PMID- 31591054 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200325 LR - 20200325 IS - 1618-0631 (Electronic) IS - 0344-0338 (Linking) VI - 215 IP - 11 DP - 2019 Nov TI - Key genes associated with diabetes mellitus and hepatocellular carcinoma. PG - 152510 LID - S0344-0338(19)30755-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.prp.2019.152510 [doi] AB - Accumulating evidence indicates a strong correlation between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but the underlying pathophysiology is still elusive. We aimed to identify unrecognized but important genes and pathways related to T2DM and HCC by bioinformatic analysis. The GSE64998 and GSE15653 datasets (for T2DM), the GSE121248 dataset and the Cancer Genome Atlas-Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (TCGA-LIHC) dataset (for HCC) were downloaded. Differential expression analysis, functional and pathway enrichment analysis, protein-protein interaction (PPI) network construction, survival analysis, transcription factor (TF) prediction, and correlation of gene expression with methylation and tumour-infiltrating immune cells were conducted. Nine genes, namely, CDNF, CRELD2, DNAJB11, DTL, GINS2, MANF, PDIA4, PDIA6, and VCP, were recognized as hub genes. Enrichment analysis revealed several enriched terms and pathways. Transcription factors such as Kruppel-like factor 6, abnormal methylation and immune dysregulation might help explain the dysregulation of hub genes. Our study identified nine hub genes that might play a critical role in both T2DM and HCC. However, more studies are warranted to clarify the mechanisms of these genes. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. FAU - Liu, Gao-Min AU - Liu GM AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Meizhou People's Hospital, No. 38 Huangtang Road, Meizhou 514000, China. Electronic address: liugaom88@foxmail.com. FAU - Zeng, Hua-Dong AU - Zeng HD AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Meizhou People's Hospital, No. 38 Huangtang Road, Meizhou 514000, China. Electronic address: zenghdht@163.com. FAU - Zhang, Cai-Yun AU - Zhang CY AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Meizhou People's Hospital, No. 38 Huangtang Road, Meizhou 514000, China. Electronic address: zhangcyht@163.com. FAU - Xu, Ji-Wei AU - Xu JW AD - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Meizhou People's Hospital, No. 38 Huangtang Road, Meizhou 514000, China. Electronic address: javeeht@63.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190706 PL - Germany TA - Pathol Res Pract JT - Pathology, research and practice JID - 7806109 SB - IM MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/*genetics MH - Computational Biology MH - Databases, Genetic MH - Diabetes Mellitus/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Liver Neoplasms/*genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bioinformatic OT - Diabetes OT - GEO OT - Hepatocellular carcinoma OT - TCGA EDAT- 2019/10/09 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/26 06:00 CRDT- 2019/10/09 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/05/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/06/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0344-0338(19)30755-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.prp.2019.152510 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pathol Res Pract. 2019 Nov;215(11):152510. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2019.152510. Epub 2019 Jul 6.