Table 2 Correlation analysis of ACER1 expression and gene markers of immune cells in HNSC via TIMER2.0.

From: Tumor suppressor ACER1 correlates with prognosis and Immune Infiltration in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Immune Cell

Gene markers

HNSC

None

Purity

Cor

P

Cor

P

T cell (general)

CD3D

-0.058

0.183

-0.13

**

CD3E

-0.011

0.807

-0.082

0.0681

CD2

-0.044

0.312

-0.111

*

CD4 + T cell

CD4

-0.052

0.234

-0.12

**

CD8 + T cell

CD8A

-0.006

0.897

-0.071

0.116

CD8B

-0.037

0.398

-0.095

*

Th1

T -bet (TBX21)

-0.016

0.707

-0.07

0.123

STAT4

-0.134

**

-0.197

***

STAT1

0.031

0.475

-0.004

0.931

IFN-γ (IFNG)

-0.031

0.295

-0.091

*

TNF-α (TNF)

-0.071

0.106

-0.094

*

Th2

GATA3

0.04

0.367

-0.014

0.754

STAT6

-0.075

0.088

-0.06

0.186

STAT5A

-0.169

***

-0.198

***

IL13

-0.015

0.737

-0.066

0.145

Tfh

BCL6

0.057

0.19

0.101

*

IL21

0.002

0.97

-0.033

0.461

Th17

STAT3

0.114

**

0.116

**

IL17A

0.054

0.217

0.023

0.616

Treg

FOXP3

0.019

0.665

-0.037

0.414

CCR8

0.079

0.0707

0.034

0.445

STAT5B

-0.08

0.0678

-0.097

*

TGFβ (TGFB1)

-0.036

0.413

-0.054

0.233

T cell exhaustion

PD-1 (PDCD1)

-0.069

0.115

-0.113

**

PDL1(PDCD1LG2)

-0.067

0.125

-0.136

**

CTLA4

-0.079

0.0728

-0.149

***

LAG3

-0.117

**

-0.177

***

TIM-3 (HAVCR2)

-0.127

**

-0.195

***

GZMB

-0.096

*

-0.158

***

B cell

CD19

0.031

0.475

-0.025

0.579

CD79A

0.063

0.151

0.014

0.750

Monocyte

CD86

-0.142

**

-0.291

***

CD115 (CSF1R)

-0.07

0.112

-0.145

**

Neutrophils

CD66b (CEACAM8)

0.033

0.451

0.028

0.533

CD11b (ITGAM)

-0.005

0.904

-0.038

0.398

CCR7

0.045

0.309

-0.017

0.714

TAM

CCL2

-0.024

0.581

-0.09

*

CD68

-0.05

0.252

-0.088

0.0503

IL10

0.012

0.792

-0.061

0.178

M1 Macrophage

INOS (NOS2)

-0.079

0.0696

-0.069

0.125

IRF5

0.028

0.519

0.034

0.447

COX2(PTGS2)

-0.03

0.494

-0.023

0.608

M2 Macrophage

CD163

-0.065

0.136

-0.132

**

VSIG4

-0.11

*

-0.174

***

MS4A4A

-0.1

*

-0.174

***

Natural killer cell

KIR2DL1

-0.036

0.41

-0.068

0.132

KIR2DL3

-0.099

*

-0.124

**

KIR2DL4

-0.08

0.0674

-0.118

**

KIR3DL1

-0.044

0.314

-0.073

0.107

KIR3DL2

-0.047

0.285

-0.083

0.0668

KIR3DL3

-0.13

**

-0.158

***

KIR2DS4

-0.037

0.402

-0.072

0.111

Dendritic cell

HLA-DPB1

-0.071

0.104

-0.146

**

HLA-DQB1

-0.104

*

-0.156

***

HLA-DRA

-0.028

0.524

-0.097

*

HLA-DPA1

-0.034

0.436

-0.1

*

BDCA-1(CD1C)

0.077

0.0783

0.031

0.488

BDCA-4(NRP1)

-0.104

*

-0.151

***

CD11c (ITGAX)

0.055

0.213

-0.123

**

  1. Note. HNSC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Cor, R value of Spearman’s correlation; None, correlation without adjustment; Purity, correlation adjusted by purity. *P < 0.01; **P < 0.001; ***P < 0.0001.