A 19-Gene Signature of Serous Ovarian Cancer Identified by Machine Learning and Systems Biology: Prospects for Diagnostics and Personalized Medicine

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2024

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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

Ovarian cancer is a major cause of cancer deaths among women. Early diagnosis and precision/personalized medicine are essential to reduce mortality and morbidity of ovarian cancer, as with new molecular targets to accelerate drug discovery. We report here an integrated systems biology and machine learning (ML) approach based on the differential coexpression analysis to identify candidate systems biomarkers (i.e., gene modules) for serous ovarian cancer. Accordingly, four independent transcriptome datasets were statistically analyzed independently and common differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified. Using these DEGs, coexpressed gene pairs were unraveled. Subsequently, differential coexpression networks between the coexpressed gene pairs were reconstructed so as to identify the differentially coexpressed gene modules. Based on the established criteria, SOV-module was identified as being significant, consisting of 19 genes. Using independent datasets, the diagnostic capacity of the SOV-module was evaluated using principal component analysis (PCA) and ML techniques. PCA showed a sensitivity and specificity of 96.7% and 100%, respectively, and ML analysis showed an accuracy of up to 100% in distinguishing phenotypes in the present study sample. The prognostic capacity of the SOV-module was evaluated using survival and ML analyses. We found that the SOV-module's performance for prognostics was significant (p-value = 1.36 x 10-4) with an accuracy of 63% in discriminating between survival and death using ML techniques. In summary, the reported genomic systems biomarker candidate offers promise for personalized medicine in diagnosis and prognosis of serous ovarian cancer and warrants further experimental and translational clinical studies.

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serous ovarian cancer, personalized medicine, women's health, systems biomarkers, diagnostics, prognosis

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Omics-A Journal of Integrative Biology

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28

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2

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