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ArticleEndocrine-related cancer2026

PPGLomics: an interactive platform for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma transcriptomics.

Hussam Alkaissi, Catherine M Gordon, Karel Pacak

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Hussam AlkaissiEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0861-9348
Catherine M GordonEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Karel PacakEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3541-3767

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Abstract

Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors with unique biological behavior and remarkably high heritability, yet dedicated bioinformatics resources for these diagnoses remain limited. Existing cancer multi-omics platforms are pan-cancer in scope, often lacking the disease-specific annotations, granularity, and cross-database harmonization required for meaningful stratification and hypothesis generation. Here, we introduce PPGLomics, an interactive Web-based platform designed for comprehensive PPGL transcriptomics analysis. PPGLomics v1.0 integrates two major datasets, the TCGA-PCPG cohort (n = 160) spanning multiple molecular subtypes and the A5 Consortium SDHB cohort (n = 91) with detailed clinicopathological and molecular annotations. The platform provides basic and clinical scientists, as well as a broad range of healthcare professionals, with tools for differential expression analysis, correlation analysis, survival analysis, and visualization, including boxplots, heatmaps, volcano plots, and Kaplan-Meier survival plots, enabling exploration of gene expression patterns across PPGL subtypes without requiring bioinformatics expertise. PPGLomics v1.0 is freely available at https://alkaissilab.shinyapps.io/PPGLomics.

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Adrenal Gland NeoplasmsParagangliomaPheochromocytomaTranscriptomeGene Expression ProfilingHumansbioinformaticsmultiomicsparagangliomapheochromocytoma

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PMID42690223
PMCPMC13641061

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