Zabihi MR, Akhoondian M, Tohidian M, Karkhah S, Ghorbani Vajargah P, Mazhari SA, Farhadi B, Farzan R. Chemical burn wounds as a risk factor for gastric cancer: in-silico analyses-experimental research.
Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2024;
86:5162-5169. [PMID:
39239032 PMCID:
PMC11374194 DOI:
10.1097/ms9.0000000000002240]
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Abstract
Introduction
The present study employs bioinformatics tools to identify shared upregulated genes between chemical burns and gastric cancer.
Methods
Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) retrieved gene sets for this investigation. GSEs with P value less than 0.05 and LOG fold change (FC) greater than 1 were valid and upregulated. Gastric cancer and chemical burn common elevated genes were found using Venn diagram online tools. In the second stage, the "string" visualized gastric cancer elevated genes network, and non-coding RNAs were deleted, and "interaction" greater than 1 was examined to choose important gene nodes. Next, they explored the String gene-interaction network for common genes. To determine the most interacting genes, Gephi (V 0.9.7) used "betweenness centrality" greater than "0" to evaluate the twenty-gene network. TISIDB and drug banks provide gene-related medications.
Results
In the present study, two genes, including ALOX5AP and SERPINB2, were obtained, with the highest centrality among chemical burns and gastric cancer shared genes. Additionally, the current study presented five drugs, including Urokinase, Tenecteplase, DG031, AM103, and Fiboflapon, which can have predicted effects on gastric cancer following chemical burns.
Conclusion
According to current in-silicon analyses, ALOX5AP and SERPINB2 are linked genetic keys between gastric chemical burn and cancer. Considering that burn is an environmental factor that leads to the upregulation of the two genes thus, the chemical burn can be related to the incidence of gastric cancer.
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