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A multi-gene signature predicts outcome in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
- Source :
- Genome Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Background Improved usage of the repertoires of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) profiles is crucially needed to guide the development of predictive and prognostic tools that could inform the selection of treatment options. Methods Using publicly available mRNA abundance datasets, we performed a large retrospective meta-analysis on 466 PDAC patients to discover prognostic gene signatures. These signatures were trained on two clinical cohorts (n = 70), and validated on four independent clinical cohorts (n = 246). Further validation of the identified gene signature was performed using quantitative real-time RT-PCR. Results We identified 225 candidate prognostic genes. Using these, a 36-gene signature was discovered and validated on fully independent clinical cohorts (hazard ratio (HR) = 2.06, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.51 to 2.81, P = 3.62 × 10−6, n = 246). This signature serves as a good alternative prognostic stratification marker compared to tumour grade (HR = 2.05, 95% CI = 1.45 to 2.88, P = 3.18 × 10−5) and tumour node metastasis (TNM) stage (HR = 1.13, 95% CI = 0.66 to 1.94, P = 0.67). Upon multivariate analysis with adjustment for TNM stage and tumour grade, the 36-gene signature remained an independent prognostic predictor of clinical outcome (HR = 2.21, 95% CI = 1.17 to 4.16, P = 0.01). Univariate assessment revealed higher expression of ITGA5, SEMA3A, KIF4A, IL20RB, SLC20A1, CDC45, PXN, SSX3 and TMEM26 was correlated with shorter survival while B3GNT1, NOSTRIN and CADPS down-regulation was associated with poor outcome. Conclusions Our 36-gene classifier is able to prognosticate PDAC independent of patient cohort and microarray platforms. Further work on the functional roles, downstream events and interactions of the signature genes is likely to reveal true molecular candidates for PDAC therapeutics. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13073-014-0105-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
- Subjects :
- Oncology
prognostic gene signatures
medicine.medical_specialty
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
endocrine system diseases
business.industry
Research
Treatment options
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Bioinformatics
digestive system diseases
Human genetics
Multi gene
Internal medicine
Genetics
medicine
Molecular Medicine
Genetics(clinical)
In patient
business
Molecular Biology
Genetics (clinical)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Genome Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....82d38b5168318133754a65bd57163c67