嗜乳脂蛋白基因在肺腺癌中的功能及预后作用:多组学融合与生存分析

Functional and Prognostic Roles of Butyrophilin Genes in Lung Adenocarcinoma: Multi-Omics Integration and Survival Analyses

  • 摘要: 肺腺癌是最常见的肺癌类型,具有侵袭性强、进展速度快和致命性强的特点,已成为世界范围内亟待解决的公共卫生问题。最新的研究显示,嗜乳脂蛋白(BTNs)基因家族在免疫调节过程中发挥着关键的作用,但其在肺腺癌中的功能尚未明确。该研究采用多组学融合与生存分析方法,对BTNs家族基因作为肺腺癌预后生物标志物的潜能进行了分析。研究结果显示,该基因家族中的BTN2A2和BTNL9在肺腺癌癌症组织中的表达水平均显著降低(P < 0.05),且分别与患者的总体生存时间显著相关(P<0.05)。另外,BTN2A2和BTNL9的表达水平分别与B细胞、巨噬细胞和调节性T细胞的浸润水平显著正相关(P<0.05),与BTN2A2共表达的基因在T细胞激活、细胞因子结合、MHC蛋白复合体结合等条目中显著富集,与BTNL9共表达的基因在细胞周期、DNA复制相关的条目中显著富集(adjust.P<0.05)。因此,BTN2A2和BTNL9的低表达分别与肺腺癌患者的总体生存率低密切相关,是肺腺癌患者潜在的预后生物标志物。

     

    Abstract: Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the most common type of lung cancer, which is characterized by strong aggressiveness, rapid progression and strong lethality. It has become an urgent public health problem worldwide. Recent studies have shown that Butyrophilins (BTNs) gene family plays a key role in immune regulation, but its function in LUAD is not yet clear. In this study, the potential of BTN family genes as prognostic biomarkers for LUAD was explored using multi-omics integration and survival analyses. The results showed that the expression levels of butyrophilin gene BTN2A2 and BTNL9 were significantly down-regulated in LUAD (P<0.05), and tightly correlated with the overall survival of patients (P<0.05), respectively. In addition, the expression levels of BTN2A2 and BTNL9 were significantly positively correlated with the infiltration levels of B cells, macrophages and regulatory T cells (P<0.05). The genes co-expressed with BTN2A2 were significantly enriched in T cell activation, cytokine binding, and MHC protein complex binding GO terms, and genes co-expressed with BTNL9 were significantly enriched in cell cycle and DNA replication related GO items (adjust.P<0.05). Therefore, the low expression levels of BTN2A2 and BTNL9 are closely related to the poor overall survival of patients with LUAD, suggesting that they are potential prognostic biomarkers in LUAD patients.

     

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