Unveiling promising breast cancer biomarkers : an integrative approach combining bioinformatics analysis and experimental verification

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BACKGROUND: Breast cancer remains a significant health challenge worldwide, necessitating the identification of reliable biomarkers for early detection, accurate prognosis, and targeted therapy.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Breast cancer RNA expression data from the TCGA database were analyzed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The top 500 up-regulated DEGs were selected for further investigation using random forest analysis to identify important genes. These genes were evaluated based on their potential as diagnostic biomarkers, their overexpression in breast cancer tissues, and their low median expression in normal female tissues. Various validation methods, including online tools and quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR), were used to confirm the potential of the identified genes as breast cancer biomarkers.

RESULTS: The study identified four overexpressed genes (CACNG4, PKMYT1, EPYC, and CHRNA6) among 100 genes with higher importance scores. qRT-PCR analysis confirmed the significant upregulation of these genes in breast cancer patients compared to normal samples.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that CACNG4, PKMYT1, EPYC, and CHRNA6 may serve as valuable biomarkers for breast cancer diagnosis, and PKMYT1 may also have prognostic significance. Furthermore, CACNG4, CHRNA6, and PKMYT1 show promise as potential therapeutic targets. These findings have the potential to advance diagnostic methods and therapeutic approaches for breast cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC cancer - 24(2024), 1 vom: 31. Jan., Seite 155

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Golestan, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Tahmasebi, Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Maghsoodi, Nafiseh [VerfasserIn]
Faraji, Seyed Nooreddin [VerfasserIn]
Irajie, Cambyz [VerfasserIn]
Ramezani, Amin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bioinformatic analysis
Biomarker identification
Biomarkers, Tumor
Breast cancer
Differentially expressed genes
EC 2.7.10.1
EC 2.7.11.1
Journal Article
Membrane Proteins
PKMYT1 protein, human
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
QRT-PCR

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Date Completed 01.02.2024

Date Revised 02.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12885-024-11913-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367816857