Fucosyltransferase 4 Predicts Patient Outcome in Rectal Cancer through an Immune Microenvironment-Mediated Multi-Mechanism

Copyright © 2022 Chengqian Lv et al..

Colorectal cancer is the most common type of gastrointestinal malignant tumors worldwide. Standardization of the strategy for the precise treatment of this cancer has been a major challenge. Enrichment analysis of six gene groups (colon cancer-specific genes (upregulated and downregulated); rectal cancer-specific genes (upregulated and downregulated); and common genes (upregulated and downregulated)) revealed the common and specific features of colon and rectal cancer, particularly a hyperactive immune response in rectal cancer. Key common genes exhibited a similar expression pattern, but were associated with distinct patient prognosis in colon and rectal cancer. FUT4 was a core regulatory gene in rectal cancer; it can decrease the level of infiltration by M2 macrophages in the tumor immune microenvironment and participate in the positive regulation of the immune system and glycoprotein biosynthetic process, thereby affecting the outcome of patients with rectal cancer. FUT4 co-expression genes can influence patient's survival time by regulating the cell cycle. Among the regulators of FUT4 co-expression genes, checkpoint kinase 2 (CHEK2) was linked to patient outcome.

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2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2022

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Journal of oncology - 2022(2022) vom: 01., Seite 4637570

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Englisch

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Lv, Chengqian [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Kunpeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shuqiang [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 28.09.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

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10.1155/2022/4637570

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NLM346800080