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Robust prognostic biomarkers for EAC identified by systems-level characterization of tumor transcriptome

Organism Icon Homo sapiens
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Technology Badge IconIllumina human-6 v2.0 expression beadchip

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Despite continual efforts to rationalize a prognostic stratification of patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) before treatment, current staging system only shows limited success owing to the lack of molecular and genetic markers that reflect prognostic features of the tumor. To develop molecular predictors of prognosis, we used systems-level characterization of tumor transcriptome. Using DNA microarray, genome-wide gene expression profiling was performed on 75 biopsy samples from patients with untreated EAC. Various statistical and informatical methods were applied to gene expression data to identify potential biomarkers associated with prognosis. Potential marker genes were validated in an independent cohort using quantitiative RT-PCR to measure gene expression. Distinct subgroups of EAC were uncovered by systems-level characterization of tumor transcriptome. We also identified a six-gene expression signature that could be used to predict overall survival (OS) of EAC patients. In particular, expression of SPARC and SPP1 was a strong independent predictor of OS, and a combined gene expression signature with these two genes was associated with prognosis (P < 0.024), even when all relevant pathological variables were considered together in multivariate Cox hazard regression analysis. Our findings suggest that molecular features reflected in gene expression signatures may dictate the prognosis of EAC patients, and these gene expression signatures can be used to predict the likelihood of prognosis at the time of diagnosis and before treatment.
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