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Published on: August 23, 2019
HIF1A overexpression predicts the high lymph node metastasis risk and indicates a poor prognosis in papillary thyroid
Yong-Xun Zhao1, Ze Yang1, Li-Bin Ma1
1The Seventh Department of General Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.
Objective:
To investigate the value of Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 A (HIF1A) in predicting lymph node metastasis (LNM) stage and clinical outcomes of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients.
Materials And Methods:
The HIF1A gene expression analysis in PTC was performed by bioinformatics approaches followed by evaluating its protein level using immunohistochemistry analysis. The role of HIF1A in predicting the LNM stage was evaluated by logistic regression analysis, nomogram construction, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. We performed survival analyses to determine its prognostic value. Enrichment analysis was conducted, and immune cell infiltration and stromal content were evaluated to examine the underlying mechanism of HIF1A in PTC.
Results:
HIF1A transcription and protein levels were significantly high in PTC tissue (P < 0.05). Its overexpression predicted high LNM risk and unfavorable prognosis for PTC patients (P < 0.05). Cox regression analysis revealed HIF1A as an independent prognostic biomarker for the disease-free interval (DFI) (P < 0.01). In addition, HIF1A was positively related to tumor-suppressive immunity but was negatively correlated with anti-tumor immunity. HIF1A upregulation was also associated with increased stromal content.
Conclusions:
HIF1A overexpression is an independent predictor for worse DFI in PTC. The HIF1A expression may affect the prognosis of PTC patients through immune- and stroma-related pathways. Our study provides new insight into the role of HIF1A in PTC biology and clinical management.
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