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ArticleHepatology communications2018

A Survey of Molecular Heterogeneity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Juan Jovel, Zhen Lin, Sandra O'keefe, Steven Willows, Weiwei Wang, Guangzhi Zhang, Jordan Patterson, Carlos Moctezuma-Velázquez, David J Kelvin, Gane Ka-Shu Wong and 1 more

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Article in Hepatology communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Juan JovelDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
Zhen LinDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
Sandra O'keefeDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
Steven WillowsDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
Weiwei WangDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
Guangzhi ZhangDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
Jordan PattersonDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
Carlos Moctezuma-VelázquezDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
David J KelvinDivision of Experimental Therapeutics University Health Network Toronto Canada.
Gane Ka-Shu WongDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
Andrew L MasonDepartment of Medicine University of Alberta Edmonton Canada.
University of Alberta · CABGI Group (China) · CNUniversity Health Network · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the heterogeneity of dysregulated pathways associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may provide prognostic and therapeutic avenues for disease management. As HCC involves a complex process of genetic and epigenetic modifications, we evaluated expression of both polyadenylated transcripts and microRNAs from HCC and liver samples derived from two cohorts of patients undergoing either partial hepatic resection or liver transplantation. Copy number variants were inferred from whole genome low-pass sequencing data, and a set of 56 cancer-related genes were screened using an oncology panel assay. HCC was associated with marked transcriptional deregulation of hundreds of protein-coding genes. In the partially resected livers, diminished transcriptional activity was observed in genes associated with drug catabolism and increased expression in genes related to inflammatory responses and cell proliferation. Moreover, several long noncoding RNAs and microRNAs not previously linked with HCC were found to be deregulated. In liver transplant recipients, down-regulation of genes involved in energy production and up-regulation of genes associated with glycolysis were detected. Numerous copy number variants events were observed, with hotspots on chromosomes 1 and 17. Amplifications were more common than deletions and spanned regions containing genes potentially involved in tumorigenesis. Colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (

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