龚 超, 陈 魁, 章德昆, et al. Construction of a prediction model for metastasis in gastric cancer based on the weighted gene co-expression network analysis[J]. China Oncology, 2021, 31(8): 746-753.
龚 超, 陈 魁, 章德昆, et al. Construction of a prediction model for metastasis in gastric cancer based on the weighted gene co-expression network analysis[J]. China Oncology, 2021, 31(8): 746-753. DOI: 10.19401/j.cnki.1007-3639.2021.08.008.
Background and purpose: This study aimed to screen out the bio-markers related to the occurrence and metastasis of gastric cancer. The weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was performed to analyze the gene chips containing metastatic and non-metastatic gastric cancer and adjacent tissues in Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) data set. Methods: The gene expression differences of 19 patients with gastric cancer were analyzed by WGCNA. In combination with clinical data
gene modules highly relevant to clinical information were selected to construct the network. Results: Through WGCNA
we screened out the Lightsteelblue module that was mostly related to gastric cancer metastasis. Then we further analyzed the genes in the module
and screened out 4 genes: C5AR1
AP3M2
TYMP
ANXA2P1 as “real” hub genes. Through expression analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis
the 4 genes identified were related to the occurrence and metastasis of gastric cancer. Meanwhile
external ONCOMINE and Kaplan-Meier plot databases were used to verify that the above genes were highly expressed in gastric cancer
and patients with high expression of the above genes had a worse prognosis. And the GSE14210 dataset was used to build the risk score model to predict the prognosis and progression of disease. These results suggested that the four genes we screened were potential bio-markers for gastric cancer metastasis and treatment. Conclusion: In the present study
we screened and identified 4 genes related to the occurrence and metastasis of gastric cancer
which could provide evidence for the research on the occurrence