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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Identification of Potentially Therapeutic Target Genes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Chengzhang Li, Jiucheng Xu

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. 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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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chengzhang LiCollege of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China.
Jiucheng XuCollege of Life Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China.
Henan Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major threat to public health. However, few effective therapeutic strategies exist. We aimed to identify potentially therapeutic target genes of HCC by analyzing three gene expression profiles.

methodsThe gene expression profiles were analyzed with GEO2R, an interactive web tool for gene differential expression analysis, to identify common differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Functional enrichment analyses were then conducted followed by a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network construction with the common DEGs. The PPI network was employed to identify hub genes, and the expression level of the hub genes was validated via data mining the Oncomine database. Survival analysis was carried out to assess the prognosis of hub genes in HCC patients.

resultsA total of 51 common up-regulated DEGs and 201 down-regulated DEGs were obtained after gene differential expression analysis of the profiles. Functional enrichment analyses indicated that these common DEGs are linked to a series of cancer events. We finally identified 10 hub genes, six of which (

conclusionsWe identified six novel HCC hub genes that might be therapeutic targets for the development of drugs for some HCC patients.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticLiver NeoplasmsComputational BiologyGene Expression ProfilingGenes, NeoplasmHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyPrognosisgene expression profilehepatocellular carcinomahub geneMCC algorithmPPI network

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PMID32046048
PMCPMC7037431
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