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ArticleBioengineered2021

Integrative analysis of prognostic value and immune infiltration of spindle and kinetochore-associated family members in breast cancer.

Jianfeng Ding, Xiaobo He, Jinkun Wang, Guodong Cao, Sihan Chen, Liping Yuan, Bo Chen, Maoming Xiong

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Article in Bioengineered, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jianfeng DingDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Xiaobo HeDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Jinkun WangDepartment of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Guodong CaoDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Sihan ChenDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Liping YuanDepartment of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Bo ChenDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Maoming XiongDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Anhui Medical University · CNChaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spindle and kinetochore associated (SKA) complex subunit, which maintains the stability of mitotic metaphase, with emerging research implying its effect as a carcinogenic regulator in cancer. However, its potential role in BC has not been fully elucidated. ONCOMINE, UALCAN, GEPIA, Kaplan-Meier Plotter, cBioPortal and TIMER databases were performed to analyze the expression, prognosis, mutation, immune infiltration and potential biological mechanisms of SKA1/2/3 in BC. Our results showed that SKA1/2/3 expression was upregulated in BC. Survival analysis reveals that SKA3 overexpression was associated with poor overall survival (OS), relapse-free survival (RFS), post-progression survival (PPS) and distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS). SKA1 overexpression was associated with poor OS, RFS and DMFS while SKA2 overexpression was only associated with RFS and DMFS. Notably, the results implied that SKA1 has a good prognostic value in HER2-positive BC. Besides, the genetic alterations of SKA were investigated and the altered group correlated with shorter progress-free survival (PFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS). GO and KEGG analysis showed that SKA1/2/3 were implicated in regulating cell cycle, p53 signaling pathway and DNA replication. The 10 Hub genes in the protein network were upregulated in BC and related to poorer prognosis. Additionally, SKA1/2/3 expression was negatively correlated with infiltration of various immune cells with antitumor effects, whereas positively correlated with the expression of immune checkpoints molecules. Further experiments revealed that SKA1/2/3 silencing markedly impeded the proliferation and migration of BC cells. Herein, our study firmly shows that SKA genes may serve as a promising therapeutic target for patients with BC.

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Biomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneComputational BiologyDatabases, GeneticFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKinetochoresMCF-7 CellsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneMicrotubule-Associated Proteinsbiomarkerbreast cancerimmune infiltratesprognosisSpindle and kinetochore associated complex subunit

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PMID34845974
PMCPMC8809973
OpenAlexW3217782211

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