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This study provides a comprehensive assessment of METTL7A from a pan-cancer perspective using multi-omics data. The gene ontology enrichment analysis of METTL7A-binding proteins revealed a close association with methylation and lipid metabolism. We then explored the expression of METTL7A in normal tissues, cell lines, different subtypes and cancers, and found that METTL7A was differentially expressed in various cancer species, tumor molecular subtypes and immune subtypes. Evaluation of the diagnostic and prognostic value of METTL7A in pan-cancer revealed that METTL7A had high accuracy in tumor prediction. Moreover, the low expression of METTL7A significantly correlated with the poor prognosis, including kidney renal clear cell carcinoma (KIRC), mesothelioma and sarcoma, indicating that METTL7A could be a potential biomarker for tumor diagnosis and prognosis. We focused on KIRC after pre-screening and analyzed its expression and prognostic value in various clinical subgroups. We found that METTL7A was significantly related to tumor stage, metastasis stage, pathologic stage, primary therapy outcome, histologic grade and gender, and that low METTL7A expression was associated with poorer outcomes. Finally, we analyzed the immune infiltration and co-expressed genes of METTL7A as well as the differentially expressed genes in the high and low expression groups. In conclusion, METTL7A is a better molecular marker for pan-cancer diagnosis and prognosis and has high potential as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for KIRC.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/biom13020195","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,19]],"date-time":"2023-01-19T02:51:37Z","timestamp":1674096697000},"page":"195","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Evidence Based on an Integrative Analysis of Multi-Omics Data on METTL7A as a Molecular Marker in Pan-Cancer"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Zikai","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yiqun","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tong","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"89","DOI":"10.3389\/fbioe.2018.00089","article-title":"Link Between m6A Modification and Cancers","volume":"6","author":"Liu","year":"2018","journal-title":"Front. 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