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Al-Mekhlafi A, Klawonn F. HiPerMAb: a tool for judging the potential of small sample size biomarker pilot studies. Int J Biostat 2023; 0:ijb-2022-0063. [PMID: 36867668 DOI: 10.1515/ijb-2022-0063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
Abstract
Common statistical approaches are not designed to deal with so-called "short fat data" in biomarker pilot studies, where the number of biomarker candidates exceeds the sample size by magnitudes. High-throughput technologies for omics data enable the measurement of ten thousands and more biomarker candidates for specific diseases or states of a disease. Due to the limited availability of study participants, ethical reasons and high costs for sample processing and analysis researchers often prefer to start with a small sample size pilot study in order to judge the potential of finding biomarkers that enable - usually in combination - a sufficiently reliable classification of the disease state under consideration. We developed a user-friendly tool, called HiPerMAb that allows to evaluate pilot studies based on performance measures like multiclass AUC, entropy, area above the cost curve, hypervolume under manifold, and misclassification rate using Monte-Carlo simulations to compute the p-values and confidence intervals. The number of "good" biomarker candidates is compared to the expected number of "good" biomarker candidates in a data set with no association to the considered disease states. This allows judging the potential in the pilot study even if statistical tests with correction for multiple testing fail to provide any hint of significance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amani Al-Mekhlafi
- Department of Biostatistics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
- PhD Programme "Epidemiology" Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Computer Science, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbuettel, Germany
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Du Q, Lin Y, Zhang W, He F, Xu Y, Chen Z. Bioinformatics analysis of LMAN1 expression, clinical characteristics, and its effects on cell proliferation and invasion in glioma. Brain Res 2022;:147952. [PMID: 35623391 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2022.147952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Glioma is the most common primary central nervous system malignant tumor with high heterogeneity and poor prognosis. So far, the complex pathological process of glioma has not been fully elucidated, and there is a lack of effective biomarkers for the diagnosis and molecular targeted therapy of glioma. Using bioinformatics methods, 77 upregulated and 89 downregulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected by intersection analysis in different gene expression datasets of glioma cases from public databases. Then, GO and KEGG pathway analysis revealed that the biological functions of these upregulated DEGs were mainly focused on immune response, and the signaling pathways were mainly enriched in integrin family cell surface interactions. The overexpression of the LMAN1 gene of interest was then confirmed using the TCGA dataset and further verified by qRT-PCR in 29 clinical samples and 5 glioma cell lines. Furthermore, high expression of LMAN1 was found to be associated with higher WHO grade, IDH status, and 1p/19q co-deletion. Survival analysis showed that high expression of LMAN1 was associated with poor prognosis in glioma. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) indicated that many cancer-related pathways were associated with LMAN1-high phenotype. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis revealed significant interaction between LMAN1 and MCFD2, F8, and TMED10. Finally, cell experiments showed that LMAN1 knockdown significantly inhibited the proliferation, migration and invasion and promoted apoptosis in glioma cells. This study highlighted the malignant role of LMAN1 in gliomas and provided a potentially valuable biomarker for prognosis evaluation and molecular targeted therapy of glioma.
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Corda PO, Silva JV, Pereira SC, Barros A, Alves MG, Fardilha M. Bioinformatic Approach to Unveil Key Differentially Expressed Proteins in Human Sperm After Slow and Rapid Cryopreservation. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 9:759354. [PMID: 35145967 PMCID: PMC8821918 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.759354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Currently, two conventional freezing techniques are used in sperm cryopreservation: slow freezing (SF) and rapid freezing (RF). Despite the protocolar improvements, cryopreservation still induces significant alterations in spermatozoon that are poorly understood. Here, available proteomic data from human cryopreserved sperm was analyzed through bioinformatic tools to unveil key differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) that can be used as modulation targets or quality markers. From the included proteomic studies, 160 and 555 DEPs were collected for SF and RF groups, respectively. For each group, an integrative network was constructed using gene ontology and protein-protein interaction data to identify key DEPs. Among them, arylsulfatase A (ARSA) was highlighted in both freezing networks, and low ARSA levels have been associated with poor-sperm quality. Thus, ARSA was selected for further experimental investigation and its levels were assessed in cryopreserved samples by western blot. ARSA levels were significantly decreased in RF and SF samples (∼31.97 and ∼39.28%, respectively). The bioinformatic analysis also revealed that the DEPs were strongly associated with proteasomal and translation pathways. The purposed bioinformatic approach allowed the identification of potential key DEPs in freeze-thawed human spermatozoa. ARSA has the potential to be used as a marker to assess sperm quality after cryopreservation.
