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Novel insight into pancreatic adenocarcinoma pathogenesis using liquid association analysis
Eshkiki, Zahra Shokati Khayer, Nasibeh Talebi, Atefeh Akbari, Abolfazl
Eshkiki, Zahra Shokati
Khayer, Nasibeh
Talebi, Atefeh
Akbari, Abolfazl
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2022-02-18
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Psychology and Neuroscience
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12920-022-01174-3
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Background: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal malignancy associated with a poor prognosis. High-throughput disease-related-gene expression data provide valuable information on gene interaction, which consequently lead to deeper insight about pathogenesis. The co-expression analysis is a common approach that is used to investigate gene interaction. However, such an approach solely is inadequate to reveal the complexity of the gene interaction. The three-way interaction model is known as a novel approach applied to decode the complex relationship between genes. Methods: In the current study, the liquid association method was used to capture the statistically significant triplets involved in the PDAC pathogenesis. Subsequently, gene set enrichment and gene regulatory network analyses were performed to trace the biological relevance of the statistically significant triplets. Results: The results of the current study suggest that “response to estradiol” and “Regulation of T-cell proliferation” are two critical biological processes that may be associated with the PDAC pathogenesis. Additionally, we introduced six switch genes, namely Lamc2, Klk1, Nqo1, Aox1, Tspan1, and Cxcl12, which might be involved in PDAC triggering. Conclusion: In the current study, for the first time, the critical genes and pathways involved in the PDAC pathogenesis were investigated using the three-way interaction approach. As a result, two critical biological processes, as well as six potential biomarkers, were suggested that might be involved in the PDAC triggering. Surprisingly, strong evidence for the biological relevance of our results can be found in the literature.
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Shokati Eshkiki, Z., Khayer, N., Talebi, A. et al. Novel insight into pancreatic adenocarcinoma pathogenesis using liquid association analysis. BMC Med Genomics 15, 30 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-022-01174-3
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