Identification of a Group of Therapeutic Targets and Prognostic Biomarker for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

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INTRODUCTION: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly heterogeneous disease. Mining differentially expressed genes of TNBC is helpful to explore new therapeutic targets. This study aimed to investigate diagnostic biomarker genes in TNBC compared to normal tissue. Additionally, we explored the functions and prognostic value of these key genes as well as potential targeted drugs that could affect these genes.

METHODS: Differential gene expression analysis was conducted using the R software with data from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Then, the identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were used to construct a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network using the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes (STRING) database and Cytoscape software. The mRNA expression levels of key genes were analyzed using the UALCAN database with data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Enrichment and survival analyses were performed using R software. In addition, potential compounds showing sensitivity to key genes were identified by gene set cancer analysis (GSCA).

RESULTS: Compared with normal tissues, a total of 203 DEGs were upregulated in TNBC. These DEGs participated in various biological processes including nuclear division, microtubule binding, cell cycle, and the p53 signaling pathway. Through the PPI network analysis, ten key genes were identified, among which four genes showed significant correlation with poor progression-free interval (PFI) in patients with TNBC. Moreover, the four survival-related genes were found to act as sensitive therapeutic targets.

CONCLUSION: The identified four key genes were considered new biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis and also potential therapeutic targets for TNBC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

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Advances in therapy - 41(2024), 4 vom: 01. März, Seite 1621-1636

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Shengjie [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Lu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yinjuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinghe [VerfasserIn]

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Biomarker
Biomarkers
Diagnosis
Journal Article
Prognosis
Therapeutic target
Triple-negative breast cancer

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12325-024-02806-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369114787