Prognostic and Immunological Value of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Pan-Cancer

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Xian Wei²  Linhao Pang²  Huan Feng²  Tao Wang²  Bintao Hu²  Yue Wu²  Zhuo Liu²  Jihong Liu²  Yajun Ruan² 

[1] Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;Institute of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;

关键词: angiotensin-converting enzyme 2;    pan-cancer;    database;    survival analysis;    immune infiltration;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmolb.2020.00189

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) plays a pivotal role in the renin–angiotensin system and is closely related to coronavirus disease of 2019. However, the role of ACE2 in cancers remains unclear. We explored the pan-cancer expression patterns and prognostic value of ACE2 across multiple databases, including Oncomine, PrognoScan, Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis, and Kaplan–Meier Plotter. Then, we investigated the correlations between ACE2 expression and immune infiltration in cancers. We found that tumor tissues had higher expression levels of ACE2 compared with normal tissue in the kidney and the liver and lower expression levels in the lung. High expression levels of ACE2 were beneficial to survival in ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma, liver hepatocellular carcinoma, kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, and kidney renal clear cell carcinoma, although this was not the case in lung squamous cell carcinoma. For those with a better prognosis, there were significant positive correlations between ACE2 expression and immune infiltrates, including B cells, CD8 + T cells, CD4 + T cells, neutrophils, macrophages, and dendritic cells. In conclusion, ACE2 could serve as a pan-cancer prognostic biomarker and is correlated with immune infiltrates.

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