Aberrant Expressions of in Tumor Tissue are the Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Curative Resection.

Curr Genomics

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610 041, China.

Published: December 2023

Introduction: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a high mortality rate, with curative resection being the primary treatment. However, HCC patients have a large possibility of recurrence within 5 years after curative resection.

Methods: Thus, identifying biomarkers to predict recurrence is crucial. In our study, we analyzed data from CCLE, GEO, and TCGA, identifying eight oncogenes associated with HCC. Subsequently, the expression of 8 genes was tested in 5 cases of tumor tissues and the adjacent non-tumor tissues. Then , and were selected to verify the expression in 63 cases of tumor tissues and the adjacent non-tumor tissues. The results showed that , were generally highly expressed in tumor tissues. A five-year follow-up of the 63 clinical cases, combined with Kaplan-Meier Plotter's relapse-free survival (RFS) analysis, found a significant correlation between expression and recurrence in HCC patients. Subsequently, we analyzed the mutations and found that the gene mutations can lead to a shorter disease-free survival time for HCC patients.

Results: The results of enrichment analysis indicated that the differentially expressed genes related to are mainly enriched in the signal release pathway.

Conclusion: In conclusion, our research showed that might be related to recurrence in HCC patients, and the expression of in tumor tissue might be a potential prognostic biomarker after tumor resection in HCC patients.

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