RNA-Sequencing Identification of Genes Supporting HepG2 as a Model Cell Line for Hepatocellular Carcinoma or Hepatocytes.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Cell lines do not faithfully replicate the authentic transcriptomic condition of the disease under study. The HepG2 cell line is widely used for studying hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but not all biological processes and genes exhibit congruent expression patterns between cell lines and the actual disease. The objective of this study is to perform a comparative transcriptomic analysis of the HepG2 cell line, HCC, and primary hepatocytes (PH) in order to identify genes suitable for research in HepG2 as a model for PH or HCC research. Methods: We conducted a differential expression analysis between publicly available data from HCC patients, PH, and HepG2. We examined specific overlaps of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in a pairwise manner between

SUBMITTER: Stancl P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11593409 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature