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Gene & Protein in Disease                                              Prognostic potential of LMNB2 in LPS




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            Figure 7. Immuno-infiltration analysis and correlation analysis of immunological checkpoints. (A) Differences in infiltration levels of 22 types of immune
            cells between LMNB2 high and low expression groups. (B) Volcano Plot of infiltration levels. (C) Correlation analysis between immune checkpoint gene
            and LMNB2 expression.

            In Figure 7, the length of the line represents the correlation   and DDLPS exhibit low sensitivity to chemotherapy and
            between the immune checkpoint gene and  LMNB2      radiotherapy. Hence, targeted therapy is  preferred  for
            expression, while the size of the node represents the size of   these two subtypes of LPS.  The local recurrence and
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            the P-value. Green nodes represent a P-value <0.05, while   metastasis rate of PLPS ranges from 30% to 50%,  and it
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            red nodes represent a P > 0.05. As shown in Figure 7C,   is usually insensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy,
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            the expression of stimulating molecules such as BTNL3,    with a  mortality rate is up  to 50%.  In summary, due
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            CD226,  CD27,  CD40LG,  CD80, CD86,  ICOS,         to differences in clinical manifestation, drug sensitivity,
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            TNFRSF14,  TNFRSF18, or  TNFRSF18  is  negatively   and recurrence tendency, there is an urgent need for
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            correlated with the expression of LMNB2, showing a strong   more effective treatment methods. 2,53,55  The treatment
            correlation and statistical significance. Conversely, the   of advanced or metastatic LPS remains a challenge for
            expression of the inhibitory molecule VTCN1  positively   researchers.  At present, the commonly used treatment
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            correlates with LMNB2. Therefore, we speculate that the   for LPS includes local surgical resection combined with
            poor prognosis of patients with high LMNB2 expression   drug therapy (doxorubicin, ifosfamide, doxorubicin, etc.);
            may be related to lower expression of stimulatory molecules   yet, the response rate is usually low, and the duration of the
            and higher expression of inhibitory molecules.     response is usually short, which limits the efficacy. 57
            4. Discussion                                        At present, there is a lack of studies on the expression
                                                               and mechanism of LMNB2 in LPS. Previous studies
            Due  to  the heterogeneity  of  LPS, the  recurrence  rate   have primarily focused on LMNB1, and changes in the
            exceeds 80%,  while the mortality rate varies with the
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            prognosis depending on the histological subtype.  As the   expression level of  LMNB1  have been  found to  have
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                                                               different effects on different types of tumors.
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            second most common subtype of LPS, MLPS accounts
            for about 15 – 20% of LPS cases with higher recurrence.    In this study, we evaluated the correlation between
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            DDLPS, known for its high invasiveness, presents a high   LMNB2 expression and immune cell infiltration in LPS
            recurrence rate and a 5-year survival rate of 30%.  WDLPS   patients. The results revealed that the infiltration level of
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