Machine learning based identification of an amino acid metabolism related signature for predicting prognosis and immune microenvironment in pancreatic cancer.

Journal: BMC cancer
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive neoplasm characterized by poor diagnosis. Amino acids play a prominent role in the occurrence and progression of pancreatic cancer as essential building blocks for protein synthesis and key regulators of cellular metabolism. Understanding the interplay between pancreatic cancer and amino acid metabolism offers potential avenues for improving patient clinical outcomes.

Authors

  • Xiaohong Liu
    Department of Biopharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. Electronic address: lvj221@163.com.
  • Xing Wang
    Department of Neurosis and Psychosomatic Diseases, Huzhou Third Municipal Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
  • Jie Ren
    Digital Clinical Measures, Translational Medicine, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, United States.
  • Yuan Fang
    Department of Neurology, Dongyang People's Hospital, Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Dongyang, China.
  • Minzhi Gu
    Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking, Beijing, 100023, People's Republic of China.
  • Feihan Zhou
    Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking, Beijing, 100023, People's Republic of China.
  • Ruiling Xiao
    Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking, Beijing, 100023, People's Republic of China.
  • Xiyuan Luo
    School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Jialu Bai
    Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking, Beijing, 100023, People's Republic of China.
  • Decheng Jiang
    Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking, Beijing, 100023, People's Republic of China.
  • Yuemeng Tang
    Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking, Beijing, 100023, People's Republic of China.
  • Bo Ren
    Department of Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Li Yu Shan Road, No. 137 Urumqi City 830054, China.
  • Lei You
  • Yupei Zhao