The increasing incidence and mortality associated with lung cancer (LC) is a significant global health challenge. The underlying mechanisms contributing to LC remain inadequately understood. However, emerging evidence suggests that the epigenetic modifier protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) plays a complex role in various cellular processes, including DNA repair, gene transcription, and alternative splicing, through its function in catalyzing the symmetric dimethylation of both histone and non-histone proteins.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent research highlights the significance of exosomes and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in cancer progression and drug resistance, but their role in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is not fully understood. We analyzed 121 exosome-related (ER) mRNAs from the ExoBCD database, along with mRNA and lncRNA expression profiles of TCGA-LUAD using "DESeq2", "survival," "ConsensusClusterPlus," "GSVA," "estimate," "glmnet," "clusterProfiler," "rms," and "pRRophetic" R packages. This comprehensive approach included univariate cox regression, unsupervised consensus clustering, GSEA, functional enrichment analysis, and prognostic model construction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral rare anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusions have been identified in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, their treatment is not currently uniform. alectinib has been commonly used to treat rare ALK fusions in patients with NSCLC. This is the first study to report the occurrence of a uridine diphosphate-glucose pyrophosphorylase 2 (UGP2)-ALK fusion in a patient with NSCLC.
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