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Immunol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>Tryptophan metabolism is indirectly involved in immune tolerance and promotes response to anticancer drugs. However, the mechanisms underlying tryptophan metabolism and immune landscape in bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA) are not fully understood.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A BLCA dataset containing 406 tumor samples with clinical survival information and 19 normal samples were obtained from the Cancer Genome Atlas database. The validation set, GSE32894, contained 223 BLCA tumor samples with survival information, and the single-cell dataset, GSE135337, included seven BLCA tumor samples; both were obtained from the gene expression omnibus database. Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were conducted to evaluate clinical parameters and risk scores. Immune infiltration and checkpoint analyses were performed to explore the immune landscape of BLCA. Single-cell analysis was conducted to further identify the roles of model genes in BLCA. Finally, NAMPT expression in BLCA and adjacent tissues was detected using RT-qPCR, CCK-8 and Transwell assays were conducted to determine the role of NAMPT in BLCA cells.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Six crossover genes (TDO2, ACAT1, IDO1, KMO, KYNU, and NAMPT) were identified by overlap analysis of tryptophan metabolism-related genes, immune-related genes, and differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Three biomarkers, NAMPT, IDO1, and ACAT1, were identified using Cox regression analysis. Accordingly, a tryptophan metabolism- and immune-related gene risk model was constructed, and the patients were divided into high- and low-risk groups. There were significant differences in the clinical parameters, prognosis, immune infiltration, and immunotherapy response between the risk groups. RT-qPCR revealed that NAMPT was upregulated in BLCA samples. Knocking down NAMPT significantly inhibited BLCA cell proliferation, migration, and invasion.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In our study, we constructed a tryptophan metabolism- and immune-related gene risk model based on three biomarkers, namely NAMPT, IDO1, and ACAT1, that were significantly associated with the progression and immune landscape of BLCA. 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