Gender specific eRNA TBX5-AS1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening

As an innate feature of human beings, gender differences have an influence on various biological phenotypes, yet it does not attract enough attention in genomics studies. The prognosis of multiple carcinomas usually exhibits a favorable ending for female patients, but the neglect of gender differenc...

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Autores principales: Tao Yan, Kai Wang, Qidi Zhao, Junjie Zhuang, Hongchang Shen, Guoyuan Ma, Lei Cong, Jiajun Du
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f0cdc809e27244219b1c2dca14e88eb22021-11-27T15:05:10ZGender specific eRNA TBX5-AS1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening10.7717/peerj.125362167-8359https://doaj.org/article/f0cdc809e27244219b1c2dca14e88eb22021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://peerj.com/articles/12536.pdfhttps://peerj.com/articles/12536/https://doaj.org/toc/2167-8359As an innate feature of human beings, gender differences have an influence on various biological phenotypes, yet it does not attract enough attention in genomics studies. The prognosis of multiple carcinomas usually exhibits a favorable ending for female patients, but the neglect of gender differences can cause serious bias in survival analysis. Enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) are mostly downstream of androgens or estrogen. The present study was aimed to screen eRNAs in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. The findings revealed that eRNA TBX5-AS1 was expressed differently between female and male patients. Meanwhile, its prognostic significance appeared only in male patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) type. The Gene Set Enrichment Analysis proved that the expression level of TBX5-AS1 increased following the activation of the androgen signaling pathway. In pan-cancer analysis, the prognostic prediction based on gender grouping obtained more meaningful results, and the synergy between TBX5-AS1 and its homologous target was more consistent. Furthermore, immunity variations between sexes prompted us to explore the role that TBX5-AS1 played in tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy. The robust evidence proved that male patients with high expression of TBX5-AS1 possessed a malignant immune microenvironment and urgently needed immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment. In conclusion, TBX5-AS1 may be one of the strongest candidates to predict prognosis for male patients with SCC and provide a reference for immunotherapy.Tao YanKai WangQidi ZhaoJunjie ZhuangHongchang ShenGuoyuan MaLei CongJiajun DuPeerJ Inc.articleGendereRNAImmunotherapyLung squamous cell carcinomaPan-cancer analysisMedicineRENPeerJ, Vol 9, p e12536 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Gender
eRNA
Immunotherapy
Lung squamous cell carcinoma
Pan-cancer analysis
Medicine
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spellingShingle Gender
eRNA
Immunotherapy
Lung squamous cell carcinoma
Pan-cancer analysis
Medicine
R
Tao Yan
Kai Wang
Qidi Zhao
Junjie Zhuang
Hongchang Shen
Guoyuan Ma
Lei Cong
Jiajun Du
Gender specific eRNA TBX5-AS1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening
description As an innate feature of human beings, gender differences have an influence on various biological phenotypes, yet it does not attract enough attention in genomics studies. The prognosis of multiple carcinomas usually exhibits a favorable ending for female patients, but the neglect of gender differences can cause serious bias in survival analysis. Enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) are mostly downstream of androgens or estrogen. The present study was aimed to screen eRNAs in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. The findings revealed that eRNA TBX5-AS1 was expressed differently between female and male patients. Meanwhile, its prognostic significance appeared only in male patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) type. The Gene Set Enrichment Analysis proved that the expression level of TBX5-AS1 increased following the activation of the androgen signaling pathway. In pan-cancer analysis, the prognostic prediction based on gender grouping obtained more meaningful results, and the synergy between TBX5-AS1 and its homologous target was more consistent. Furthermore, immunity variations between sexes prompted us to explore the role that TBX5-AS1 played in tumor microenvironment and immunotherapy. The robust evidence proved that male patients with high expression of TBX5-AS1 possessed a malignant immune microenvironment and urgently needed immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment. In conclusion, TBX5-AS1 may be one of the strongest candidates to predict prognosis for male patients with SCC and provide a reference for immunotherapy.
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author Tao Yan
Kai Wang
Qidi Zhao
Junjie Zhuang
Hongchang Shen
Guoyuan Ma
Lei Cong
Jiajun Du
author_facet Tao Yan
Kai Wang
Qidi Zhao
Junjie Zhuang
Hongchang Shen
Guoyuan Ma
Lei Cong
Jiajun Du
author_sort Tao Yan
title Gender specific eRNA TBX5-AS1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening
title_short Gender specific eRNA TBX5-AS1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening
title_full Gender specific eRNA TBX5-AS1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening
title_fullStr Gender specific eRNA TBX5-AS1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening
title_full_unstemmed Gender specific eRNA TBX5-AS1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening
title_sort gender specific erna tbx5-as1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening
publisher PeerJ Inc.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/f0cdc809e27244219b1c2dca14e88eb2
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