Construction of a mitophagy-related prognostic signature for predicting prognosis and tumor microenvironment in lung adenocarcinoma.

Background: Mitophagy is the selective degradation of mitochondria by autophagy. It becomes increasingly clear that mitophagy pathways are important for cancer cells to adapt to their high-energy needs. However, which genes associated with mitophagy could be used to prognosis cancer is unknown.