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Research Paper|Volume 16, Issue 10|pp 8497—8510

The prognostic value and immunological role of MVP in pan-cancer study

Chunlin Li1, Min Gao1,2, Nashunbayaer Zha1, Gang Guo3
  • 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010010, China
  • 2Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010010, China
  • 3Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010010, China
* Equal contribution and share the first authorship
Received: June 19, 2023Accepted: April 8, 2024Published: May 6, 2024

Copyright: © 2024 Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Major Vault Protein (MVP) has emerged as a potential prognostic and immunological biomarker in various cancer types. This pan-cancer study aimed to investigate expression of MVP and its correlation with clinical outcomes and immune infiltration across diverse cancer types. We conducted an analysis of extensive transcriptomic and clinical data from publicly available databases. Our findings unveiled a significant association between MVP expression and cancer progression, with higher expression levels predicting poorer overall survival in multiple cancer types. Importantly, MVP expression demonstrated a close relationship with immune infiltration in the tumor microenvironment, showing that higher expression levels were associated with increased immune cell infiltration. We further validated expression of MVP and function in cancer cell lines A549 and AGS. These compelling results suggest that MVP holds promise as a valuable biomarker for prognostic assessment and the development of immunotherapeutic strategies across various cancer types. Consequently, targeting MVP may offer a compelling therapeutic approach in the treatment of human cancers.