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CDH6 expression positively correlated with the World Health Organization (WHO) tumor grade and negatively correlated with patient prognosis. A significant decrease in CDH6 promoter methylation was identified with an increase in the WHO grade severity. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analyses suggested that CDH6 might be involved in cell\u2013cell interactions and immune processes in the glioma microenvironment. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis revealed a correlation between CDH6 and cell adhesion molecules, focal adhesions, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-protein kinase B signaling pathways, nuclear division, chromosome segregation, mitotic nuclear division, and immune-related pathways. CDH6 strongly correlated with immunosuppressive cells, including regulatory T cells, monocytes, macrophages, tumor-associated macrophages, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells. It also showed correlations with immune-active cells such as B cells, CD8<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> T cells, and dendritic cells. Single-cell analysis showed that CDH6 was expressed mainly in astrocyte (AC)-like malignant cells. Differentially expressed genes of AC-like malignant cells were found to be associated with stress response, membranous processes, viral infections, and several types of cancers. Potential drugs associated with high CDH6 expression were also predicted, including AMG-22, rutin, CCT128930, deforolimus, bis(maltolato)oxovanadium, anagrelide, vemurafenib, CHIR-98014, and AZD5582. 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