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ArticleJournal of kidney cancer and VHL2025

Identification of BCL11A, NTN5, and OGN as Diagnosis Biomarker of Papillary Renal Cell Carcinomas by Bioinformatic Analysis.

Zahra Haghshenas, Sina Fathi, Alireza Ahmadzadeh, Elham Nazari

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Zahra HaghshenasProteomics Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sina FathiDepartment of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza AhmadzadehDepartement of Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
Elham NazariDepartment of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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Abstract

The prevalence of papillary renal cell carcinomas (PRCCs) is estimated to be between 10% and 15%. At present, there is no effective therapeutic approach available for patients with advanced PRCCs. The molecular biomarkers associated with PRCC diagnoses have been rarely studied compared to renal clear cell carcinomas; therefore, the necessity for the identification of novel molecular biomarkers to aid in the early identification of this disease. Bioinformatics and artificial intelligence technologies have become increasingly important in the search for diagnostic biomarkers for early cancer detection. In this study, three genes-BCL11A, NTN5, and OGN-were identified as diagnostic biomarkers using the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database and deep learning techniques. To identify the differential expression genes (DEGs), ribonucleic acid (RNA) expression profiles of PRCC patients were analyzed using a machine learning approach. A number of molecular pathways and coexpressions of DEGs have been analyzed and a correlation between DEGs and clinical data has been determined. Diagnostic markers were then determined via machine learning analysis. The 10 genes selected with the highest variable importance value (more than 0.9) were further investigated, with six upregulated (BCL11A, NTN5, SEL1L3, SKA3, TAPBP, SEMA6A) and four downregulated (OGN, ADCY4, SMOC2, CCL23). A combined receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis revealed that the BCL11A-NTN5-OGN genes, which have specificity and sensitivity values of 0.968 and 0.901, respectively, can be used as a diagnostic biomarker for PRCC. In general, the genes introduced in this study may be used as diagnostic biomarkers for the early diagnosis of PRCC, thus providing the possibility of early treatment and preventing the progression of the disease.

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BCL11Abiomarkerdiagnosismachine learningNTN5OGNPRCC

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