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Characterization of the Clinical Significance and Immunological Landscapes of a Novel TMEMs Signature in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Contribution of TMEM201 to Hepatocarcinogenesis

Aberrant transmembrane protein (TMEM) expression is implicated in tumor progression, but its functional role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. Thus, we aim to characterize the functional contributions of TMEM in HCC. In this study, four novel TMEM-family genes (TMEMs), TMEM106C, TMEM201,...

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Autores principales: Chen, Desheng, Lou, Yichao, Lu, Jing, Fan, Xuhui, Zhu, Qi, Sun, Hongcheng
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10299404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37373430
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241210285
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author Chen, Desheng
Lou, Yichao
Lu, Jing
Fan, Xuhui
Zhu, Qi
Sun, Hongcheng
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Lou, Yichao
Lu, Jing
Fan, Xuhui
Zhu, Qi
Sun, Hongcheng
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description Aberrant transmembrane protein (TMEM) expression is implicated in tumor progression, but its functional role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. Thus, we aim to characterize the functional contributions of TMEM in HCC. In this study, four novel TMEM-family genes (TMEMs), TMEM106C, TMEM201, TMEM164, and TMEM45A, were screened to create a TMEMs signature. These candidate genes are distinguished between patients with varying survival statuses. High-risk HCC patients had a significantly worse prognosis and more advanced clinicopathological characteristics in both the training and validation groups. The GO and KEGG analyses unveiled that the TMEMs signature might play a crucial role in cell-cycle-relevant and immune-related pathways. We found that the high-risk patients had lower stromal scores and a more immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment with massive infiltration of macrophages and Treg cells, whereas the low-risk group had higher stromal scores and gamma delta T-cell infiltration. Moreover, the expression level of suppressive immune checkpoints increased as the TMEM-signature scores increased. Furthermore, the in vitro experiments validated TMEM201, one feature of the TMEMs signature, and facilitated HCC proliferation, survival, and migration. The TMEMs signature provided a more precise prognostic evaluation of HCC and reflected the immunological status of HCC. Of the TMEMs signature studied, TMEM201 was found to significantly promote HCC progression.
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spelling pubmed-102994042023-06-28 Characterization of the Clinical Significance and Immunological Landscapes of a Novel TMEMs Signature in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Contribution of TMEM201 to Hepatocarcinogenesis Chen, Desheng Lou, Yichao Lu, Jing Fan, Xuhui Zhu, Qi Sun, Hongcheng Int J Mol Sci Article Aberrant transmembrane protein (TMEM) expression is implicated in tumor progression, but its functional role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. Thus, we aim to characterize the functional contributions of TMEM in HCC. In this study, four novel TMEM-family genes (TMEMs), TMEM106C, TMEM201, TMEM164, and TMEM45A, were screened to create a TMEMs signature. These candidate genes are distinguished between patients with varying survival statuses. High-risk HCC patients had a significantly worse prognosis and more advanced clinicopathological characteristics in both the training and validation groups. The GO and KEGG analyses unveiled that the TMEMs signature might play a crucial role in cell-cycle-relevant and immune-related pathways. We found that the high-risk patients had lower stromal scores and a more immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment with massive infiltration of macrophages and Treg cells, whereas the low-risk group had higher stromal scores and gamma delta T-cell infiltration. Moreover, the expression level of suppressive immune checkpoints increased as the TMEM-signature scores increased. Furthermore, the in vitro experiments validated TMEM201, one feature of the TMEMs signature, and facilitated HCC proliferation, survival, and migration. The TMEMs signature provided a more precise prognostic evaluation of HCC and reflected the immunological status of HCC. Of the TMEMs signature studied, TMEM201 was found to significantly promote HCC progression. MDPI 2023-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10299404/ /pubmed/37373430 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241210285 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chen, Desheng
Lou, Yichao
Lu, Jing
Fan, Xuhui
Zhu, Qi
Sun, Hongcheng
Characterization of the Clinical Significance and Immunological Landscapes of a Novel TMEMs Signature in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Contribution of TMEM201 to Hepatocarcinogenesis
title Characterization of the Clinical Significance and Immunological Landscapes of a Novel TMEMs Signature in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Contribution of TMEM201 to Hepatocarcinogenesis
title_full Characterization of the Clinical Significance and Immunological Landscapes of a Novel TMEMs Signature in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Contribution of TMEM201 to Hepatocarcinogenesis
title_fullStr Characterization of the Clinical Significance and Immunological Landscapes of a Novel TMEMs Signature in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Contribution of TMEM201 to Hepatocarcinogenesis
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of the Clinical Significance and Immunological Landscapes of a Novel TMEMs Signature in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Contribution of TMEM201 to Hepatocarcinogenesis
title_short Characterization of the Clinical Significance and Immunological Landscapes of a Novel TMEMs Signature in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and the Contribution of TMEM201 to Hepatocarcinogenesis
title_sort characterization of the clinical significance and immunological landscapes of a novel tmems signature in hepatocellular carcinoma and the contribution of tmem201 to hepatocarcinogenesis
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10299404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37373430
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241210285
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