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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal oncology2020

The expression and prognostic value of GLYATL1 and its potential role in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Renguo Guan, Weifeng Hong, Jianfeng Huang, Tianyi Peng, Zhen Zhao, Ye Lin, Min Yu, Zhixiang Jian

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Renguo GuanThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Weifeng HongDepartment of Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jianfeng HuangDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Tianyi PengDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Zhen ZhaoDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Ye LinDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Min YuDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Zhixiang JianThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences · CNGuangdong Provincial People's Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University · CNSouthern Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlycine-N-acyltransferase-like 1 (GLYATL1), which is involved in the detoxification of endogenous and exogenous acyl-CoA, promotes glutamine metabolism in xenobiotic metabolism. Recent evidence suggests an association between GLYATL1 and tumors. However, there are few comprehensive analyses of GLYATL1 in cancers. We evaluated the expression and prognostic value of GLYATL1 and explored the mechanism underlying the association between GLYATL1 and cancers.

methodsGLYATL1 mRNA expression across cancers was investigated in the Oncomine database and confirmed in the UALCAN and Gene Expression Profiling Interactive Analysis (GEPIA) databases. Next, its prognostic value in different cancers was revealed by PrognoScan and Kaplan-Meier plotter. According to clinicopathologic features, we conducted a subgroup analysis of the prognosis of GLYATL1 in a cohort of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the GSE116174 dataset. We further investigated the GLYATL1 promoter methylation profile in HCC. Next, a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed via the Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes (STRING) database. Finally, we utilized gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) to identify significantly enriched pathways and confirmed their associations using the Tumor Immune Estimation Resource (TIMER) and GEPIA databases.

resultsGLYATL1 is downregulated in many cancers and indicates a poor prognosis. Specifically, low GLYATL1 expression was associated with short overall survival (OS) in HCC patients. Interestingly, GLYATL1 expression was associated with poor OS in stage I-II HCC patients and was revealed as an independent prognostic factor. The promoter methylation level of GLYATL1 in HCC tissue was significantly higher than that in normal liver tissue. The PPI network suggested that GLYATL1 is co-expressed with ten genes, including

conclusionsOur study is the first to shed light on the expression and prognostic value of GLYATL1 in cancers and provide a potential regulatory mechanism underlying HCC development.

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biomarkerglutamineGLYATL1hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)prognosis

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