scholarly journals In Silico Analysis of Microarray-Based Gene Expression Profiles Predicts Tumor Cell Response to Withanolides

Microarrays ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Efferth ◽  
Henry Johannes Greten
2004 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas V. Getchell ◽  
Xuejun Peng ◽  
C. Paul Green ◽  
Arnold J. Stromberg ◽  
Kuey-Chu Chen ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Hu ◽  
Chao Wu

Abstract Background Identification of factors associated with proliferation in the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) microenvironment aids in understanding the mechanisms of disease progression and provides druggable targets. Gene expression profiles of individual cells in HCC and para-carcinoma tissues can be effectively obtained using the single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-Seq) technique. Here, we aimed to identify proliferative hepatocytes from HCC and para-carcinoma tissues, detect differentially expressed genes between the two types of proliferative hepatocytes, and investigate their potential roles in aberrant proliferation. Results Two respective gene signatures for proliferative cells and hepatocytes were established and used to identify proliferative hepatocytes from HCC and para-carcinoma tissues based on scRNA-Seq data. Gene expression profiles between the two types of proliferative hepatocytes were compared. Overall, 40 genes were upregulated in proliferative hepatocytes from para-carcinoma tissue, whereas no upregulated genes were detected in those from HCC tissue. Twelve of the genes, including HAMP, were specifically expressed in the liver tissue. Based on previous reports, we found that HAMP modulates cell proliferation through interaction with its receptor SLC40A1. Comprehensive analysis of cells in HCC and para-carcinoma tissues revealed that: (1) HAMP is specifically expressed in hepatocytes and significantly downregulated in malignant hepatocytes; (2) a subset of macrophages expressing SLC40A1 and genes reacting to various infections is present in para-carcinoma but not in HCC tissue. We independently validated the findings with scRNA-Seq and large-scale tissue bulk RNA-Seq/microarray analyses. Conclusion HAMP was significantly downregulated in malignant hepatocytes. In addition, a subset of macrophages expressing SLC40A1 and genes reacting to various infections was absent in HCC tissue. These findings support the involvement of HAMP-SLC40A1 signaling in aberrant hepatocyte proliferation in the HCC microenvironment. The collective data from our in silico analysis provide novel insights into the mechanisms underlying HCC progression and require further validation with wet laboratory experiments.


2003 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Efferth ◽  
Erich Gebhart ◽  
Douglas D. Ross ◽  
Axel Sauerbrey

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aakash Chavan Ravindranath ◽  
Nolen Perualila-Tan ◽  
Adetayo Kasim ◽  
Georgios Drakakis ◽  
Sonia Liggi ◽  
...  

Integrating gene expression profiles with certain proteins can improve our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms in protein–ligand binding.


2009 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. S148
Author(s):  
HE Johnsen ◽  
T Urup ◽  
AD Hoejfeldt ◽  
KB Fogd ◽  
KS Bergkvist ◽  
...  

Viruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Cava ◽  
Gloria Bertoli ◽  
Isabella Castiglioni

Previous studies reported that Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the main cell receptor of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. It plays a key role in the access of the virus into the cell to produce the final infection. In the present study we investigated in silico the basic mechanism of ACE2 in the lung and provided evidences for new potentially effective drugs for Covid-19. Specifically, we used the gene expression profiles from public datasets including The Cancer Genome Atlas, Gene Expression Omnibus and Genotype-Tissue Expression, Gene Ontology and pathway enrichment analysis to investigate the main functions of ACE2-correlated genes. We constructed a protein-protein interaction network containing the genes co-expressed with ACE2. Finally, we focused on the genes in the network that are already associated with known drugs and evaluated their role for a potential treatment of Covid-19. Our results demonstrate that the genes correlated with ACE2 are mainly enriched in the sterol biosynthetic process, Aryldialkylphosphatase activity, adenosylhomocysteinase activity, trialkylsulfonium hydrolase activity, acetate-CoA and CoA ligase activity. We identified a network of 193 genes, 222 interactions and 36 potential drugs that could have a crucial role. Among possible interesting drugs for Covid-19 treatment, we found Nimesulide, Fluticasone Propionate, Thiabendazole, Photofrin, Didanosine and Flutamide.


2020 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 124-135
Author(s):  
George D. Vavougios ◽  
Christiane Nday ◽  
Sygliti-Henrietta Pelidou ◽  
Sotirios G. Zarogiannis ◽  
Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J Ossandon ◽  
Cynthia Villarroel ◽  
Francisco Aguayo ◽  
Eudocia Santibanez ◽  
Naohide Oue ◽  
...  

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