1. Gene Expression and DNA Methylation in Human Papillomavirus Positive and Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas.
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Hinić S, Rich A, Anayannis NV, Cabarcas-Petroski S, Schramm L, and Meneses PI
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- DNA Methylation, Gene Expression, Humans, Papillomaviridae genetics, Papillomaviridae metabolism, Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 metabolism, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck complications, Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck genetics, TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 1 metabolism, TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2 metabolism, Alphapapillomavirus genetics, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell pathology, Head and Neck Neoplasms complications, Head and Neck Neoplasms genetics, Papillomavirus Infections complications, Papillomavirus Infections genetics, Papillomavirus Infections pathology
- Abstract
High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) are important agents, responsible for a large percentage of the 745,000 cases of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC), which were identified worldwide in 2020. In addition to being virally induced, tobacco and heavy alcohol consumption are believed to cause DNA damage contributing to the high number of HNSCC cases. Gene expression and DNA methylation differ between HNSCC based on HPV status. We used publicly available gene expression and DNA methylation profiles from the Cancer Genome Atlas and compared HPV positive and HPV negative HNSCC groups. We used differential gene expression analysis, differential methylation analysis, and a combination of these two analyses to identify the differences. Differential expression analysis identified 1854 differentially expressed genes, including PCNA , TNFRSF14 , TRAF1 , TRAF2 , BCL2 , and BIRC3 . SYCP2 was identified as one of the top deregulated genes in the differential methylation analysis and in the combined differential expression and methylation analyses. Additionally, pathway and ontology analyses identified the extracellular matrix and receptor interaction pathway as the most altered between HPV negative and HPV positive HNSCC groups. Combining gene expression and DNA methylation can help in elucidating the genes involved in HPV positive HNSCC tumorigenesis, such as SYCP2 and TAF7L .
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- 2022
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