Predicting hepatocellular carcinoma through cross-talk genes identified by risk pathways

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent type of liver cancer with poor survival rate and high mortality. Despite efforts on the mechanism of HCC, new molecular markers are needed for exact diagnosis, evaluation and treatment. Here, we combined transcriptome of HCC with networks and pathways to identify reliable molecular markers. Through integrating 249 differentially expressed genes with syncretic protein interaction networks, we constructed a HCC-specific network, from which we further extracted 480 pivotal genes. Based on the cross-talk between the enriched pathways of the pivotal genes, we finally identified a HCC signature of 45 genes, which could accurately distinguish HCC patients with normal individuals and reveal the prognosis of HCC patients. Among these 45 genes, 15 showed dysregulated expression patterns and a part have been reported to be associated with HCC and/or other cancers. These findings suggested that our identified 45 gene signature could be potential and valuable molecular markers for diagnosis and evaluation of HCC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 9(2018), 30 vom: 20. Apr., Seite 21259-21267

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Pang, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yunfeng [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Ming [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Zhuo [VerfasserIn]
Huo, Diwei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Denan [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Hongbo [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jingbo [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qiuqi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiujie [VerfasserIn]

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Cross-talk genes
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
Journal Article
Molecular markers
Risk pathways

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Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.24915

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM284118591