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ArticlePloS one2021

Proteogenomic analysis of pancreatic cancer subtypes.

Doris Kafita, Panji Nkhoma, Mildred Zulu, Musalula Sinkala

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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 6 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Doris KafitaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Panji NkhomaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-2031-7999
Mildred ZuluDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Musalula SinkalaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-4193-8404
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer remains a significant public health problem with an ever-rising incidence of disease. Cancers of the pancreas are characterised by various molecular aberrations, including changes in the proteomics and genomics landscape of the tumour cells. Therefore, there is a need to identify the proteomic landscape of pancreatic cancer and the specific genomic and molecular alterations associated with disease subtypes. Here, we carry out an integrative bioinformatics analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas dataset, including proteomics and whole-exome sequencing data collected from pancreatic cancer patients. We apply unsupervised clustering on the proteomics dataset to reveal the two distinct subtypes of pancreatic cancer. Using functional and pathway analysis based on the proteomics data, we demonstrate the different molecular processes and signalling aberrations of the pancreatic cancer subtypes. In addition, we explore the clinical characteristics of these subtypes to show differences in disease outcome. Using datasets of mutations and copy number alterations, we show that various signalling pathways previously associated with pancreatic cancer are altered among both subtypes of pancreatic tumours, including the Wnt pathway, Notch pathway and PI3K-mTOR pathways. Altogether, we reveal the proteogenomic landscape of pancreatic cancer subtypes and the altered molecular processes that can be leveraged to devise more effective treatments.

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ProteogenomicsCluster AnalysisGene OntologyHumansMutationNeoplasm GradingPancreatic NeoplasmsProteomicsSignal Transduction

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PMID34506537
PMCPMC8432812
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