Construction of liver hepatocellular carcinoma-specific lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA network based on bioinformatics analysis.
Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is one of the major causes of cancer-related death worldwide with increasing incidences, however there are very few studies about the underlying mechanisms and pathways in the development of LIHC. We obtained LIHC samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to s...
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| author | Ruifang Wang Xiaobo Hu Xiaorui Liu Lu Bai Junsheng Gu Qinggang Li |
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| description | Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is one of the major causes of cancer-related death worldwide with increasing incidences, however there are very few studies about the underlying mechanisms and pathways in the development of LIHC. We obtained LIHC samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to screen differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, miRNAs and driver mutations. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway, Gene ontology enrichment analyses and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network were performed. Moreover, we constructed a competing endogenous lncRNAs-miRNAs-mRNAs network. Finally, cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to identify important prognostic differentially expressed genes. Total of 1284 mRNAs, 123 lncRNAs, 47 miRNAs were identified within different tissues of LIHC patients. GO analysis indicated that upregulated and downregulated differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRNAs) were mainly associated with cell division, DNA replication, mitotic sister chromatid segregation and complement activation respectively. Meanwhile, KEGG terms revealed that upregulated and downregulated DEmRNAs were primarily involved in DNA replication, Metabolic pathways, cell cycle and Metabolic pathways, chemical carcinogenesis, retinol metabolism pathway respectively. Among the DERNAs, 542 lncRNAs-miRNAs-mRNAs pairs were predicted to construct a ceRNA regulatory network including 35 DElncRNAs, 26 DEmiRNAs and 112 DEmRNAs. In the Kaplan-Meier analysis, total of 43 mRNAs, 14 lncRNAs and 3 miRNAs were screened out to be significantly correlated with overall survival of LIHC. The mutation signatures were analyzed and its correlation with immune infiltrates were evaluated using the TIMER in LIHC. Among the mutation genes, TTN mutation is often associated with poor immune infiltration and a worse prognosis in LIHC. This work conducted a novel lncRNAs-miRNAs-mRNAs network and mutation signatures for finding potential molecular mechanisms underlying the development of LIHC. The biomarkers also can be used for predicting prognosis of LIHC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d57e867ad8b4143979bbb38efec99b42022-12-21T21:35:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-01164e024988110.1371/journal.pone.0249881Construction of liver hepatocellular carcinoma-specific lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA network based on bioinformatics analysis.Ruifang WangXiaobo HuXiaorui LiuLu BaiJunsheng GuQinggang LiLiver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is one of the major causes of cancer-related death worldwide with increasing incidences, however there are very few studies about the underlying mechanisms and pathways in the development of LIHC. We obtained LIHC samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) to screen differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, miRNAs and driver mutations. The Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway, Gene ontology enrichment analyses and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network were performed. Moreover, we constructed a competing endogenous lncRNAs-miRNAs-mRNAs network. Finally, cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to identify important prognostic differentially expressed genes. Total of 1284 mRNAs, 123 lncRNAs, 47 miRNAs were identified within different tissues of LIHC patients. GO analysis indicated that upregulated and downregulated differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRNAs) were mainly associated with cell division, DNA replication, mitotic sister chromatid segregation and complement activation respectively. Meanwhile, KEGG terms revealed that upregulated and downregulated DEmRNAs were primarily involved in DNA replication, Metabolic pathways, cell cycle and Metabolic pathways, chemical carcinogenesis, retinol metabolism pathway respectively. Among the DERNAs, 542 lncRNAs-miRNAs-mRNAs pairs were predicted to construct a ceRNA regulatory network including 35 DElncRNAs, 26 DEmiRNAs and 112 DEmRNAs. In the Kaplan-Meier analysis, total of 43 mRNAs, 14 lncRNAs and 3 miRNAs were screened out to be significantly correlated with overall survival of LIHC. The mutation signatures were analyzed and its correlation with immune infiltrates were evaluated using the TIMER in LIHC. Among the mutation genes, TTN mutation is often associated with poor immune infiltration and a worse prognosis in LIHC. This work conducted a novel lncRNAs-miRNAs-mRNAs network and mutation signatures for finding potential molecular mechanisms underlying the development of LIHC. The biomarkers also can be used for predicting prognosis of LIHC.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249881 |
| spellingShingle | Ruifang Wang Xiaobo Hu Xiaorui Liu Lu Bai Junsheng Gu Qinggang Li Construction of liver hepatocellular carcinoma-specific lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA network based on bioinformatics analysis. PLoS ONE |
| title | Construction of liver hepatocellular carcinoma-specific lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA network based on bioinformatics analysis. |
| title_full | Construction of liver hepatocellular carcinoma-specific lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA network based on bioinformatics analysis. |
| title_fullStr | Construction of liver hepatocellular carcinoma-specific lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA network based on bioinformatics analysis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Construction of liver hepatocellular carcinoma-specific lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA network based on bioinformatics analysis. |
| title_short | Construction of liver hepatocellular carcinoma-specific lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA network based on bioinformatics analysis. |
| title_sort | construction of liver hepatocellular carcinoma specific lncrna mirna mrna network based on bioinformatics analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249881 |
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