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http://dx.doi.org/10.4062/biomolther.2020.157

Sex-Biased Molecular Signature for Overall Survival of Liver Cancer Patients  

Kim, Sun Young (Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Duksung Women's University)
Song, Hye Kyung (Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Duksung Women's University)
Lee, Suk Kyeong (Department of Medical Life Sciences, Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Sang Geon (College of Pharmacy and Integrated Research Institute for Drug Development, Dongguk University_Seoul)
Woo, Hyun Goo (Department of Physiology, Ajou University School of Medicine)
Yang, Jieun (Department of Physiology, Ajou University School of Medicine)
Noh, Hyun-Jin (Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Ajou University)
Kim, You-Sun (Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Ajou University)
Moon, Aree (Duksung Innovative Drug Center, College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University)
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Biomolecules & Therapeutics / v.28, no.6, 2020 , pp. 491-502 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sex/gender disparity has been shown in the incidence and prognosis of many types of diseases, probably due to differences in genes, physiological conditions such as hormones, and lifestyle between the sexes. The mortality and survival rates of many cancers, especially liver cancer, differ between men and women. Due to the pronounced sex/gender disparity, considering sex/gender may be necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer. By analyzing research articles through a PubMed literature search, the present review identified 12 genes which showed practical relevance to cancer and sex disparities. Among the 12 sex-specific genes, 7 genes (BAP1, CTNNB1, FOXA1, GSTO1, GSTP1, IL6, and SRPK1) showed sex-biased function in liver cancer. Here we summarized previous findings of cancer molecular signature including our own analysis, and showed that sex-biased molecular signature CTNNB1High, IL6High, RHOAHigh and GLIPR1Low may serve as a female-specific index for prediction and evaluation of OS in liver cancer patients. This review suggests a potential implication of sex-biased molecular signature in liver cancer, providing a useful information on diagnosis and prediction of disease progression based on gender.
Keywords
Liver cancer; Sex/gender; Overall survival; Gene expression; Molecular signature;
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