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ArticleCancer medicine2023

Expressional and prognostic value of HPCAL1 in cholangiocarcinoma via integrated bioinformatics analyses and experiments.

Mingjian Ma, Guangyan Zeng, Jinhui Li, Jiahua Liang, Li Huang, Jiancong Chen, Jiaming Lai

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Mingjian MaDepartment of Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China.
Guangyan ZengDepartment of Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China.
Jinhui LiDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jiahua LiangDepartment of Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China.
Li HuangDepartment of Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China.
Jiancong ChenDepartment of Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China.ORCID 0000-0002-9391-8499
Jiaming LaiDepartment of Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNBoston University · US

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Abstract

backgroundHippocalcin-like 1 (HPCAL1) is involved in the development of several cancer types. However, our understanding of the HPCAL1 activity in cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) remains limited.

methodsTwo microarray datasets were used to screen for differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in the development of CCA. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)/Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database was integrated to determine the prognostic significance of DEGs in CCA. The association between clinical characteristics and HPCAL1 expression levels was initially explored to assess the clinical profile of CCA. The prognostic value of HPCAL1 overexpression in the validation cohort was analyzed, followed by Gene Ontology (GO) term analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis of HPCAL1.

resultsThree upregulated genes and 10 downregulated genes were detected from two microarray-based screenings. High expression of HPCAL1 as a poor prognostic factor of CCA was validated using TCGA/GEO integrated database and our database. Univariate and multivariate analyses along with Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that high HPCAL1 expression was an independent factor affecting the overall survival and relapse-free survival in patients with CCA. The high expression of HPCAL1 was significantly associated with cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) levels, number of tumors, lymph node invasion, and TNM stage. Analysis of the enriched GO terms and KEGG pathways revealed that the high expression of HPCAL1 was involved in the critical biological processes and molecular pathways, including modulation by a host of symbiont processes, the clathrin coat, actinin binding, and Rap1 signaling pathways.

conclusionHPCAL1 was enriched in CCA in our study and has the potential to be applied in the identification of patients with CCA with an unfavorable prognosis.

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Bile Duct NeoplasmsCholangiocarcinomaBile Ducts, IntrahepaticComputational BiologyGene Expression ProfilingHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeurocalcinPrognosisProtein Interaction MapsHPCAL1 protein, humanNeurocalcincholangiocarcinomaHPCAL1integrated bioinformatics analysesprognostic biomarker

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