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ArticleBioscience reports2020

Identification and validation of a prognostic index based on a metabolic-genomic landscape analysis of ovarian cancer.

Qun-Feng Zhang, Yu-Kun Li, Chang-Ye Chen, Xiao-di Zhang, Lu Cao, Fei-Fei Quan, Xin Zeng, Juan Wang, Jue Liu

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Article in Bioscience reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Qun-Feng Zhang *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P.R. China.
Yu-Kun Li *Department of Histology and Embryology, Clinical Anatomy and Reproductive Medicine Application Institute, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P.R. China.
Chang-Ye Chen *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, P.R. China.
Xiao-di ZhangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P.R. China.
Lu CaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P.R. China.
Fei-Fei QuanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Foshan First People's Hospital, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, P.R. China.
Xin ZengDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Clinical Anatomy and Reproductive Medicine Application Institute, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P.R. China.
Juan WangDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Clinical Anatomy and Reproductive Medicine Application Institute, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P.R. China.
Jue LiuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan 421001, P.R. China.
University of South China · CNFirst People's Hospital of Foshan · CNHuizhou Central People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTumour metabolism has become a novel factor targeted by personalised cancer drugs. This research evaluated the prognostic significance of metabolism-related genes (MRGs) in ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma (OSC).

methodsMRGs in 379 women surviving OSC were obtained using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Then, several biomedical computational algorithms were employed to identify eight hub prognostic MRGs that were significantly relevant to OSC survival. These eight genes have important clinical significance and prognostic value in OSC. Subsequently, a prognostic index was constructed. Drug sensitivity analysis was used to screen the key genes in eight MRGs. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining confirmed the expression levels of key genes and their correlations with clinical parameters and prognosis for patients.

resultsA total of 701 differentially expressed MRGs were confirmed in women with OSC by the TCGA database. The random walking with restart (RWR) algorithm and the univariate Cox and lasso regression analyses indicated a prognostic signature based on eight MRGs (i.e., ENPP1, FH, CYP2E1, HPGDS, ADCY9, NDUFA5, ADH1B and PYGB), which performed moderately well in prognostic predictions. Drug sensitivity analysis indicated that PYGB played a key role in the progression of OSC. Also, IHC staining confirmed that PYGB has a close correlation with clinical parameters and poor prognosis in OSC.

conclusionThe results of the present study may help to establish a foundation for future research attempting to predict the prognosis of OSC patients and to characterise OSC metabolism.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorCystadenocarcinoma, SerousDatasets as TopicDisease ProgressionFemaleGenomicsHumansImmunohistochemistryKaplan-Meier EstimateMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMetabolomicsMiddle AgedOvarian NeoplasmsBiomarkers, Tumormetabolic-genomic landscapeovarian cancerpersonalized medicineprognostic indexthe cancer genome atlas

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PMID32880385
PMCPMC7527429
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