Unraveling the role of ADAMs in clinical heterogeneity and the immune microenvironment of hepatocellular carcinoma: insights from single-cell, spatial transcriptomics, and bulk RNA sequencing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a prevalent and heterogeneous tumor with limited treatment options and unfavorable prognosis. The crucial role of a disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) gene family in the tumor microenvironment of HCC remains unclear.

Methods

This study employed a novel multi-omics integration strategy to investigate the potential roles of ADAM family signals in HCC. A series of single-cell and spatial omics algorithms were utilized to uncover the molecular characteristics of ADAM family genes within HCC. The GSVA package was utilized to compute the scores for ADAM family signals, subsequently stratified into three categories: high, medium, and low ADAM signal levels through unsupervised clustering. Furthermore, we developed and rigorously vali

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11427318 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature