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Survival and Enrichment Analysis of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Genes in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma

The escalating prevalence of bladder cancer, particularly urothelial carcinoma, necessitates innovative approaches for prognosis and therapy. This study delves into the significance of genes related to epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process inherently linked to carcinogenesis and compara...

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Autores principales: Ali, Waleed, Xiao, Weirui, Jacobs, Daniel, Kajdacsy-Balla, Andre
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37895248
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14101899
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author Ali, Waleed
Xiao, Weirui
Jacobs, Daniel
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description The escalating prevalence of bladder cancer, particularly urothelial carcinoma, necessitates innovative approaches for prognosis and therapy. This study delves into the significance of genes related to epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process inherently linked to carcinogenesis and comparatively better studied in other cancers. We examined 1184 EMT-related gene expression levels in bladder urothelial cancer cases through the TCGA dataset. Genes shown to be differentially expressed in relation to survival underwent further network and enrichment analysis to uncover how they might shape disease outcomes. Our in silico analysis revealed a subset of 32 genes, including those significantly represented in biological pathways such as VEGF signaling and bacterium response. In addition, these genes interact with genes involved in the JAK-STAT signaling pathway. Additionally, some of those 32 genes have been linked to immunomodulators such as chemokines CCL15 and CCL18, as well as to various immune cell infiltrates. Our findings highlight the prognostic utility of various EMT-related genes and identify possible modulators of their effect on survival, allowing for further targeted wet lab research and possible therapeutic intervention.
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spelling pubmed-106065562023-10-28 Survival and Enrichment Analysis of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Genes in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma Ali, Waleed Xiao, Weirui Jacobs, Daniel Kajdacsy-Balla, Andre Genes (Basel) Article The escalating prevalence of bladder cancer, particularly urothelial carcinoma, necessitates innovative approaches for prognosis and therapy. This study delves into the significance of genes related to epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process inherently linked to carcinogenesis and comparatively better studied in other cancers. We examined 1184 EMT-related gene expression levels in bladder urothelial cancer cases through the TCGA dataset. Genes shown to be differentially expressed in relation to survival underwent further network and enrichment analysis to uncover how they might shape disease outcomes. Our in silico analysis revealed a subset of 32 genes, including those significantly represented in biological pathways such as VEGF signaling and bacterium response. In addition, these genes interact with genes involved in the JAK-STAT signaling pathway. Additionally, some of those 32 genes have been linked to immunomodulators such as chemokines CCL15 and CCL18, as well as to various immune cell infiltrates. Our findings highlight the prognostic utility of various EMT-related genes and identify possible modulators of their effect on survival, allowing for further targeted wet lab research and possible therapeutic intervention. MDPI 2023-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10606556/ /pubmed/37895248 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14101899 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Survival and Enrichment Analysis of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Genes in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma
title_full Survival and Enrichment Analysis of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Genes in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma
title_fullStr Survival and Enrichment Analysis of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Genes in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Survival and Enrichment Analysis of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Genes in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma
title_short Survival and Enrichment Analysis of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition Genes in Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma
title_sort survival and enrichment analysis of epithelial–mesenchymal transition genes in bladder urothelial carcinoma
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10606556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37895248
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes14101899
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