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- Pedro O Corda
- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.,Department of Chemistry, QOPNA and LAQV, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.,Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Anatomy and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Anatomy and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, QOPNA and LAQV, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.,Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Anatomy and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Chen X, Cao J, Ge Z, Xia Z. Correlation and integration of circulating miRNA and peripheral whole blood gene expression profiles in patients with venous thromboembolism. Bioengineered 2021; 12:2352-2363. [PMID: 34077299 PMCID: PMC8806583 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2021.1935401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The main aim of this work was to evaluate differential expression and biological functions of circulating miRNA and whole peripheral blood (PB) genes in patients affected by venous thromboembolism (VTE) and in healthy subjects. Circulating miRNA sequences and PB expression profiles were obtained from GEO datasets. Ten miRNAs with the most significant differential expression rate (dif-miRNA) were subjected to miRbase to confirm their identity. Dif-miRNA targets were predicted by TargetScan and aligned with differentially expressed genes to obtain overlapping co-genes. Biological functions of co-genes were analyzed by Gene Ontology and KEGG analysis. Interaction network of dif-miRNAs, co-genes, and their downstream pathways were studied by analyzing protein-protein interaction (PPI) clusters (STRING) and determining the crucial hubs (Cytoscape).MiR-522-3p and miR-134 dif-miRNAs are involved in protein translation and apoptosis by regulating their respective co-genes in PB. Co-genes are present in nucleolus and extracellular exosomes and are involved in oxidative phosphorylation and ribosome/poly(A)-RNA organization. The predicted PPI network covered 107 clustered genes and 220 marginal joints, where ten hub genes participating in PPIs were found. All these hub genes were down-regulated in VTE patients. Our study identifies new miRNAs as potential biological markers and therapeutic targets for VTE.
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- Xiaonan Chen
- Emergency and Acute Critical Care Department, Huashan Hospital North, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Emergency and Acute Critical Care Department, Huashan Hospital North, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Emergency and Acute Critical Care Department, Huashan Hospital North, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Emergency and Acute Critical Care Department, Huashan Hospital North, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Zhao Q, Zhang Z, Li J, Xu F, Zhang B, Liu M, Liu Y, Chen H, Yang J, Zhang J. Lysine Acetylome Study of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tissues for Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets Discovery. Front Genet 2020; 11:572663. [PMID: 33093847 PMCID: PMC7527632 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.572663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Lysine acetylation is a vital post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins, which plays an important role in cancer development. In healthy human liver tissues, multiple non-histone proteins were identified with acetylation modification, however, the role of acetylated proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development remains largely unknown. Here we performed a quantitative acetylome study of tumor and normal liver tissues from HCC patients. Overall, 598 lysine acetylation sites in 325 proteins were quantified, and almost 59% of their acetylation levels were significantly changed. The differentially acetylated proteins mainly consisted of non-histone proteins located in mitochondria and cytoplasm, which accounted for 42% and 24%, respectively. Bioinformatics analysis showed that differentially acetylated proteins were enriched in metabolism, oxidative stress, and signal transduction processes. In tumor tissues, 278 lysine sites in 189 proteins showed decreased acetylation levels, which occupied 98% of differentially acetylated proteins. Moreover, we collected twenty pairs of tumor and normal liver tissues from HCC male patients, and found that expression levels of SIRT1 (p = 0.002), SIRT2 (p = 0.01), and SIRT4 (p = 0.045) were significantly up-regulated in tumor tissues. Over-expression of possibly accounted for the widespread deacetylation of non-histone proteins identified in HCC tumor tissues, which could serve as promising predictors of HCC. Taken together, our work illustrates abundant differentially acetylated proteins in HCC tumor tissues, and offered insights into the role of lysine acetylation in HCC development. It provided potential biomarker and drug target candidates for clinical HCC diagnosis and treatment.
