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ArticleBMC cancer2022

RUNX1 is a promising prognostic biomarker and related to immune infiltrates of cancer-associated fibroblasts in human cancers.

Zhouting Tuo, Ying Zhang, Xin Wang, Shuxin Dai, Kun Liu, Dian Xia, Jinyou Wang, Liangkuan Bi

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Article in BMC cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhouting Tuo *Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Ying Zhang *Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Xin Wang *Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Shuxin DaiDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Kun LiuDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Dian XiaDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Jinyou WangDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Liangkuan BiDepartment of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. biliangkuan118@yeah.net.
Anhui Medical University · CNSecond Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRunt-related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1) is a vital regulator of mammalian expression. Despite multiple pieces of evidence indicating that dysregulation of RUNX1 is a common phenomenon in human cancers, there is no evidence from pan-cancer analysis.

methodsWe comprehensively investigated the effect of RUNX1 expression on tumor prognosis across human malignancies by analyzing multiple cancer-related databases, including Gent2, Tumor Immune Estimation Resource (TIMER), Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA), the Human Protein Atlas (HPA), UALCAN, PrognoScan, cBioPortal, STRING, and Metascape.

resultsBioinformatics data indicated that RUNX1 was overexpressed in most of these human malignancies and was significantly associated with the prognosis of patients with cancer. Immunohistochemical results showed that most cancer tissues were moderately positive for granular cytoplasm, and RUNX1 was expressed at a medium level in four types of tumors, including cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, glioma, and renal cancer. RUNX1 expression was positively correlated with infiltrating levels of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in 33 different cancers. Moreover, RUNX1 expression may influence patient prognosis by activating oncogenic signaling pathways in human cancers.

conclusionOur findings suggest that RUNX1 expression correlates with patient outcomes and immune infiltrate levels of CAFs in multiple tumors. Additionally, the increased level of RUNX1 was linked to the activation of oncogenic signaling pathways in human cancers, suggesting a potential role of RUNX1 among cancer therapeutic targets. These findings suggest that RUNX1 can function as a potential prognostic biomarker and reflect the levels of immune infiltrates of CAFs in human cancers.

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Cancer-Associated FibroblastsCore Binding Factor Alpha 2 SubunitNeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorHumansPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorCore Binding Factor Alpha 2 SubunitRUNX1 protein, humanCancer-associated fibroblastsPrognostic biomarkerRUNX1TCGA

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PMID35534796
PMCPMC9088136
OpenAlexW4229368981

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