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The current study aimed to investigate the expression levels of SPDL1 in ESCC via transcriptome analysis using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Gene Expression Omnibus databases. Moreover, the biological roles, molecular mechanisms, and protein networks involved in SPDL1 were identified using machine learning and bioinformatics. The cell counting kit-8 assay, EdU staining, and transwell assay were used to investigate the effects of inhibiting SPDL1 expression on ESCC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Finally, the correlation between the SPDL1 expression and cancer immune infiltrating cells was evaluated by analyzing data from the TCGA database. Results showed that SPDL1 was overexpressed in the ESCC tissues. The SPDL1 expression was related to age in patients with ESCC. The SPDL1 co-expressed genes included those involved in cell division, cell cycle, DNA repair and replication, cell aging, and other processes. The high-risk scores of SPDL1-related long non-coding RNAs were significantly correlated with overall survival and cancer progression in patients with ESCC (P &lt; 0.05). Inhibiting the SPDL1 expression was effective in suppressing the proliferation, migration, and invasion of ESCC TE-1 cells (P &lt; 0.05). The overexpression of SPDL1 was positively correlated with the levels of Th2 and T-helper cells, and was negatively correlated with the levels of plasmacytoid dendritic cells and mast cells. In conclusion, SPDL1 was overexpressed in ESCC and was associated with immune cells. Further, inhibiting the SPDL1 expression could effectively slow down cancer cell growth and migration. 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