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ArticleCancer genomics & proteomics

Transcriptomic Analysis of Metastatic Uveal Melanoma and Differences in Male and Female Patients.

Sishir Doddi, Abdul-Rizaq Hamoud, Hunter M Eby, Xiaolu Zhang, Ali Sajid Imami, Elizabeth Shedroff, Isaac Schiefer, Jose Moreno-Lopez, David Gamm, Jaroslaw Meller and 1 more

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Sishir DoddiDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Abdul-Rizaq HamoudDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Hunter M EbyDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Xiaolu ZhangDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Ali Sajid ImamiDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Elizabeth ShedroffDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Isaac SchieferDepartment of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Jose Moreno-LopezDepartment of Medicinal and Biological Chemistry, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
David GammMcPherson Eye Research Institute and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Jaroslaw MellerDivision of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Robert E McCullumsmithDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, U.S.A.; robert.mcullumsmith@utoledo.edu.

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BACKGROUND/

aimUveal melanoma is an ocular malignancy whose prognosis severely worsens following metastasis. In order to improve the understanding of molecular physiology of metastatic uveal melanoma, we identified genes and pathways implicated in metastatic vs non-metastatic uveal melanoma. PATIENTS AND

methodsA previously published dataset from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) was used to identify differentially expressed genes between metastatic and non-metastatic samples as well as to conduct pathway and perturbagen analyses using Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA), EnrichR, and iLINCS.

resultsIn male metastatic uveal melanoma samples, the gene LOC401052 is significantly down-regulated and FHDC1 is significantly up-regulated compared to non-metastatic male samples. In female samples, no significant differently expressed genes were found. Additionally, we identified many significant up-regulated immune response pathways in male metastatic uveal melanoma, including "T cell activation in immune response". In contrast, many top up-regulated female pathways involve iron metabolism, including "heme biosynthetic process". iLINCS perturbagen analysis identified that both male and female samples have similar discordant activity with growth factor receptors, but only female samples have discordant activity with progesterone receptor agonists.

conclusionOur results from analyzing genes, pathways, and perturbagens demonstrate differences in metastatic processes between sexes.

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Gene Expression ProfilingMelanomaUveal NeoplasmsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMaleNeoplasm MetastasisSex FactorsTranscriptomeUveal MelanomabioinformaticsmelanomaMetastasisRNA Sequvea

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PMID38944422
PMCPMC11215432

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