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Pathway crosstalk analysis based on protein-protein network analysis in prostate cancer
1Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China. wanglin2688@hotmail.co
Background:
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a highly prevalent disease in older men of the western world and overall greatly affects the quality of life of elderly people.
Aim:
Understanding the mechanism of prostate cancer onset and metastasis is the key to treating this disease successfully and increasing survivability.
Materials And Methods:
In this study, we constructed crosstalk networks among prostate cancer (primary and metastatic) related pathways by integrating protein-protein interactions (PPI) and KEGG (Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes) pathways information. Total 11 pathways crosstalk with each other in primary prostate cancer and 7 pathways crosstalk with each other in metastatic prostate cancer.
Results:
Among these pathways, Notch signaling pathway and chemokine signaling pathway were found regulate multiple processes during prostate cancer progression.
Conclusions:
Results from these studies will provide the groundwork for a combination therapy approach targeting multiple pathways which will likely be more effective than targeting one pathway alone.
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