PMID- 31850075 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1664-8021 (Print) IS - 1664-8021 (Electronic) IS - 1664-8021 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2019 TI - Identification of Common and Subtype-Specific Mutated Sub-Pathways for a Cancer. PG - 1228 LID - 10.3389/fgene.2019.01228 [doi] LID - 1228 AB - The heterogeneity of cancer is a big obstacle for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Prioritizing combinations of driver genes that mutate in most patients of a specific cancer or a subtype of this cancer is a promising way to tackle this problem. Here, we developed an empirical algorithm, named PathMG, to identify common and subtype-specific mutated sub-pathways for a cancer. By analyzing mutation data of 408 samples (Lung-data1) for lung cancer, three sub-pathways each covering at least 90% of samples were identified as the common sub-pathways of lung cancer. These sub-pathways were enriched with mutated cancer genes and drug targets and were validated in two independent datasets (Lung-data2 and Lung-data3). Especially, applying PathMG to analyze two major subtypes of lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), we identified 13 subtype-specific sub-pathways with at least 0.25 mutation frequency difference between LUAD and LSCC samples in Lung-data1, and 12 of the 13 sub-pathways were reproducible in Lung-data2 and Lung-data3. Similar analyses were done for colorectal cancer. Together, PathMG provides us a novel tool to identify potential common and subtype-specific sub-pathways for a cancer, which can provide candidates for cancer diagnoses and sub-pathway targeted treatments. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Yan, Deng, Chen, Cheng, He, Guan, Li, Xie, Xia, Gu and Guo. FAU - Yan, Haidan AU - Yan H AD - Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Department of Bioinformatics, The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Medical Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Deng, Xusheng AU - Deng X AD - Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Department of Bioinformatics, The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Medical Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Chen, Haifeng AU - Chen H AD - Department of General Surgery, Fuzhou Second Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. FAU - Cheng, Jun AU - Cheng J AD - Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Department of Bioinformatics, The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Medical Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. FAU - He, Jun AU - He J AD - Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Department of Bioinformatics, The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Medical Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Guan, Qingzhou AU - Guan Q AD - Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Department of Bioinformatics, The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Medical Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Li, Meifeng AU - Li M AD - Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Department of Bioinformatics, The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Medical Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Xie, Jiajing AU - Xie J AD - Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Department of Bioinformatics, The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Medical Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Xia, Jie AU - Xia J AD - Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Department of Bioinformatics, The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Medical Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Gu, Yunyan AU - Gu Y AD - Department of Systems Biology, College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China. FAU - Guo, Zheng AU - Guo Z AD - Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Gastrointestinal Cancer, Department of Bioinformatics, The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. AD - Key Laboratory of Medical Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191128 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Genet JT - Frontiers in genetics JID - 101560621 PMC - PMC6892778 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cancer genes OT - common sub-pathways OT - drug targets OT - mutation OT - subtype-specific sub-pathways EDAT- 2019/12/19 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/19 06:01 PMCR- 2019/11/28 CRDT- 2019/12/19 06:00 PHST- 2019/09/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/11/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/28 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fgene.2019.01228 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Genet. 2019 Nov 28;10:1228. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01228. eCollection 2019.