Taghreed Derar

Dr. Taghreed Derar

Department of Health Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Ar Riyāḑ, Saudi Arabia

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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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27 February 2026 in Genes
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RERasha Ali Mohamed Elsayim Elsayim
Rasha Ali Mohamed Elsayim Elsayim
HAHeba W. Alhamdi
Heba W. Alhamdi
NANihal Almuraikhi
Nihal Almuraikhi
MAMariam Alkhateeb
Mariam Alkhateeb
TDTaghreed Derar
Taghreed Derar
EAEsraa Abudouleh
Esraa Abudouleh
Background: CDKN2A (p16^INK4a^) is integral to the regulation of the RB–E2F cell-cycle checkpoint and is widely acknowledged as a surrogate marker for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cervical neoplasia. Nevertheless, its diagnostic and prognostic significance in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma (UCEC), a predominantly HPV-independent malignancy, remains inadequately characterized. This study utilized an integrated multi-omics approach to examine CDKN2A dysregulation in cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CESC) and UCEC. Methods: Pan-cancer and tumor–normal differential expression analyses were performed using TIMER2.0 and GEPIA2 (TCGA/GTEx). Clinicopathological correlations were assessed with UALCAN. Protein expression patterns were analyzed using immunohistochemistry data from the Human Protein Atlas (HPA). Prognostic significance and immune-infiltration associations were evaluated using TCGA survival data and TIMER modules. Independent transcriptomic validation and diagnostic classification performance were assessed using GEO datasets GSE9750 (CESC) and GSE63678 (UCEC), including ROC-AUC analysis with cross-validation. Results: Integrated analyses revealed elevated CDKN2A expression in both CESC and UCEC across multiple transcriptomic cohorts, with pronounced tumor-specific protein expression on immunohistochemistry. TCGA-only tumor–normal RNA comparisons were non-significant, likely due to limited normal sample representation. In independent GEO cohorts, CDKN2A exhibited excellent tumor–normal discrimination in CESC (AUC = 0.982) and moderate discrimination in UCEC (AUC = 0.761). Survival analysis indicated tumor-specific patterns, with limited prognostic stratification in CESC and context-dependent associations in UCEC. Immune-infiltration analysis suggested tumor-type-specific interactions between CDKN2A expression and immune cell subsets. Conclusions: CDKN2A exhibits strong diagnostic performance in HPV-associated cervical cancer and moderate, cohort-dependent discriminatory ability in endometrial carcinoma. These findings reinforce its established diagnostic role in CESC and propose adjunctive utility in UCEC, underscoring the importance of tumor-contextual interpretation of CDKN2A expression in gynecologic malignancies.