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An Intestine/Liver Microphysiological System for Drug Pharmacokinetic and Toxicological Assessment
Published on: December 3, 2020
[Gene expression profile of human normal gastrointestinal tract tissues: bioinformatic study]
Gang-Shi Wang1, Wen-Wu Cui, Ben-Yan Wu
1Department of Gerontal Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China. wanggangshi@hotmail.com
Aim:
To identify up-regulated genes specific to human normal gastrointestinal tissues.
Methods:
Study was made on human normal tissue gene expression database open to the public. Tissue-specific genes were identified using one-tailed student T test. Online software including Ingenuity and KEGG were applied for physiological function analyses. Unsupervised two-way hierarchical clustering method was used to analyze the expression profile of stomach-specific genes in gastric cancer gene expression datasets.
Results:
The analyses identified 196 stomach-specific genes, 203 ileum-specific genes and 224 colon-specific genes, respectively. The gene expression profiles reflect major organ-specific physiological functions on the molecular level. Some putative oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes were found in the tissue-specific gene list. Hierarchical clustering analysis revealed that the stomach-specific genes were up-regulated in normal stomach tissues but down-regulated in stomach cancer tissues. The normal tissues clustered together, so did the cancer tissues. At the meantime, clustering could also distinguish the moderate and severe differentiated stomach cancer.
Conclusion:
Human normal stomach, ileum and colon possess tissue-specific up-regulated genes, which are closely associated with physiological functions.
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