Signal Propagation in Protein Interaction Network during Colorectal Cancer Progression
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in BioMed Research International
- Vol. 2013, 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/287019
Abstract
Signal Propagation in Protein Interaction Network during Colorectal Cancer Progression: Colorectal cancer is generally categorized into the following four stages according to its development or serious degree: Dukes A, B, C, and D. Since different stage of colorectal cancer actually corresponds to different activated region of the network, the transition of different network states may reflect its pathological changes. In view of this, we compared the gene expressions among the colorectal cancer patients in the aforementioned four stages and obtained the early and late stage biomarkers, respectively. Subsequently, the two kinds of biomarkers were both mapped onto the protein interaction network. If an early biomarker and a late biomarker were close in the network and also if their expression levels were correlated in the Dukes B and C patients, then a signal propagation path from the early stage biomarker to the late one was identified. Many transition genes in the signal propagation paths were involved with the signal transduction, cell communication, and cellular process regulation. Some transition hubs were known as colorectal cancer genes. The findings reported here may provide useful insights for revealing the mechanism of colorectal cancer progression at the cellular systems biology level.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB510102, 2011CB510101, 12YZ120, 12ZZ087, 201215059, 20100733, 201101074, 200705314, 20090175)
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