Constructed Competitive Endogenous RNA Network and Patterns of Immune Infiltration Revealing the Prognostic Signature for Cervical Cancer

Abstract

Aim: To investigate the relationship between potential abnormal epigenetic modification and immune cell infiltration in patients with cervical carcinoma. Materials & methods: RNA expression profiles from The Cancer Genome Atlas database were used to explore the relationship between key biomarkers and tumor-infiltrating immune cells and for clinical specimen validation. Results: Two nomogram models were developed, one with specific ceRNA and the other based on biological markers of related tumor-infiltrating immune cells. Moreover, a key biomarker (RIPOR2), which was significantly relevant to CD8 T cells. Conclusion: RIPOR2 and CD8 T cells play a crucial role in the development and progression of cervical carcinoma, suggesting their potential as markers for guiding future therapeutic strategies.

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Keywords::

• CD8
• ceRNA network
• cervical carcinoma
• immune infiltration
• RIPOR2

Supplementary data

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Author contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LQ Luo, F QiaoQ, HH Cai; performed the experiments: LQ Luo, Q Tu; analyzed the data: LQ Luo, J He, C Liu; contributed reagents/materials/technical: HQ Huang; wrote the paper: LQ Luo, K Zhou; revised the manuscript: HH Cai.

Financial disclosure

This work was supported by the Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (A2021227, A2022067). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

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The authors have no competing interests or relevant affiliations with any organization or entity with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending or royalties.

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No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

Ethical conduct of research

This study was approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee of Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (approval no. KY2020-644-01). The authors state that they have obtained appropriate institutional review board approval or have followed the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki for all human or animal experimental investigations.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (A2021227, A2022067). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.