| خلاصه مقاله | Background: Analysis of the gene expression of peripheral blood mononuclear cells
(PBMCs) is important to clarify the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
and detection of suitable biomarkers. The purpose of this investigation was to use
RNA-sequencing to screen the appropriate differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in
the PBMCs for the HCC.
Methods: Comprehensive transcriptome of extracted RNA of PBMC (n= 20) from
patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), liver cirrhosis and early stage of HCC (5
samples per group) was carried out using RNA- sequencing. All raw RNAsequencing data analyses were performed using conventional RNA-seq analysis
tools. Next, gene ontology (GO) analyses were carried out to elucidate the biological
processes of DEGs. Finally, relative transcript abundance of selected DEGs was
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Identifying Potential Gene Expression Biomarkers in the Peripheral Blood
Mononuclear Cells of Hepatitis B Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A RNAsequencing Based Study
verified using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) on additional validation groups
(n= 100). Hepatitis B surface antigen were sequenced using direct sequencing.
Results: Direct sequencing of 681-bp HBsAg indicated that the HBV genotype was D
in all of the HBV patients. Specifically, 13, 1262 and 1450 DEGs were identified for
CHB, liver cirrhosis, and HCC, when compared with the healthy controls. GO
enrichment analysis indicated that HCC is closely related to the immune response.
Functional analysis of the hub genes indicated that these genes were mainly
involved in immune response and cell proliferation. Seven DEGs (TYMP, TYROBP,
CD14, TGFBI, LILRA2, GNLY and GZMB) were common to HCC, cirrhosis and
CHB, when compared to healthy controls. The data revealed that the expression of
these 7 DEGs were consistent with those from the RNA-sequencing results. Also,
expression of 7 representative genes had higher sensitivity were obtained by
receiver operating characteristic analysis, which indicated their important diagnostic
accuracy for HBV-HCC.
Conclusions: This study provide us with new horizons into the biological process and
potential prospective clinical diagnosis and prognosis of HCC in the near future. |