Table 3.
The correlation analysis between ACE2 and gene markers of immune cells in normal tissues through GEPIA
| Description | Gene markers | Lung | Esophagus | Stomach | Colon | Liver | Bladder | Testis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cor | P | Cor | P | Cor | P | Cor | P | Cor | P | Cor | P | Cor | P | ||
| CD8+ T cell | CD8A | -0.16 | ** | 0.26 | **** | 0.27 | **** | 0.68 | **** | 0.23 | ** | 0.15 | 0.44 | 0.033 | 0.68 |
| CD8B | -0.12 | * | 0.23 | **** | 0.26 | *** | 0.67 | **** | 0.23 | ** | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.015 | 0.84 | |
| T cell (general) | CD3D | -0.14 | ** | 0.34 | **** | 0.33 | **** | 0.68 | **** | 0.25 | ** | 0.14 | 0.48 | 0.056 | 0.48 |
| CD3E | -0.014 | 0.78 | 0.34 | **** | 0.37 | **** | 0.72 | **** | 0.31 | **** | 0.14 | 0.48 | -0.28 | *** | |
| CD2 | 0.004 | 0.93 | 0.37 | **** | 0.36 | **** | 0.69 | **** | 0.3 | *** | 0.13 | 0.5 | -0.57 | **** | |
| B cell | CD19 | -0.21 | **** | 0.018 | 0.76 | 0.3 | **** | 0.51 | **** | -0.014 | 0.86 | -0.31 | 0.11 | -0.5 | **** |
| CD79A | 0.043 | 0.4 | 0.18 | ** | 0.32 | **** | 0.74 | **** | 0.26 | *** | -0.057 | 0.77 | 0.017 | 0.82 | |
| Monocyte | CD86 | 0.2 | **** | 0.21 | *** | 0.58 | **** | 0.44 | **** | 0.17 | * | 0.039 | 0.84 | -0.3 | *** |
| CD115 (CSF1R) | 0.12 | * | 0.16 | ** | 0.42 | **** | 0.13 | * | 0.095 | 0.23 | -0.022 | 0.91 | 0.24 | ** | |
| TAM | CCL2 | -0.2 | **** | -0.26 | **** | 0.16 | * | -0.49 | **** | 0.012 | 0.88 | -0.16 | 0.43 | 0.32 | **** |
| CD68 | 0.45 | **** | 0.48 | **** | 0.66 | **** | 0.62 | **** | 0.066 | 0.41 | 0.48 | ** | 0.22 | ** | |
| IL10 | 0.088 | 0.08 | 0.28 | **** | 0.36 | **** | 0.11 | * | -0.083 | 0.3 | 0.14 | 0.47 | -0.47 | **** | |
| M1 Macrophage | INOS (NOS2) | -0.24 | **** | 0.055 | 0.36 | 0.31 | **** | 0.73 | **** | 0.35 | **** | -0.12 | 0.54 | 0.23 | ** |
| IRF5 | -0.1 | * | 0.059 | 0.32 | 0.48 | **** | 0.46 | **** | -0.12 | 0.13 | 0.41 | * | 0.28 | *** | |
| COX2 (PTGS2) | -0.18 | *** | -0.39 | **** | 0.11 | 0.11 | -0.6 | **** | 0.016 | 0.84 | -0.05 | 0.8 | 0.19 | * | |
| M2 Macrophage | CD163 | 0.32 | **** | 0.3 | **** | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.039 | 0.47 | -0.002 | 0.98 | -0.16 | 0.4 | 0.28 | *** |
| VSIG4 | 0.4 | **** | 0.34 | **** | 0.34 | **** | 0.18 | *** | 0.024 | 0.77 | -0.17 | 0.37 | 0.28 | *** | |
| MS4A4A | 0.33 | **** | 0.29 | **** | 0.33 | **** | 0.18 | *** | 0.078 | 0.32 | -0.19 | 0.32 | 0.3 | **** | |
| Neutrophil | CD66b (CEACAM8) | -0.11 | * | -0.13 | * | 0.086 | 0.21 | 0.66 | **** | -0.056 | 0.48 | 0.15 | 0.44 | -0.15 | 0.05 |
