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Additionally, changes in the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) are increasingly linked to CIN progression to CC.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this study, we used public databases to collect transcriptome data for CIN, CC, and normal cervix, employing LASSO regression to find TIP genes with differential expression. We also used the CIBERSORT algorithm to analyze immune cells in the cervix. ROC curves were plotted to assess tumor-infiltrating immune cells (TICs) and the expression of tumor-infiltrating cell-related genes (TICRGs) for predicting CC efficacy and identifying immune-related genes and cells associated with cervical disease progression for future modeling. We developed a cervical \"inflammation-cancer transition\" prediction model using the random forest algorithm and assessed its accuracy with internal and external data. Clinical samples from two hospitals were analyzed using multiplexed immunohistochemistry (mIHC) to detect risk factors in various cervical diseases, serving as an independent validation cohort for the model's reliability.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Four genes, ARG2, HSP90AA1, EZH2, ICAM1, and two immune cells, M1 macrophages and activated CD4 memory T cells, were selected as variables, and a predictive model was constructed. The model achieved an AUC of 1 for internal training sets and 0.912 for testing sets. For validation cohort, the AUC was 0.864 for GSE7803 and 0.918 for TCGA\/GTEx. For external validation (GSE39001, GSE149763, and GSE138080), the AUC was 0.703, 0.889 and 0.696. 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