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ArticleScientific reports2024

Comprehensive pan-cancer analysis reveals ENC1 as a promising prognostic biomarker for tumor microenvironment and therapeutic responses.

Zhenyu Cao, Jinfeng Zhu, Zicheng Wang, Yuhuai Peng, Liyun Zeng

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5 authors.

Zhenyu CaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Jinfeng ZhuHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of the Research and Development of Novel Pharmaceutical Preparations, Changsha Medical University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Zicheng WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Yuhuai PengDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
Liyun ZengDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. zengliyun1994@csu.edu.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating research showed that ENC1 plays a critical role in maintaining the physiological functions. However, little is known about its role in predicting prognosis and immunotherapy response across cancers. In our results, compared to normal tissues, most cancer tissues exhibit increased ENC1 expression. We found that the most common type of genetic variation was gene mutation. In addition, a positive correlation was found between CNV and ENC1 expression. Moreover, the overexpression of ENC1 was positively correlated with poor clinical outcomes. The GSEA results showed that ENC1 is closely correlated with tumor-promoting biological functions in most cancers. ENC1 is also closely negatively associated with the infiltration levels of T cells, activated NK cells, and B cells. Most immunomodulators are positively associated with ENC1. Further, we verified that inhibition of ENC1 expression suppressed the proliferation and migration of breast cancer, pancreatic cancer and glioma cells. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that ENC1 plays a protumorigenic role in most cancers. Additionally, ENC1 is closely correlated with tumor microenvironment features and immune checkpoint inhibitors expression. Overall, ENC1 could serve as a promising potential prognostic biomarker in various tumors.

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Biomarkers, TumorNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDNA Copy Number VariationsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMicrofilament ProteinsMutationNeuropeptidesNuclear ProteinsPrognosisBiomarkers, Tumorectodermal-neural cortex 1 proteinMicrofilament ProteinsNeuropeptidesNuclear ProteinsENC1ImmunomodulatorsImmunotherapyPan-cancerPrognostic biomarkerTumor immune infiltration

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PMID39455818
PMCPMC11512054

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