The Application Value of High PPIH Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
摘要
Objective. Based on our preliminary research, our team further assessed the application value of PPIH in the early diagnosis and prognosis monitoring of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), establishing a solid foundation for elucidating the primary molecular mechanisms of PPIH in the onset and progression of HCC. We utilized bioinformatics analysis combined with clinical sample evaluation to study PPIH’s mRNA and protein expression and its gene regulation networks in HCC. Additionally, we used data from the TCGA database to examine the relationship between PPIH expression and HCC patient age, gender, and TP53 gene mutation status. The mRNA expression level of PPIH in HCC patients was higher than that in adjacent normal tissues, and Western Blot analysis preliminarily confirmed that PPIH expression was also elevated in HCC tissues compared to matched adjacent normal tissues. However, compared to the normal human liver cell line (L-02), the expression of PPIH in liver cancer cell lines (SMCC7721, HepG2, HepG2.2.15, and MHCC97H) showed no significant differences. Furthermore, the PPIH gene is associated with the regulation of non-coding RNA. It was also found that PPIH expression is positively correlated with the TP53 mutation burden in HCC. However, regardless of the TP53 gene mutation status in HCC, there is no correlation between PPIH expression levels and the gender or age of HCC patients. PPIH holds significant reference value for the diagnosis and prognosis monitoring of HCC and shows potential for clinical application.