Expression of PHF19 in lung adenocarcinoma and its effect on immune microenvironment

Objective:To investigate the expression level,clinical prognosis,genetic changes,methylation value,biological function and immunomodulatory effects of PHF19 in lung adenocarcinoma.Methods:Based on the RNA cohort data of lung adenocarcinoma in the Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA)database,the expression difference of PHF19 between lung adenocarcinoma and normal tissues and the relationship between the expression level and the prognosis of patients were analyzed by using TIMER database and UALCAN database.The gene mutation of PHF19 in lung adenocarcinoma was analyzed in cBioPortal database and TIMER database.The promoter methylation level of PHF19 in lung adenocarcinoma was analyzed in UALCAN database.The enrichment of PHF19 co-expression gene was analyzed in LinkedOmics database and KEGG database.The correlation between the expression of PHF19 in lung adenocarcinoma and the level of immunoinfiltration was explored in the TIMER database.Results:The expression of PHF19 in lung adenocarcinoma tissues was up-regulated,and its high expression was significantly correlated with the pathological stage,lymph node metastasis and shortened overall survival of lung adenocarcinoma patients.Genetic variation was found in 0.9%of patients,amplification and missense mutation were the most common mutations,and TP53 mutation could lead to the high expression of PHF19.The promoter methylation level of PHF19 significantly decreased in lung adenocarcinoma.The function of PHF19 was focused on the process of cell mitosis and cell cycle.The expression level of PHF19 was significantly correlated with tumor immune cell infiltration and immune checkpoint expression.Conclusion:PHF19 can be used as a marker of poor prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma and plays an important role in the occurrence and development of lung adenocarcinoma.