomine.org) and Timer (https://cistrome.shinyapps.io/timer) databases were used to analyze the expression of SPAG5 in liver hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and normal liver tissues. The relationship between the expression of SPAG5 and immune infiltration of HCC was investigated using the Timer and GEPIA (http://gepia.cancer‐pku.cn) databases, and the mechanism was analyzed using Gene Set Enrichment Analysis. A Kaplan–Meier Plotter (http://kmplot.com/analysis) was used to evaluate the effect of SPAG5 on the prognosis of patients with HCC. Results The results revealed that the SPAG5 expression level was positively correlated with the infiltration levels of CD8 + T cells, macrophages, neutrophils, and especially B cells and dendritic cells. In addition, SPAG5 expression was significantly associated with T cell exhaustion. The overall survival time, progression‐free survival time, recurrence‐free survival time and disease‐specific survival time were significantly reduced for HCC patients with high SPAG5 expression ( p < 0.01) and high expression of SPAG5 was significantly associated with a poor overall survival time and progression‐free survival time of grade and stage II–III HCC ( p < 0.05) but not with stage I HCC ( p > 0.05). Additionally, the expression of SPAG5 is related to the p53 and cell cycle signal pathways. Conclusions In conclusion, SPAG5 is not only a marker of immune infiltration and poor prognosis, but also a potential therapeutic target for liver cancer.
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