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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2019

Identification of Cancer Hallmarks Based on the Gene Co-expression Networks of Seven Cancers.

Ling-Hao Yu, Qin-Wei Huang, Xiong-Hui Zhou

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ling-Hao YuCollege of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Qin-Wei HuangCollege of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Xiong-Hui ZhouHubei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioinformatics, College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying the hallmarks of cancer is essential for cancer research, and the genes involved in cancer hallmarks are likely to be cancer drivers. However, there is no appropriate method in the current literature for identifying genetic cancer hallmarks, especially considering the interrelationships among the genes. Here, we hypothesized that "dense clusters" (or "communities") in the gene co-expression networks of cancer patients may represent functional units regarding cancer formation and progression, and the communities present in the co-expression networks of multiple types of cancer may be cancer hallmarks. Consequently, we mined the conserved communities in the gene co-expression networks of seven cancers in order to identify candidate hallmarks. Functional annotation of the communities showed that they were mainly related to immune response, the cell cycle and the biological processes that maintain basic cellular functions. Survival analysis using the genes involved in the conserved communities verified that two of these hallmarks could predict the survival risks of cancer patients in multiple types of cancer. Furthermore, the genes involved in these hallmarks, one of which was related to the cell cycle, could be useful in screening for cancer drugs.

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cancer hallmarkscancer prognosisdrug targetgene co-expression networkpan-cancer analysis

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