Expression of cell divisioncycle-associated genes and their prognostic significance in hepatocellular carcinoma.

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Expression of cell divisioncycle-associated genes and their prognostic significance in hepatocellular carcinoma. Via International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology Related Articles Expression of cell divisioncycle-associated genes and their prognostic significance in hepatocellular carcinoma. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2021;14(2):151-169 Authors: Wang Z, Xu J, Zhang S, Chang L Abstract The cell division cycle-associated (CDCA) protein family plays an essential role in tumor progression by cell division. However, the function of each CDCA family member in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is not well known. This study is to find the roles of CDCAs in the prognosis of HCC patients by using ONCOMINE, UALCAN, Human Protein Atlas, Kaplan-Meier Plotter, and cBioPortal databases. Overexpression of CDCA mRNA and protein were found to be significantly associated with individual cancer stages and tumor grades in HCC patients. Higher mRNA expressions of 6 CDCA family members were found to be significantly associated with shorter overall survival (OS) in HCC patients. Multivariate analysis showed that overexpressions of CDCA mRNA were independent prognostic factors for shorter OS in HCC patients. Moreover, a high mutation rate of CDCAs (27%) was also detected in HCC patients, and genetic alteration in CDCAs was associated with shorter overall survival (OS) and disease-fre e survival (DFS) in HCC patients. Finally, a functional analysis showed that CDCAs were mainly enriched in the cell cycle (hsa04110) and oocyte meiosis. Overall, these results indicated that CDCA2/3/4/5/8 could be prognostic biomarkers of survival in HCC patients. PMID: 33564348 [PubMed] View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.