| CD11b (ITGAM) | -0.048 | 0.34 | 0.13 | * | 0.27 | **** | -0.33 | **** | -0.2 | ** | -0.16 | 0.41 | 0.3 | **** | |
| CCR7 | 0.026 | 0.6 | 0.091 | 0.12 | 0.51 | **** | 0.29 | **** | -0.19 | * | 0.24 | 0.21 | 0.22 | ** | |
| Natural killer cell | KIR2DL1 | -0.24 | **** | -0.07 | 0.24 | 0.16 | * | 0.11 | * | 0.034 | 0.67 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.015 | 0.85 |
| KIR2DL3 | -0.21 | **** | -0.021 | 0.72 | 0.32 | **** | 0.3 | **** | 0.07 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.07 | 0.16 | * | |
| KIR2DL4 | -0.16 | ** | 0.014 | 0.82 | 0.47 | **** | 0.76 | **** | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.54 | ** | -0.081 | 0.3 | |
| KIR3DL1 | -0.11 | * | -0.12 | 0.05 | 0.2 | ** | 0.3 | **** | 0.013 | 0.87 | 0.23 | 0.24 | -0.001 | 0.99 | |
| KIR3DL2 | -0.05 | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0.4 | 0.26 | *** | 0.52 | **** | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.37 | 0.05 | 0.014 | 0.86 | |
| KIR3DL3 | -0.096 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.32 | **** | 0.089 | 0.26 | -0.12 | 0.56 | 0.059 | 0.45 | |
| KIR2DS4 | -0.2 | **** | -0.11 | 0.06 | 0.21 | ** | 0.23 | **** | 0.11 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.29 | -0.15 | 0.06 | |
| Dendritic cell | HLA-DPB1 | 0.2 | **** | 0.034 | 0.57 | 0.59 | **** | 0.25 | **** | 0.37 | **** | 0.077 | 0.7 | 0.41 | **** |
| HLA-DQB1 | -0.016 | 0.75 | -0.1 | 0.08 | 0.39 | **** | 0.16 | ** | 0.23 | ** | 0.091 | 0.64 | -0.056 | 0.48 | |
| HLA-DRA | 0.24 | **** | 0.15 | * | 0.63 | **** | 0.35 | **** | 0.36 | **** | 0.12 | 0.55 | 0.34 | **** | |
| HLA-DPA1 | 0.23 | **** | 0.094 | 0.11 | 0.58 | **** | 0.29 | **** | 0.32 | **** | 0.12 | 0.56 | 0.29 | *** | |
| BDCA-1 (CD1C) | 0.099 | * | 0.26 | **** | 0.43 | **** | 0.064 | 0.23 | 0.32 | **** | 0.09 | 0.65 | -0.17 | * | |
| BDCA-4 (NRP1) | -0.15 | ** | -0.23 | *** | 0.26 | *** | -0.55 | **** | -0.06 | 0.45 | -0.15 | 0.46 | 0.4 | **** | |
| CD11c (ITGAX) | -0.43 | **** | -0.15 | * | 0.22 | ** | -0.19 | *** | -0.28 | *** | 0.019 | 0.92 | 0.23 | ** | |
| Th1 | T-bet (TBX21) | -0.4 | **** | 0.089 | 0.13 | 0.17 | * | 0.51 | **** | 0.13 | 0.1 | 0.28 | 0.15 | 0.22 | ** |
| STAT4 | -0.49 | **** | 0.004 | 0.95 | 0.16 | * | 0.3 | **** | -0.13 | 0.11 | 0.3 | 0.12 | -0.51 | **** | |
| STAT1 | 0.039 | 0.43 | 0.18 | ** | 0.51 | **** | -0.075 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.075 | 0.012 | 0.95 | 0.4 | **** | |
| IFN-g (IFNG) | -0.37 | **** | 0.001 | 0.98 | 0.21 | ** | 0.22 | **** | 0.24 | ** | 0.27 | 0.16 | 0.015 | 0.85 | |
