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. 2022 Sep 19;10(9):1557.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines10091557.

Bioinformatic Analysis for Mucoepidermoid and Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Therapeutic Targets

Carla Monserrat Ramírez-Martínez  1 , Luis Fernando Jacinto-Alemán  1 , Luis Pablo Cruz-Hervert  2 , Javier Portilla-Robertson  1 , Elba Rosa Leyva-Huerta  1
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Bioinformatic Analysis for Mucoepidermoid and Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Therapeutic Targets

Carla Monserrat Ramírez-Martínez et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

Salivary gland neoplasms are a heterogeneous neoplasm group, including mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MECa), adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC), and many others.

Objective: We aimed to identify new critical genes of MECa and AdCC using bioinformatics analysis.

Methods: Gene expression profile of GSE153283 was analyzed by the GEO2R online tool to use the DAVID software for their subsequent enrichment. Protein-protein interactions (PPI) were visualized using String. Cytoscape with MCODE plugin followed by Kaplan-Meier online for overall survival analysis were performed.

Results: 97 upregulated genes were identified for MECa and 86 for AdCC. PPI analysis revealed 22 genes for MECa and 63 for AdCC that were validated by Kaplan-Meier that showed FN1 and SPP1 for MECa, and EGF and ERBB2 for AdCC as more significant candidate genes for each neoplasm.

Conclusion: With bioinformatics methods, we identify upregulated genes in MECa and AdCC. The resulting candidate genes as possible therapeutic targets were FN1, SPP1, EGF, and ERBB2, and all those genes had been tested as a target in other neoplasm kinds but not salivary gland neoplasm. The bioinformatic evidence is a solid strategy to select them for more extensive research with clinical impact.

Keywords: adenoid cystic carcinoma; gene expression and bioinformatics; mucoepidermoid carcinoma; salivary gland.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interest to disclose.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Analysis of the PPI interaction and sharedGO and KEGG interactions between MECa and AdCC. (A) PPI of MECa with central interactions with FN1, (B) PPI of ACC with principal interaction for EGF, (C,D) analysis of common shared elements of bioinformatic analysis.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Analysis of core genes using Kaplan-Meier plotter FN1 and SPP1 for MECa and EGF and ERBB2 for AdCC.
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