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ArticleMethodsX2021

The profiling, identification, quantification and analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in response to drug treatment in lung cancer.

Rahaba Marima, Rodney Hull, Zodwa Dlamini, Clement Penny

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Article in MethodsX, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Rahaba MarimaSAMRC/UP Precision Prevention and Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.
Rodney HullSAMRC/UP Precision Prevention and Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.
Zodwa DlaminiSAMRC/UP Precision Prevention and Novel Drug Targets for HIV-Associated Cancers Extramural Unit, Pan African Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.
Clement PennyDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Parktown, 2193, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The profiling and identification of genes that are differentially expressed is frequently used to underpin the underlying molecular mechanisms of biological conditions and provides a molecular foothold on biological questions of interest. However, this can be a daunting task since there is a cross talk and overlap of some of the components of the signalling pathways. The deregulation of the cell cycle signalling pathway is a hallmark of cancer, including lung cancer. Proper regulation of the cell cycle results in cellular homeostasis between cell proliferation and cell death. The comprehension of the cell cycle regulation in drug metabolism studies is of significance. This study aimed at elucidating the regulation of cell cycle genes' in response to LPV/r in lung cells. Thus, this study describes methodology for revealing molecular mechanisms employed by LPV/r to induce stress on genomic DNA. This approach is based on the interrogation of a panel of 84 genes related to the cell cycle pathway, and how the differentially expressed genes' expression pattern corroborates loss in nuclear integrity (phenotypic observation). MAD2L2, AURKB and CASP3 gene expressions were further confirmed by RT-qPCR. Furthermore, the use of

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A549 cellsDifferential gene expression (DEG)Drug treatmentIngenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA)Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r)MRC-5 cells

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