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ArticleDiscover oncology2025

The role of RETN in stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD): insights from pan-cancer analysis of RNA-seq data based on the TCGA database.

Yaxing Deng, Chenglin Wang, Rui Yang, Qingqiang Yang

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Yaxing Deng *Department of General Surgery (Gastrointestinal Surgery), The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 25 Taiping Street, Jiangyang District, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Chenglin Wang *Department of Emergency Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Rui YangDepartment of General Surgery (Gastrointestinal Surgery), The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 25 Taiping Street, Jiangyang District, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Qingqiang YangDepartment of General Surgery (Gastrointestinal Surgery), The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 25 Taiping Street, Jiangyang District, Luzhou, Sichuan, China. yangqingqiang121@163.com.

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objectiveTo analyze the expression and significance of resistin (RETN) in pan-cancer and determine the prospect of RETN as a biomarker for STAD, providing a new diagnostic and therapeutic target for STAD.

methodsBased on the RNA-seq data from the TCGA database, RETN was comprehensively analyzed from the perspective of pan-cancer. Firstly, the expression of RETN, correlation of immune infiltration, diagnostic efficacy and prognostic value in pan-cancer were investigated. Subsequently, the potential value of RETN as a biomarker for STAD was evaluated. Finally, the potential mechanisms of RETN in STAD were explored, including single-cell expression, PPI, functional enrichment analysis, single-gene correlation, gene co-expression analysis, and immune infiltration correlation.

resultsRETN is upregulated in most tumors and is associated with a variety of immune cells. As a potential biomarker, RETN showed good diagnostic efficacy and prognostic value in a variety of tumors. The prediction model based on pathological stage, sex, age and RETN has a good prediction effect on the overall survival of STAD patients. Single-cell expression analysis showed that RETN was mainly expressed by DC cells and mononuclear/macrophage cells in STAD. Subsequently, RETN and related genes were analyzed from the perspective of PPI and functional enrichment, and the results showed that these genes/proteins were mainly involved in regulating hormone secretion and insulin response. Finally, RETN is also closely associated with immune cells in STAD.

conclusionsRETN is a promising biomarker related to the diagnosis and prognosis of STAD, and is expected to become a new diagnostic and therapeutic target for STAD.

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BiomarkerPan-cancerResistin (RETN)STADThe TCGA database

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