机构:[1]Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chendu 610041, Sichuan Province, China四川大学华西医院[2]Molecular Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chendu 610041, Sichuan Province, China四川大学华西医院[3]Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China[4]College of Electrical Engineering, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu Province, China
To identify and understand the relationship between co-expression pattern and clinic traits in uveal melanoma, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) is applied to investigate the gene expression levels and patient clinic features. Uveal melanoma is the most common primary eye tumor in adults. Although many studies have identified some important genes and pathways that were relevant to progress of uveal melanoma, the relationship between co-expression and clinic traits in systems level of uveal melanoma is unclear yet. We employ WGCNA to investigate the relationship underlying molecular and phenotype in this study.
Gene expression profile of uveal melanoma and patient clinic traits were collected from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. The gene co-expression is calculated by WGCNA that is the R package software. The package is used to analyze the correlation between pairs of expression levels of genes. The function of the genes were annotated by gene ontology (GO).
In this study, we identified four co-expression modules significantly correlated with clinic traits. Module blue positively correlated with radiotherapy treatment. Module purple positively correlates with tumor location (sclera) and negatively correlates with patient age. Module red positively correlates with sclera and negatively correlates with thickness of tumor. Module black positively correlates with the largest tumor diameter (LTD). Additionally, we identified the hug gene (top connectivity with other genes) in each module. The hub gene RPS15A, PTGDS, CD53 and MSI2 might play a vital role in progress of uveal melanoma.
From WGCNA analysis and hub gene calculation, we identified RPS15A, PTGDS, CD53 and MSI2 might be target or diagnosis for uveal melanoma.
基金:
Supported by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (No. 81271019; No.61463046); Gansu
Province Science Foundation for Youths (No.145RJYA282)
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大类|4 区医学
小类|4 区眼科学
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大类|4 区医学
小类|4 区眼科学
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第一作者机构:[1]Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chendu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
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通讯机构:[1]Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chendu 610041, Sichuan Province, China[*1]Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Shi Kai,Bing Zhi-Tong,Cao Gui-Qun,et al.Identify the signature genes for diagnose of uveal melanoma by weight gene co-expression network analysis.[J].International Journal of Ophthalmology.2015,8(2):269-74.doi:10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2015.02.10.
APA:
Shi Kai,Bing Zhi-Tong,Cao Gui-Qun,Guo Ling,Cao Ya-Na...&Zhang Mei-Xia.(2015).Identify the signature genes for diagnose of uveal melanoma by weight gene co-expression network analysis..International Journal of Ophthalmology,8,(2)
MLA:
Shi Kai,et al."Identify the signature genes for diagnose of uveal melanoma by weight gene co-expression network analysis.".International Journal of Ophthalmology 8..2(2015):269-74