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Identification of novel prognosis-related genes associated with cancer using integrative network analysis
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Identification of novel prognosis-related genes associated with cancer using integrative network analysis

Yong Kiat Wee, Yining Liu, J Lu, X Li and Min Zhao
Scientific Reports, Vol.8(1), 3233
2018
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Abstract

Prognosis identifies the seriousness and the chances of survival of a cancer patient. However, it remains a challenge to identify the key cancer genes in prognostic studies. In this study, we collected 2064 genes that were related to prognostic studies by using gene expression measurements curated from published literatures. Among them, 1820 genes were associated with copy number variations (CNVs). The further functional enrichment on 889 genes with frequent copy number gains (CNGs) revealed that these genes were significantly associated with cancer pathways including regulation of cell cycle, cell differentiation and mitogen-Activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade. We further conducted integrative analyses of CNV and their target genes expression using the data from matched tumour samples of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Ultimately, 95 key prognosis-related genes were extracted, with concordant CNG events and increased up-regulation in at least 300 tumour samples. These genes, and the number of samples in which they were found, included: ACTL6A (399), ATP6V1C1 (425), EBAG9 (412), FADD (308), MTDH (377), and SENP5 (304). This study provides the first observation of CNV in prognosis-related genes across pan-cancer. The systematic concordance between CNG and up-regulation of gene expression in these novel prognosis-related genes may indicate their prognostic significance. © 2018 The Author(s).

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