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ArticleCancer cell international2020

Bioinformatics combined with quantitative proteomics analyses and identification of potential biomarkers in cholangiocarcinoma.

Zijian Da, Long Gao, Gang Su, Jia Yao, Wenkang Fu, Jinduo Zhang, Xu Zhang, Zhaoji Pei, Ping Yue, Bing Bai and 3 more

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Article in Cancer cell international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zijian Da1The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Long Gao1The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Gang Su4Institute of Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Jia Yao1The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Wenkang Fu1The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Jinduo Zhang2Department of Special Minimally Invasive Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Xu Zhang1The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Zhaoji Pei1The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Ping Yue2Department of Special Minimally Invasive Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Bing Bai2Department of Special Minimally Invasive Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Yanyan Lin *2Department of Special Minimally Invasive Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
Wenbo Meng *1The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.ORCID 0000-0002-9355-0225
Xun Li1The First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000 China.
First Hospital of Lanzhou University · CNGansu Institute of Political Science and Law · CNLanzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an invasive malignancy arising from biliary epithelial cells; it is the most common primary tumour of the bile tract and has a poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to screen prognostic biomarkers for CCA by integrated multiomics analysis.

methodsThe GSE32225 dataset was derived from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database and comprehensively analysed by using R software and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database to obtain the differentially expressed RNAs (DERNAs) associated with CCA prognosis. Quantitative isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) proteomics was used to screen differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) between CCA and nontumour tissues. Through integrated analysis of DERNA and DEP data, we obtained candidate proteins APOF, ITGAV and CASK, and immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of these proteins in CCA. The relationship between CASK expression and CCA prognosis was further analysed.

resultsThrough bioinformatics analysis, 875 DERNAs were identified, of which 10 were associated with the prognosis of the CCA patients. A total of 487 DEPs were obtained by using the iTRAQ technique. Comprehensive analysis of multiomics data showed that CASK, ITGAV and APOF expression at both the mRNA and protein levels were different in CCA compared with nontumour tissues. CASK was found to be expressed in the cytoplasm and nucleus of CCA cells in 38 (45%) of 84 patients with CCA. Our results suggested that patients with positive CASK expression had significantly better overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) than those with negative CASK expression. Univariate and multivariate analyses demonstrated that negative expression of CASK was a significantly independent risk factor for OS and RFS in CCA patients.

conclusionsCASK may be a tumour suppressor; its low expression is an independent risk factor for a poor prognosis in CCA patients, and so it could be used as a clinically valuable prognostic marker.

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BioinformaticsCASKCholangiocarcinomaiTRAQMultiomicsPrognosis

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