Research Article

TMEM147 Correlates with Immune Infiltration and Serve as a Potential Prognostic Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 1

Association of TMEM147 expression and clinicopathological features in HCC ().

CharacteristicLevelLow expression of TMEM147High expression of TMEM147Method

N187187
T stage, n (%)T1108 (29.1%)75 (20.2%)0.005Chisq. test
T241 (11.1%)54 (14.6%)
T330 (8.1%)50 (13.5%)
T46 (1.6%)7 (1.9%)
N stage, n (%)N0126 (48.8%)128 (49.6%)0.122Fisher test
N10 (0%)4 (1.6%)
M stage, n (%)M0128 (47.1%)140 (51.5%)0.624Fisher test
M11 (0.4%)3 (1.1%)
Pathologic stage, n (%)Stage I103 (29.4%)70 (20%)0.004Fisher test
Stage II38 (10.9%)49 (14%)
Stage III34 (9.7%)51 (14.6%)
Tumor status, n (%)Tumor free110 (31%)92 (25.9%)0.163Chisq. test
With tumor71 (20%)82 (23.1%)
Stage IV1 (0.3%)4 (1.1%)
Gender, n (%)Female54 (14.4%)67 (17.9%)0.185Chisq. test
Male133 (35.6%)120 (32.1%)
Race, n (%)Asian72 (19.9%)88 (24.3%)0.278Chisq. test
Black or African American9 (2.5%)8 (2.2%)
White99 (27.3%)86 (23.8%)
Age, n (%)≤6083 (22.3%)94 (25.2%)0.323Chisq. test
>60103 (27.6%)93 (24.9%)
Weight, n (%)≤7078 (22.5%)106 (30.6%)0.002Chisq. test
>7096 (27.7%)66 (19.1%)
BMI, n (%)≤2577 (22.8%)100 (29.7%)0.019Chisq. test
>2591 (27%)69 (20.5%)
Histologic grade, n (%)G135 (9.5%)20 (5.4%)<0.001Chisq. test
G2102 (27.6%)76 (20.6%)
G343 (11.7%)81 (22%)
G45 (1.4%)7 (1.9%)
AFP (ng/ml), n (%)≤400123 (43.9%)92 (32.9%)<0.001Chisq. test
>40020 (7.1%)45 (16.1%)
Vascular invasion, n (%)No118 (37.1%)90 (28.3%)0.007Chisq. test
Yes44 (13.8%)66 (20.8%)
Fibrosis Ishak score, n (%)047 (21.9%)28 (13%)0.343Chisq. test
1/217 (7.9%)14 (6.5%)
3/412 (5.6%)16 (7.4%)
5/645 (20.9%)36 (16.7%)
Adjacent hepatic tissue inflammation, n (%)None76 (32.1%)42 (17.7%)0.027Chisq. test
Mild47 (19.8%)54 (22.8%)
Severe11 (4.6%)7 (3%)
OS event, n (%)Alive137 (36.6%)107 (28.6%)0.002Chisq. test
Dead50 (13.4%)80 (21.4%)
Age, median (IQR)62 (54, 69)60 (50, 68)0.123Wilcoxon

BMI: body mass index; AFP: alpha-fetoprotein; OS: overall survival; IQR: inter-quartile range.