TABLE 3.
Correlations between ACE2 and gene markers of immune cells in OV and TGCT.
| Gene type | Gene marker | OV |
TGCT |
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Purity |
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Purity |
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| Cor | P | Cor | P | Cor | P | Cor | P | ||
| B cell | CD19 | 0.043 | 0.457 | 0.031 | 0.624 | –0.259 | * | –0.214 | * |
| CD20 | 0.035 | 0.549 | 0.021 | 0.747 | –0.167 | 0.042 | –0.082 | 0.326 | |
| CD38 | 0.322 | *** | 0.348 | *** | –0.375 | *** | –0.353 | *** | |
| CD8 + T cell | CD8A | 0.067 | 0.248 | 0.069 | 0.277 | –0.173 | 0.034 | –0.095 | 0.252 |
| CD8B | –0.021 | 0.711 | –0.049 | 0.443 | –0.040 | 0.627 | 0.060 | 0.470 | |
| Tfh | CXCR5 | 0.158 | * | 0.140 | 0.027 | –0.116 | 0.157 | –0.019 | 0.824 |
| ICOS | 0.183 | * | 0.194 | * | –0.132 | 0.108 | –0.033 | 0.692 | |
| BCL6 | 0.070 | 0.225 | 0.105 | 0.099 | 0.359 | *** | 0.363 | *** | |
| Th1 | IL12RB2 | 0.130 | 0.024 | 0.113 | 0.076 | –0.180 | 0.028 | –0.121 | 0.143 |
| IL27RA | 0.029 | 0.617 | 0.028 | 0.657 | 0.148 | 0.072 | 0.195 | 0.018 | |
| T-bet | 0.142 | 0.013 | 0.161 | 0.011 | –0.271 | ** | –0.227 | * | |
| Th2 | CCR3 | 0.240 | *** | 0.287 | *** | 0.178 | 0.030 | 0.213 | * |
| STAT6 | 0.206 | ** | 0.193 | * | 0.520 | *** | 0.511 | *** | |
| GATA3 | 0.032 | 0.582 | 0.032 | 0.610 | 0.359 | *** | 0.350 | *** | |
| Th9 | TGFBR2 | 0.045 | 0.434 | 0.041 | 0.520 | 0.409 | *** | 0.403 | *** |
| IRF4 | 0.061 | 0.290 | 0.046 | 0.469 | –0.232 | * | –0.174 | 0.035 | |
| PU.1 | 0.061 | 0.292 | 0.074 | 0.246 | –0.126 | 0.125 | –0.039 | 0.639 | |
| Th17 | IL21R | 0.032 | 0.574 | 0.016 | 0.803 | –0.197 | 0.016 | –0.119 | 0.151 |
| IL23R | 0.140 | 0.015 | 0.160 | 0.011 | –0.124 | 0.129 | –0.091 | 0.275 | |
| RORC | 0.111 | 0.054 | 0.096 | 0.132 | 0.297 | ** | 0.337 | *** | |
| STAT3 | 0.096 | 0.094 | 0.113 | 0.076 | 0.380 | *** | 0.380 | *** | |
| Th22 | CCR10 | –0.158 | * | –0.107 | 0.092 | 0.448 | *** | 0.433 | *** |
| AHR | 0.184 | 0.105 | 0.068 | 0.109 | 0.086 | 0.318 | *** | 0.328 | |
| Treg | FOXP3 | 0.128 | 0.026 | 0.145 | 0.022 | –0.146 | 0.074 | –0.058 | 0.483 |
| CCR8 | 0.101 | 0.079 | 0.081 | 0.205 | –0.056 | 0.492 | –0.019 | 0.815 | |
| CD25 | 0.009 | 0.872 | 0.044 | 0.486 | –0.152 | 0.064 | –0.066 | 0.428 | |
| T cell exhaustion | PD-1 | 0.112 | 0.052 | 0.146 | 0.021 | –0.282 | ** | –0.243 | * |
| TIM-3 | 0.116 | 0.044 | 0.143 | 0.024 | –0.101 | 0.221 | 0.000 | 0.996 | |
| LAG3 | 0.258 | *** | 0.311 | *** | –0.300 | ** | –0.267 | * | |
| CTLA4 | 0.152 | * | 0.195 | * | –0.250 | * | –0.193 | 0.019 | |
| Macrophage | CD68 | 0.098 | 0.088 | 0.119 | 0.060 | –0.023 | 0.780 | 0.073 | 0.378 |
| CD11b | 0.067 | 0.244 | 0.059 | 0.357 | –0.031 | 0.702 | 0.043 | 0.609 | |
| M1 | NOS2 | 0.080 | 0.165 | 0.127 | 0.046 | 0.385 | *** | 0.365 | *** |
| CD86 | 0.141 | 0.014 | 0.174 | * | –0.133 | 0.104 | –0.041 | 0.625 | |
| CD80 | 0.216 | ** | 0.255 | *** | –0.181 | 0.027 | –0.111 | 0.180 | |
| ROS | 0.070 | 0.222 | 0.094 | 0.141 | 0.482 | *** | 0.452 | *** | |
| M2 | ARG1 | –0.003 | 0.957 | –0.023 | 0.716 | 0.211 | * | 0.169 | 0.041 |
| CD163 | 0.094 | 0.104 | 0.116 | 0.068 | 0.281 | ** | 0.322 | *** | |
| TAM | HLA-G | 0.229 | *** | 0.221 | ** | 0.213 | * | 0.232 | * |
| Monocyte | CD14 | 0.023 | 0.690 | 0.040 | 0.529 | 0.150 | 0.066 | 0.220 | * |
| CD16B | 0.147 | 0.011 | 0.155 | 0.014 | 0.252 | * | 0.248 | * | |
| NK | XCL1 | –0.054 | 0.345 | –0.043 | 0.496 | –0.039 | 0.639 | 0.017 | 0.842 |
| CD56 | –0.108 | 0.059 | –0.071 | 0.264 | 0.512 | *** | 0.499 | *** | |
| KIR3DL1 | 0.138 | 0.016 | 0.166 | * | –0.157 | 0.054 | –0.077 | 0.355 | |
| CD7 | 0.120 | 0.036 | 0.145 | 0.022 | –0.174 | 0.034 | –0.099 | 0.231 | |
| Neutrophil | CD15 | 0.248 | *** | 0.250 | *** | –0.127 | 0.123 | –0.068 | 0.411 |
| DC | CD1C | –0.078 | 0.178 | –0.131 | 0.039 | 0.276 | ** | 0.330 | *** |
| CD141 | 0.009 | 0.882 | 0.018 | 0.776 | 0.639 | *** | 0.627 | *** | |
| CLEC9A | 0.092 | 0.111 | 0.126 | 0.048 | –0.355 | *** | –0.318 | *** | |
| Breg | CD1d | 0.051 | 0.372 | 0.014 | 0.823 | 0.016 | 0.843 | 0.077 | 0.355 |
| CD5 | 0.107 | 0.064 | 0.108 | 0.090 | –0.132 | 0.107 | –0.035 | 0.671 | |
OV, ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma; TGCTs, testicular germ cell tumors; Tfh, follicular helper T cell; Th, T helper cell; Treg, regulatory T cell; TAM, tumor-associated- macrophage; NK, natural killer cell; DC, dendritic cell; Breg, regulatory B cell; Purity, correlation adjusted for tumor purity; Cor, R-value of Spearman’s correlation. *P < 0.01; **P < 0.001; ***P < 0.0001.