Co-Expression of Multiple PAX Genes in Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) and Correlation of High PAX Expression with Favorable Clinical Outcome in RCC Patients.

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RCC has the highest mortality rate amongst the urogenital cancers, with kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC), kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma (KIRP), and kidney chromophobe carcinoma (KICH) being the most common subtypes. The Paired-box (PAX) gene family encodes transcription factors, which orchestrate multiple processes in cell lineage determination during embryonic development and organogenesis. Several PAX genes have been shown to be expressed in RCC following its onset and progression. Here, we performed real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis on a series of human RCC cell lines, revealing significant co-expression of PAX2, PAX6, and PAX8. Knockdown of PAX2 or PAX8 mRNA expression using RNA interference (RNAi) in the A498 RCC cell line resulted in inhibition of cell proliferation, which aligns with our previous research, although no reduction in cell proliferation was observed using a PAX2 small interfering RNA (siRNA). We downloaded publicly available RNA-sequencing data and clinical histories of RCC patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Based on the expression levels of PAX2, PAX6, and PAX8, RCC patients were categorized into two PAX expression subtypes, PAXClusterA and PAXClusterB, exhibiting significant differences in clinical characteristics. We found that the PAXClusterA expression subgroup was associated with favorable clinical outcomes and better overall survival. These findings provide novel insights into the association between PAX gene expression levels and clinical outcomes in RCC patients, potentially contributing to improved treatment strategies for RCC.", "claims": [{"id": "claim-method", "statement": "A hypothesis test was performed using the Mantel–Cox test.", "kind": "methodological", "target": null, "evidence": [{"asset": "source:pmid:37511191", "locator": "sections[14] \"4.2. 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