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Bioinformatics analysis of metastasis-related proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To analyze the metastasis-related proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and discover the biomarker candidates for diagnosis and therapeutic intervention of HCC metastasis with bioinformatics tools.

Methods

Metastasis-related proteins were determined by stable isotope labeling and MS analysis and analyzed with bioinformatics resources, including Phobius, Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG), online mendelian inheritance in man (OMIM) and human protein reference database (HPRD).

Results

All the metastasis-related proteins were linked to 83 pathways in KEGG, including MAPK and p53 signal pathways. Protein-protein interaction network showed that all the metastasis-related proteins were categorized into 19 function groups, including cell cycle, apoptosis and signal transduction. OMIM analysis linked these proteins to 186 OMIM entries.

Conclusion

Metastasis-related proteins provide HCC cells with biological advantages in cell proliferation, migration and angiogenesis, and facilitate metastasis of HCC cells. The bird's eye view can reveal a global characteristic of metastasis-related proteins and many differentially expressed proteins can be identified as candidates for diagnosis and treatment of HCC.

SUBMITTER: Song PM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2751890 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bioinformatics analysis of metastasis-related proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Song Pei-Ming PM Zhang Yang Y He Yu-Fei YF Bao Hui-Min HM Luo Jian-Hua JH Liu Yin-Kun YK Yang Peng-Yuan PY Chen Xian X

World journal of gastroenterology 20081001 38

<h4>Aim</h4>To analyze the metastasis-related proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and discover the biomarker candidates for diagnosis and therapeutic intervention of HCC metastasis with bioinformatics tools.<h4>Methods</h4>Metastasis-related proteins were determined by stable isotope labeling and MS analysis and analyzed with bioinformatics resources, including Phobius, Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG), online mendelian inheritance in man (OMIM) and human protein reference d ...[more]

PMID: 18855979

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Bioinformatics analysis of metastasis-related proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Bioinformatics analysis of metastasis-related proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma.

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