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Immune profiling and single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis linked hub-gene expression patterns and tumor microenvironment features, with an emphasis on macrophages, T cells, and keratinocytes. Molecular docking prioritized MMP9 among the six candidate proteins, and molecular dynamics simulations characterized predicted MMP9-ligand complexes. Furthermore, 6PPDQ was found to promote cSCC cell proliferation and tumor growth in both in vitro and in vivo experiments. At the molecular level, 6PPDQ exposure was accompanied by increased PI3K p110\u03b1 expression, elevated p-AKT\/AKT ratio, and MMP9 upregulation, consistent with the computational predictions. Pharmacological AKT inhibition attenuated MMP9 upregulation and the 6PPDQ-associated growth response, while MMP9 silencing reduced 6PPDQ-enhanced invasion and wound closure. Overall, this bioinformatics-led exploratory study suggests that 6PPDQ has tumor-promoting potential in experimental cSCC models and proposes PI3K-Akt\/MMP9 activation as a preliminary mechanistic hypothesis. 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