Basic Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2019; 25(26): 3392-3407
Published online Jul 14, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i26.3392
Identification of differentially expressed genes regulated by methylation in colon cancer based on bioinformatics analysis
Yu Liang, Cheng Zhang, Dong-Qiu Dai
Yu Liang, Cheng Zhang, Dong-Qiu Dai, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110032, Liaoning Province, China
Author contributions: Dai DQ conducted the study; Liang Y and Zhang C applied the experiments on TCGA project; Liang Y wrote the manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The data of colon cancer we analyzed in this research are all from TCGA database. According to the guidelines released by TCGA, our research does not require the separate ethics committee approval.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest related to this study.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Dong-Qiu Dai, PhD, Chief Doctor, Professor, Surgical Oncologist, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, No. 4 Chongshan East Road, Shenyang 110032, Liaoning Province, China. daidq63@163.com
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Received: March 14, 2019
Peer-review started: March 14, 2019
First decision: April 30, 2019
Revised: May 9, 2019
Accepted: May 31, 2019
Article in press: June 1, 2019
Published online: July 14, 2019
Core Tip

Core tip: We acquired high-throughput data from The Cancer Genome Atlas database and identified 5 up-regulated and 81 down-regulated methylation-regulated differentially expressed gene (MeDEGs). Then, we performed gene ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analyses to clarify the function of MeDEGs. Furthermore, methylation status and expression of glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor and reelin were found to be associated with overall survival. Our study revealed that methylation is critical in colon cancer development and the prognosis-related MeDEGs are worth exploring further.