Unveiling the Noncanonical Autophagy-Independent Role of ATG7 and ATG9B in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

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High ATG7 expression was correlated with high PD-L1 expression in noncancer cells in HNSCC in GSE103322. (a) Different clusters of noncancer cells in GSE103322. (b) ATG7 had a similar distribution to PD-L1 but not PD1 or CTLA4 in noncancer cells. (c–f) Cells expressing both ATG7 and PD-L1 were identified, and ATG7 had a positive correlation with PD-L1. (g–h) Genes highly expressed in cells expressing both ATG7 and PD-L1 underwent GSEA analysis.

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