Sisi Chen

Ms. Sisi Chen

Imperial College London, London, City of London, UK
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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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17 June 2022 in Cancer Letters
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CMChun-Wai Mai
Chun-Wai Mai
Kok Yong ChinKok Yong Chin
Kok Yong Chin
LFLian-Chee Foong
Lian-Chee Foong
KPKok-Lun Pang
Kok-Lun Pang
BYBin Yu
Bin Yu
CCChee Wai Chua
Chee Wai Chua

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SCSisi Chen
Sisi Chen
MSMichael J Seckl
Michael J Seckl
MLMarc P G S Lorentzen
Marc P G S Lorentzen
Olivier E. PardoOlivier E. Pardo
Olivier E. Pardo
While we previously revealed RSK4 as a therapeutic target in lung and bladder cancers, the wider role of this kinase in other cancers remains controversial. Indeed, other reports instead proposed RSK4 as a tumour suppressor in colorectal and gastric cancers and are contradictory in breast malignancies. One explanation for these discrepancies may be the expression of different RSK4 isoforms across cancers. Four RNAs are produced from the RSK4 gene, with two being protein-coding. Here, we analysed the expression of the latter across 30 normal and 33 cancer tissue types from the combined GTEx/TCGA dataset and correlated it with clinical features. This revealed the expression of RSK4 isoforms 1 and 2 to be independent prognostic factors for patient survival, pathological stage, cancer metastasis, recurrence, and immune infiltration in brain, stomach, cervical, and kidney cancers. However, we found that upregulation of either isoform can equally be associated with good or bad prognosis depending on the cancer type, and changes in the expression ratio of isoforms fail to predict clinical outcome. Hence, differential isoform expression alone cannot explain the contradictory roles of RSK4 in cancers, and further research is needed to highlight the underlying mechanisms for the context-dependent function of this kinase.