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ArticleScientific reports2023

Identification of diagnostic biomarkers via weighted correlation network analysis in colorectal cancer using a system biology approach.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Arash Safarzadeh, Mohammad Taheri, Elena Jamali

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard *Men's Health and Reproductive Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arash Safarzadeh *Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad TaheriInstitute of Human Genetics, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany. Mohammad.taheri@uni-jena.de.
Elena JamaliDepartment of Pathology, Loghman Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. elena.jamali@yahoo.com.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRJena University Hospital · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most frequent cancer to be diagnosed in both females and males necessitating identification of effective biomarkers. An in-silico system biology approach called weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) can be used to examine gene expression in a complicated network of regulatory genes. In the current study, the co-expression network of DEGs connected to CRC and their target genes was built using the WGCNA algorithm. GO and KEGG pathway analysis were carried out to learn more about the biological role of the DEmRNAs. These findings revealed that the genes were mostly enriched in the biological processes that were involved in the regulation of hormone levels, extracellular matrix organization, and extracellular structure organization. The intersection of genes between hub genes and DEmRNAs showed that DKC1, PA2G4, LYAR and NOLC1 were the clinically final hub genes of CRC.

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BiologyColorectal NeoplasmsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAlgorithmsCell Cycle ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGenes, RegulatorHumansMaleNuclear ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCell Cycle ProteinsDKC1 protein, humanDNA-Binding ProteinsLYAR protein, humanNuclear ProteinsPA2G4 protein, humanRNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID37604903
PMCPMC10442394
OpenAlexW4386021823

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