Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis of Serine Racemase as an Independent Prognostic Biomarker in Endometrial Cancer

  • Zhiwei Cui
  • , Jiantao Mo
  • , Lijun Wang
  • , Rongli Wang
  • , Feiyan Cheng
  • , Lihui Wang
  • , Xinyuan Yang
  • , Wei Wang

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Abstract

Endometrial cancer (EC) kills about 76,000 women worldwide, with the highest incidence in industrialized countries. Because of the rise in disease mortality and new diagnoses, EC is now a top priority for women’s health. Serine racemase (SRR) is thought to play a role in the central nervous system, but its role in cancers, particularly in EC, is largely unknown. The current study starts with a pan-cancer examination of SRR’s expression and prognostic value before delving into SRR’s potential cancer-suppressing effect in patients with EC. SRR may affect the endometrial tumor immune microenvironment, according to subsequent immune-related analysis. SRR expression is also linked to several genes involved in specific pathways such as ferroptosis, N6-methyladenosine methylation, and DNA damage repair. Finally, we used the expression, correlation, and survival analyses to investigate the upstream potential regulatory non-coding RNAs of SRR. Overall, our findings highlight the prognostic significance of SRR in patients with EC, and we can formulate a reasonable hypothesis that SRR influences metabolism and obstructs key carcinogenic processes in EC.

Original languageEnglish
Article number906291
JournalFrontiers in Genetics
Volume13
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Jul 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • RNA modification
  • TSPOAP1-AS1
  • endometrial cancer
  • ferroptosis
  • hsa-miR-1301-3p
  • hsa-miR-193a-5p
  • serine racemase

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