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Comparative analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis gene expression profiles

  • Authors:
    • Mingming Jiang
    • Qingfang Zeng
    • Suiping Dai
    • Huixia Liang
    • Fengying Dai
    • Xueling Xie
    • Kunlin Lu
    • Chunfang Gao
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  • Published online on: December 9, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.6021
  • Pages: 380-386
  • Copyright: © Jiang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Gene expression data of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was compared with that of cirrhosis (C) to identify critical genes in HCC. A total of five gene expression data sets were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus. HCC and healthy samples were combined as dataset HCC, whereas cirrhosis samples were included in dataset C. A network was constructed for dataset HCC with the package R for performing Weighted Gene Co‑expression Network Analysis. Modules were identified by cluster analysis with the packages flashClust and dynamicTreeCut. Hub genes were screened out by calculating connectivity. Functional annotations were assigned to the hub genes using the Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integration Discovery, and functional annotation networks were visualized with Cytoscape. Following the exclusion of outlier samples, 394 HCC samples and 47 healthy samples were included in dataset HCC and 233 cirrhosis samples were included in dataset C. A total of 6 modules were identified in the weighted gene co‑expression network of dataset HCC (blue, brown, turquoise, green, red and yellow). Modules blue, brown and turquoise had high preservation whereas module yellow exhibited the lowest preservation. These modules were associated with transcription, mitosis, cation transportation, cation homeostasis, secretion and regulation of cyclase activity. Various hub genes of module yellow were cytokines, including chemokine (C‑C motif) ligand 22 and interleukin‑19, which may be important in the development of HCC. Gene expression profiles of HCC were compared with those of cirrhosis and numerous critical genes were identified, which may contribute to the progression of HCC. Further studies on these genes may improve the understanding of HCC pathogenesis.
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Jiang M, Zeng Q, Dai S, Liang H, Dai F, Xie X, Lu K and Gao C: Comparative analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis gene expression profiles. Mol Med Rep 15: 380-386, 2017
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Jiang, M., Zeng, Q., Dai, S., Liang, H., Dai, F., Xie, X. ... Gao, C. (2017). Comparative analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis gene expression profiles. Molecular Medicine Reports, 15, 380-386. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.6021
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Jiang, M., Zeng, Q., Dai, S., Liang, H., Dai, F., Xie, X., Lu, K., Gao, C."Comparative analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis gene expression profiles". Molecular Medicine Reports 15.1 (2017): 380-386.
Chicago
Jiang, M., Zeng, Q., Dai, S., Liang, H., Dai, F., Xie, X., Lu, K., Gao, C."Comparative analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis gene expression profiles". Molecular Medicine Reports 15, no. 1 (2017): 380-386. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.6021