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ArticleRadiology and oncology2025

Identification of hub genes predicting sensitivity to neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced rectal cancer.

Qunye Zhao, Chuang Zhang, Xiaotain Zhang, Yanlong Liu, Binbin Cui

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Qunye ZhaoDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Chuang ZhangDepartment of General surgery, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Kunshan, China.
Xiaotain ZhangCenter for Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Yanlong LiuDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Binbin CuiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

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backgroundPreoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NACR) benefits disease control in most locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) patients. However, effective biomarkers predicting response to NACR are still not accessible. This study aimed to find potential biomarkers to assess therapy response and susceptibility to LARC. MATERIALS AND

methodsDifferentially expressed genes (DEGs) between NACR-sensitive and resistant patients were screened using GEO database. STRING and Cytoscape were utilized to construct PPI networks and identify hub genes. Based on CIBERSORT, TCGA, GTEx, GSEA and ROC curves, the connections between hub genes and specific signaling pathways, immune cell infiltration, prognosis value and miRNA-transcription factor (TF)-target network were investigated. Human Protein Atlas (HPA) database was used to visualize hub gene expression in clinical samples.

resultsWe identified 2619 up- and 2466 down-regulated genes between NACR-sensitive and resistant patients. The up-regulated DEGs were searched for highly expressed genes in the NACR-resistant, TCGA and GTEx-related datasets compared to the NACR-sensitive group, yielding six hub genes (

conclusionsThis study identified six hub genes (

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ChemoradiotherapyNeoadjuvant TherapyRectal NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansBiomarkers, TumorEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, humanbiomarkerhub geneslocally advanced rectal cancerneoadjuvant chemoradiation sensitivity

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