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ArticleCancers2022

Identification of Altered Primary Immunodeficiency-Associated Genes and Their Implications in Pediatric Cancers.

Shaelene Standing, Son Tran, Luis Murguia-Favela, Olga Kovalchuk, Pinaki Bose, Aru Narendran

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shaelene StandingSection of Pediatric Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Division of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital and University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T3B 6A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1518-1353
Son TranSection of Pediatric Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Division of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital and University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T3B 6A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3372-7292
Luis Murguia-FavelaSection of Pediatric Hematology and Immunology, Division of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital and University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T3B 6A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6893-3366
Olga KovalchukDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada.
Pinaki BoseDepartments of Oncology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada.
Aru NarendranSection of Pediatric Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Division of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital and University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T3B 6A8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4898-477X
University of Calgary · CAUniversity of Lethbridge · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer is the leading cause of disease-related mortality in children and malignancies are more frequently observed in individuals with primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs). This study aimed to identify and highlight the molecular mechanisms, such as oncogenesis and immune evasion, by which PID-related genes may lead to the development of pediatric cancers.

methodWe implemented a novel bioinformatics framework using patient data from the TARGET database and performed a comparative transcriptome analysis of PID-related genes in pediatric cancers between normal and cancer tissues, gene ontology enrichment, and protein-protein interaction analyses, and determined the prognostic impacts of commonly mutated and differentially expressed PID-related genes.

resultsFrom the Fulgent Genetics Comprehensive Primary Immunodeficiency panel of 472 PID-related genes, 89 genes were significantly differentially expressed between normal and cancer tissues, and 20 genes were mutated in two or more patients. Enrichment analysis highlighted many immune system processes as well as additional pathways in the mutated PID-related genes related to oncogenesis. Survival outcomes for patients with altered PID-related genes were significantly different for 75 of the 89 DEGs, often resulting in a poorer prognosis.

conclusionsOverall, multiple PID-related genes demonstrated the connection between PIDs and cancer development and should be studied further, with hopes of identifying new therapeutic targets.

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differential expressionimmunodeficiencyoncogenesispediatric cancersurvival

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