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PLOD2 Is a Potent Prognostic Marker and Associates with Immune Infiltration in Cervical Cancer
Guang Li1, Xuefeng Wang1, Guobing Liu2
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515 Guangdong Province, China.
Background:
PLOD2 is overexpressed in diverse tumors and plays a vital role in tumorigenesis. However, the prognostic value of PLOD2 in cervical cancer (CESC) remains unclear.
Methods:
PLOD2 expression and CESC patients' survival data were collected from the Oncomine, GEPIA, UALCAN, and Kaplan-Meier Plotter databases; immunohistochemistry (IHC) was used to validate the expression of PLOD2 in CESC; Gene Set Enrichment Analysis was performed using the STRING and DAVID databases; and the correlations between PLOD2 and cancer immune infiltrates were investigated using the TIMER and TISIDB databases.
Results:
We found that the expression level of PLOD2 was increased in various cancers, and meta-analysis in the Oncomine database revealed that PLOD2 was significantly upregulated in CESC compared to that in normal tissues (P < 0.001). In addition, the high expression of PLOD2 was closely related to poor overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with CESC (OS HR = 1.73, P = 0.029; DFS HR = 2.60, P = 0.018). Functional annotations indicated that differentially expressed PLOD2 were primarily related to protein digestion and absorption pathways and to the collagen fibril organization process. Immune infiltration analysis showed that PLOD2 was highly correlated with B cells, CD4+ T cells, T helper type 2 (Th2) cells, and eosinophils in CESC.
Conclusion:
PLOD2 is positively associated with poor prognosis and might be considered a novel diagnostic and prognostic marker for CESC patients.
