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ArticleScientific reports2025

Integrated singlecell and bulk RNA-seq analysis identifies a prognostic signature related to inflammation in colorectal cancer.

Wen Yin, Yanting Ao, Qian Jia, Chao Zhang, Liping Yuan, Sha Liu, Wanmeng Xiao, Gang Luo, Xiaomin Shi, Chen Xin and 3 more

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Wen Yin *Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Yanting Ao *Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Qian JiaDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Chao ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Liping YuanDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Sha LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Wanmeng XiaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Gang LuoDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Xiaomin ShiDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Chen XinDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China.
Maolin ChenDepartment of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Muhan LüThe Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China. lvmuhan@swmu.edu.cn.
Zehui YuLaboratory Animal Center, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou City, China. yuzehui_swmu@outlook.com.

Funding

"Luzhou Municipal People's Government-Southwest Medical University" Technology Strategy Project 2023LZXNYDJ001School Youth Fund of Southwest Medical University 2022QN021Science and Technology Planning Project of Sichuan Province 2022YFS0626Sichuan Science and Technology Program 2023RCM198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation can influence the development of CRC as well as immunotherapy and plays a key role in CRC. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the potential of inflammation-related genes in CRC risk prediction. Inflammation gene models were constructed and validated by combining transcriptomic and single-cell data from TCGA and GEO databases, and the expression of inflammation-related genes was verified by RT-qPCR. We identified two molecular subtypes and three genetic subtypes, two risk subgroups according to median risk values, constructed a prognostic model including thirteen genes (TIMP1, GDF15, UCN, KRT4, POU4F1, NXPH1, SIX2, NPC1L1, KLK12, IGFL1, FOXD1, ASPG, and CYP4F8), and validated the performance of each aspect of the model in an external database. Patients in the high-risk group had worse survival with reduced immune cell infiltration and a greater tumor mutational load. The risk score correlated strongly with the immune checkpoints PD1, PDL1, PDL2, and CTLA4, and it is possible that high-risk patients are more sensitive to treatment involving immune checkpoints. In the single-cell data, GDF15 was most significantly expressed in cancer cell populations. Therefore, we further validated their expression in cells and tissues using qPCR. In summary, we developed a prognostic marker associated with inflammatory genes to provide new directions for subsequent studies and to help clinicians assess the prognosis of CRC patients as well as to develop personalized treatment strategies.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsInflammationRNA-SeqBiomarkers, TumorFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGrowth Differentiation Factor 15HumansMalePrognosisSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptomeBiomarkers, TumorGDF15 protein, humanGrowth Differentiation Factor 15Colorectal cancer (CRC)Immune microenvironmentInflammationMolecular subtypesPrognostic signature

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PMID39757274
PMCPMC11701073

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