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ArticlePloS one2021

The role of multiple metabolic genes in predicting the overall survival of colorectal cancer: A study based on TCGA and GEO databases.

Weijun Shi, Xincan Li, Xu Su, Hexin Wen, Tianwen Chen, Huazhang Wu, Mulin Liu

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Weijun ShiDepartment of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.
Xincan LiDepartment of General Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.
Xu SuSchool of Life Sciences, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Research, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.
Hexin WenDepartment of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.
Tianwen ChenDepartment of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.
Huazhang WuSchool of Life Sciences, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Research, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.
Mulin LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2655-5402
First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College · CNBengbu Medical College · CNThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College · CN

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Abstract

The recent advances in gene chip technology have led to the identification of multiple metabolism-related genes that are closely associated with colorectal cancer (CRC). Nevertheless, none of these genes could accurately diagnose or predict CRC. The prognosis of CRC has been made by previous prognostic models constructed by using multiple genes, however, the predictive function of multi-gene prognostic models using metabolic genes for the CRC prognosis remains unexplored. In this study, we used the TCGA-CRC cohort as the test dataset and the GSE39582 cohort as the experimental dataset. Firstly, we constructed a prognostic model using metabolic genes from the TCGA-CRC cohort, which were also associated with CRC prognosis. We analyzed the advantages of the prognostic model in the prognosis of CRC and its regulatory mechanism of the genes associated with the model. Secondly, the outcome of the TCGA-CRC cohort analysis was validated using the GSE39582 cohort. We found that the prognostic model can be employed as an independent prognostic risk factor for estimating the CRC survival rate. Besides, compared with traditional clinical pathology, it can precisely predict CRC prognosis as well. The high-risk group of the prognostic model showed a substantially lower survival rate as compared to the low-risk group. In addition, gene enrichment analysis of metabolic genes showed that genes in the prognostic model are enriched in metabolism and cancer-related pathways, which may explain its underlying mechanism. Our study identified a novel metabolic profile containing 11 genes for prognostic prediction of CRC. The prognostic model may unravel the imbalanced metabolic microenvironment, and it might promote the development of biomarkers for predicting treatment response and streamlining metabolic therapy in CRC.

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Colorectal NeoplasmsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, NeoplasmModels, BiologicalDatabases, Nucleic AcidDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRisk FactorsSurvival Rate

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