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ArticlePeerJ2018

Tumor-preventing activity of aspirin in multiple cancers based on bioinformatic analyses.

Diangeng Li, Peng Wang, Yi Yu, Bing Huang, Xuelin Zhang, Chou Xu, Xian Zhao, Zhiwei Yin, Zheng He, Meiling Jin and 1 more

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Article in PeerJ, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Diangeng Li *Chinese PLA General Hospital, Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Beijing, China.
Peng Wang *Chinese PLA General Hospital, Nanlou Medical Oncology Department, Beijing, China.
Yi YuChinese PLA General Hospital, Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Beijing, China.
Bing HuangChinese PLA General Hospital, Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Beijing, China.
Xuelin ZhangChinese PLA General Hospital, Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Beijing, China.
Chou XuChinese PLA General Hospital, Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Beijing, China.
Xian ZhaoChinese PLA General Hospital, Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Beijing, China.
Zhiwei YinHebei Medical University, School of Chinese Integrative Medicine, Shijiazhuang, China.
Zheng HeChinese PLA General Hospital, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing, China.
Meiling JinBeijing Chao-yang Hospital, Department of Nephrology, Beijing, China.
Changting LiuChinese PLA General Hospital, Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Beijing, China.
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNBeijing Chao-Yang Hospital · CNHebei Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcetylsalicylic acid was renamed aspirin in 1899, and it has been widely used for its multiple biological actions. Because of the diversity of the cellular processes and diseases that aspirin reportedly affects and benefits, uncertainty remains regarding its mechanism in different biological systems.

methodsThe Drugbank and STITCH databases were used to find direct protein targets (DPTs) of aspirin. The Mentha database was used to analyze protein-protein interactions (PPIs) to find DPT-associated genes. DAVID was used for the GO and KEGG enrichment analyses. The cBio Cancer Genomics Portal database was used to mine genetic alterations and networks of aspirin-associated genes in cancer.

resultsEighteen direct protein targets (DPT) and 961 DPT-associated genes were identified for aspirin. This enrichment analysis resulted in eight identified KEGG pathways that were associated with cancers. Analysis using the cBio portal indicated that aspirin might have effects on multiple tumor suppressors, such as TP53, PTEN, and RB1 and that TP53 might play a central role in aspirin-associated genes. DISCUSSION: The results not only suggest that aspirin might have anti-tumor actions against multiple cancers but could also provide new directions for further research on aspirin using a bioinformatics analysis approach.

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AspirinBioinformatic analysisCancer

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