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Increased Expression of KNSTRN in Lung Adenocarcinoma Predicts Poor Prognosis: A Bioinformatics Analysis Based on TCGA Data

Pengbo Deng1,2,3, Rongrong Zhou4, Jinghui Zhang1,2,3, Liming Cao1,2,3✉

1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Key Clinical Specialty, Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
2. Hunan Provincial Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Changsha, China.
3. Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
4. National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
5. Department of Radiation Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.

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Deng P, Zhou R, Zhang J, Cao L. Increased Expression of KNSTRN in Lung Adenocarcinoma Predicts Poor Prognosis: A Bioinformatics Analysis Based on TCGA Data. J Cancer 2021; 12(11):3239-3248. doi:10.7150/jca.51591. https://www.jcancer.org/v12p3239.htm
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Purpose: Available evidence indicates that kinetochore-localized astrin/SPAG5-binding protein (KNSTRN) is an oncogene in skin carcinoma. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of KNSTRN in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) underlying the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database.

Methods: The relationship between clinicopathological features and KNSTRN was analyzed with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and logistic regression. The clinicopathological characteristics associated with overall survival (OS) were evaluated using Cox regression and the Kaplan-Meier method. Gene ontology (GO) analysis, gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA), and single-sample GSEA (ssGSEA) were performed using TCGA data.

Results: The KNSTRN expression level was found to be significantly higher in LUAD tissue than in normal lung tissue. Also, it correlated significantly with advanced clinicopathological characteristics. The Kaplan-Meier survival curve revealed a significant relationship of high expression of KNSTRN with poor OS in patients with LUAD. The multivariate Cox regression hazard model demonstrated the KNSTRN expression level as an independent prognostic factor for patients with LUAD. GO and GSEA analyses indicated the involvement of KNSTRN in cell cycle checkpoints, DNA replication, and G2-M checkpoint M phase. Based on ssGSEA analysis, KNSTRN had a positive relationship with Th2 cells and CD56dim natural killer cells. The KNSTRN expression levels in several types of immune cells were significantly different.

Conclusion: The findings suggested that the increased expression level of KNSTRN was significantly associated with the progression of LUAD and could also serve as a novel prognostic biomarker for patients with LUAD.

Keywords: Bioinformatics analysis, lung adenocarcinoma, kinetochore-localized astrin/SPAG5-binding protein (KNSTRN), prognosis, the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).


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Deng, P., Zhou, R., Zhang, J., Cao, L. (2021). Increased Expression of KNSTRN in Lung Adenocarcinoma Predicts Poor Prognosis: A Bioinformatics Analysis Based on TCGA Data. Journal of Cancer, 12(11), 3239-3248. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.51591.

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Deng, P.; Zhou, R.; Zhang, J.; Cao, L. Increased Expression of KNSTRN in Lung Adenocarcinoma Predicts Poor Prognosis: A Bioinformatics Analysis Based on TCGA Data. J. Cancer 2021, 12 (11), 3239-3248. DOI: 10.7150/jca.51591.

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Deng P, Zhou R, Zhang J, Cao L. Increased Expression of KNSTRN in Lung Adenocarcinoma Predicts Poor Prognosis: A Bioinformatics Analysis Based on TCGA Data. J Cancer 2021; 12(11):3239-3248. doi:10.7150/jca.51591. https://www.jcancer.org/v12p3239.htm

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Deng P, Zhou R, Zhang J, Cao L. 2021. Increased Expression of KNSTRN in Lung Adenocarcinoma Predicts Poor Prognosis: A Bioinformatics Analysis Based on TCGA Data. J Cancer. 12(11):3239-3248.

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