Human Gene Set: REQUENA_FIBROLAMELLAR_CARCINOMA_EXCLUSIVE_UP


Standard name REQUENA_FIBROLAMELLAR_CARCINOMA_EXCLUSIVE_UP
Systematic name M51094
Brief description Genes consistenly up-regulated in Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma across independent datasets.
Full description or abstract Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) is a liver cancer of adolescents and young adults characterized by increased PKA activity. We performed a multi-omics study of 1,412 tumor-normal paired liver samples from cohorts of patients with FLC, hepatoblastoma (HBL), intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), including ribosomal RNA-depleted whole-transcriptome RNA-seq samples sequenced on Illumina NextSeq and HiSeq platforms. Using differential expression analysis, we identified genes with a consistent variation trend across samples, defining the fibrolamellar carcinoma signature, hepatoblastoma signature, hepatocellular carcinoma signature, and the intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma signature. Comparing these transcriptomic gene signatures, we identified 114 genes that were consistently upregulated only in the FLC signature and not in the other signatures; this set was designated as fibrolamellar carcinoma exclusive up. Pathway enrichment analysis using GSEA, PADOG, and CAMERA confirmed that this gene set is consistently enriched across FLC datasets, but not in HBL, iCCA, or HCC.
Collection C2: Curated
      CGP: Chemical and Genetic Perturbations
Source publication Pubmed 39738196   Authors: Requena D,Medico JA,Soto-Ugaldi LF,Shirani M,Saltsman JA 3rd,Torbenson MS,Coffino P,Simon SM
Exact source Supplementary Table 3. Transcriptomic FLC Signature. dbGAP accession: phs003643.v1.p1
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External links https://fibrolamellardatabase.org
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Source species Homo sapiens
Contributed by David Requena (The Rockefeller University)
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