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Discovery of Driver Genes in Colorectal HT29-derived Cancer Stem-Like Tumorspheres
Published on: July 22, 2020
Comprehensive analysis reveals a four-gene signature in colorectal cancer
Bin Zhao1,2, Zheng Wan1,2, Xiaohong Zhang1,2
1Department of Oncology and Vascular Interventional Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
Background:
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the major malignant diseases of the gastrointestinal system around the world. However, the current therapeutic regimens were not always effective. This study was designed to identify and depict potential molecular biomarkers and correlated signal pathways in CRC.
Methods:
The gene expression profiles of GSE21510 were obtained on the Gene Expression Omnibus website, we filtered out 44 samples from the GSE21510 to identify different expression genes (DEGs) between CRC tissues and noncancerous tissues. Subsequently, the function and signal pathways enrichment analyses were implemented, the protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks of DEGs were to be carried out, and the hub genes were screened by MCODE built in Cytoscape software. Lastly, we have validated gene expressions and overall survival analyses of these hub genes in related datasets, such as colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) and rectum adenocarcinoma (READ), built in TCGA/GTEx database.
Results:
Results showed that a totally of 166 up-regulated genes and 260 down-regulated genes were identified and met the following criteria: |log2 fold change| ≥2 & adjusted P value <0.01. Here, we identified AURKA, BUB1, DLGAP5 and HMMR, which were associated with the regulation of mitotic cycle phase transition and oocyte meiosis pathways.
Conclusions:
The findings of these four genes in this study may shed light on the mechanisms of these four genes as drug-sensitive therapeutic targets for the patients of CRC.
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