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Updated: Jan 19, 2026
Cancer-Critical Genes I: Proto-oncogenes
SET nuclear proto-oncogene gene expression is associated with microsatellite instability in human colorectal cancer
Haizhou Wang1, Peishan Qiu1, Shuyun Zhu2
1Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Hubei Clinical Center and Key Lab of Intestinal and Colorectal Diseases, Wuhan, China.
Backgrounds And Aims:
Microsatellite instability (MSI) is one of the promising biomarkers in human colorectal cancers (CRCs), and it is influenced by an intricate gene interaction network. Hence, we aimed to identify and validate hub genes associated with MSI CRC and to illustrate its underlying mechanisms.
Methods:
Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was used to investigate potential regulatory targets and relationships between key modules and hub genes associated with MSI CRC.
Results:
In the red module (r = 0.83), SET nuclear proto-oncogene (SET) was selected due to its high intra-modular connectivity and module membership. In the test sets, SET expression was downregulated in MSI CRCs compared to that in microsatellite stability (MSS) CRCs. SET expression level had a good performance in stratifying patients into MSI or MSS CRCs (area under the curve = 0.953). Moreover, the BRAF V600E mutation was highly associated with SET expression, and MSI/HLA- samples showed lower levels of SET mRNA expression than MSS/HLA- samples. Finally, gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) indicated that patients in the SET low expression group were enriched in base excision repair.
Conclusion:
SET was identified and validated as a novel potential biomarker in MSI CRCs, and SET probably acts through regulating the base excision repair pathway.
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