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ArticleCurrent molecular medicine2025

Establishment and Validation of Lactate Metabolism-Related Genes as a Prognostic Model for Gastric Cancer.

Jinyu Hu, Qinxuan Xu, Yuchang Fei, Zhengwei Tan, Lei Pan

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Jinyu HuDepartment of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0009-0008-6394-7636
Qinxuan XuDepartment of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yuchang FeiDepartment of Oncology, Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Jiashan, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.
Zhengwei TanDepartment of Oncology, Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Jiashan, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.
Lei PanDepartment of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

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Key Project Fund of Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2022FSYYZZ04
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Abstract

backgroundGastric Cancer (GC) has become one of the most important causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide due to its intractability. Studying the mechanisms of gastric carcinogenesis, recurrence, and metastasis, and searching for new therapeutic targets have become the main directions of today's gastric cancer research. Lactate is considered a metabolic by-product of tumor aerobic glycolysis, which can regulate tumor development through various mechanisms, including cell cycle regulation, immunosuppression, and energy metabolism. However, the effects of genes related to lactate metabolism on the prognosis and tumor microenvironmental characteristics of GC patients are unknown.

methodsIn this study, we have collected gene expression data of gastric cancer from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and identified differentially expressed genes in gastric cancer using the "Limma" software package.

results76 differentially expressed lactate metabolism-related genes were screened, and then the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) and Cox regression analysis were employed that identified 8 genes, constructed Lactate Metabolism-related gene signals (LMRs), and verified the reliability of the prognostic risk mapping by using TCGA training set and TCGA internal test set. Finally, the functional enrichment analysis was employed to identify the molecular mechanism.

conclusionEight lactate metabolism-related genes were constructed into a new predictive signal that better predicted the overall survival of gastric cancer patients and can guide clinical decisions for more precise and personalized treatment.

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Biomarkers, TumorLactic AcidStomach NeoplasmsFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMalePrognosisTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorLactic AcidGastric cancerlactatenomogram.prognostic markerprognostic signaturetumor microenvironment

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