| TNF-a (TNF) | -0.23 | **** | 0.21 | *** | 0.38 | **** | 0.26 | **** | 0.077 | 0.33 | -0.074 | 0.71 | 0.15 | 0.06 | |
| Th2 | GATA3 | -0.21 | **** | 0.24 | **** | 0.5 | **** | 0.51 | **** | 0.19 | * | 0.32 | 0.1 | 0.19 | * |
| STAT6 | -0.29 | **** | -0.13 | * | 0.28 | **** | -0.28 | **** | -0.3 | **** | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.4 | **** | |
| STAT5A | -0.31 | **** | -0.17 | ** | 0.28 | **** | -0.55 | **** | -0.28 | *** | -0.38 | * | 0.35 | **** | |
| IL13 | -0.11 | * | -0.13 | * | -0.032 | 0.64 | -0.26 | **** | 0.18 | * | -0.087 | 0.66 | -0.56 | **** | |
| Tfh | BCL6 | -0.26 | **** | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.043 | 0.54 | -0.57 | **** | -0.43 | **** | -0.11 | 0.58 | 0.2 | * |
| IL21 | 0.041 | 0.42 | 0.19 | ** | 0.28 | **** | 0.35 | **** | 0.15 | 0.06 | -0.088 | 0.66 | -0.44 | **** | |
| Th17 | STAT3 | -0.11 | * | 0.14 | * | 0.28 | **** | -0.34 | **** | -0.43 | **** | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.52 | **** |
| IL17A | -0.11 | * | 0.2 | *** | 0.43 | **** | 0.44 | **** | -0.015 | 0.85 | -0.028 | 0.89 | -0.042 | 0.6 | |
| Treg | FOXP3 | 0.13 | * | 0.36 | **** | 0.48 | **** | 0.63 | **** | 0.46 | **** | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.18 | * |
| CCR8 | 0.044 | 0.38 | 0.22 | *** | 0.44 | **** | 0.47 | **** | 0.067 | 0.4 | 0.31 | 0.11 | -0.037 | 0.64 | |
| STAT5B | -0.41 | **** | -0.21 | *** | 0.089 | 0.2 | -0.7 | **** | -0.3 | **** | -0.35 | 0.06 | -0.033 | 0.67 | |
| TGFb (TGFB1) | -0.41 | **** | 0.032 | 0.59 | 0.42 | **** | -0.62 | **** | 0.022 | 0.78 | -0.064 | 0.75 | 0.48 | **** | |
| T cell exhaustion | PD-1 (PDCD1) | -0.2 | **** | 0.25 | **** | 0.29 | **** | 0.56 | **** | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.029 | 0.88 | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| CTLA4 | -0.29 | **** | 0.25 | **** | 0.34 | **** | 0.35 | **** | 0.22 | ** | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.29 | *** | |
| LAG3 | -0.39 | **** | -0.14 | * | 0.41 | **** | -0.34 | **** | 0.2 | ** | 0.011 | 0.96 | 0.33 | **** | |
| TIM-3 (HAVCR2) | 0.008 | 0.87 | 0.2 | *** | 0.5 | **** | 0.32 | **** | 0.007 | 0.93 | 0.045 | 0.82 | -0.27 | *** | |
| GZMB | -0.24 | **** | 0.03 | 0.61 | 0.4 | **** | 0.51 | **** | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
Cor, R value of Spearman's correlation; TAM, tumor-associated macrophage; Th1, T-helper 1; Th2, T-helper 2; Tfh, follicular helper T; Th17, T-helper 17; Treg, regulatory T cell. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; ***, p < 0.001; ****, p < 0.0001.