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- Qianwei Zhao
- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.,Henan Key Laboratory for Pharmacology of Liver Diseases, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- BGI College and Henan Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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Wu SS, Chen J, Yan Y, Luo HQ, Chen WJ, He YF. Limb-bud and heart as a novel biomarker for gastric intestinal type adenocarcinoma. Oncol Lett 2020; 20:2209-2216. [PMID: 32782537 PMCID: PMC7400917 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2020.11778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The present study compared the expression levels of limb-bud and heart (LBH) between gastric intestinal-type adenocarcinoma (GITA) and healthy gastric tissues; with the aim of investigating the possible effect of LBH on the prognosis of patients with GITA and to analyze the associated signaling pathways in GITA. Three Oncomine gastric datasets were utilized for the preliminary prediction of the expression levels of LBH mRNA in GITA and healthy gastric tissues. Gene expression and corresponding clinical data of 163 patients with GITA were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Wilcoxon signed rank-sum test was used to distinguish the clinical value of LBH expression in the various clinicopathological features. Subsequently, Kaplan-Meier univariate and Cox multivariate survival analyses were performed to determine the prognostic significance of LBH expression in patients with GITA. Function enrichment analysis was conducted for the co-expression gene of LBH, defined as correlation coefficient r>0.06 and P<0.05 using Pearson's χ2 test. Bioinformatics data demonstrated that compared with that in the normal gastric mucosa, LBH mRNA expression was dramatically higher in GITA tissues (P<0.05). There were significant relationships between the differential expression levels of LBH and clinicopathological parameters in GITA patients (all p<0.05), including pathological stage T (T3-4 vs. T1-2), lymph node metastasis (no vs. yes), distant metastasis (no vs. yes), histological grade (grade 3 vs. grades 1-2) and tumor stage (stages 3-4 vs. stages 1-2). Additionally, the overall survival and disease-free survival (DFS) of patients in the high expression group were poorer compared with those in the low expression group (P<0.05). Cox multivariate survival analysis indicated that increased LBH expression was an independent predictor of poor DFS prognosis in patients with GITA (P=0.045). In summary, LBH is highly expressed in GITA, which can be used as an independent predictor of poor prognosis in patients with GITA. LBH co-expressed genes are closely associated with GITA tumor migration and metastasis.
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- Shu-Sheng Wu
- Department of Oncology, West District of The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
- Department of Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230001, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, West District of The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
- Department of Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, West District of The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
- Department of Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, West District of The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
- Department of Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, West District of The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
- Department of Oncology, Anhui Provincial Cancer Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P.R. China
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230001, P.R. China
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This tutorial highlights some issues in the experimental design of clinical 'omics biomarker discovery, how to avoid bias and get as true quantities as possible from biochemical analyses, and how to select samples to improve the chance of answering the clinical question at issue. This includes the importance of defining clinical aim and end point, knowing the variability in the results, randomization of samples, sample size, statistical power, and how to avoid confounding factors by including clinical data in the sample selection, that is, how to avoid unpleasant surprises at the point of statistical analysis. The aim of this Tutorial is to help translational clinical and preclinical biomarker candidate research and to improve the validity and potential of future biomarker candidate findings.
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- Jenny Forshed
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet , BOX 1031, SE-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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Wawrzyniak R, Mpanga AY, Struck-Lewicka W, Kordalewska M, Polonis K, Patejko M, Mironiuk M, Szyndler A, Chrostowska M, Hoffmann M, Smoleński RT, Kaliszan R, Narkiewicz K, Markuszewski MJ. Untargeted Metabolomics Provides Insight into the Mechanisms Underlying Resistant Hypertension. Curr Med Chem 2017; 26:232-243. [PMID: 28990522 DOI: 10.2174/0929867324666171006122656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Resistant hypertension (RH) affects about 15-20% of treated hypertensive patients worldwide. RH increases the risk of cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke by 50%. The pathological mechanisms underlying resistance to treatment are still poorly understood. OBJECTIVE The main goal of this pilot study was to determine and compare plasma metabolomic profiles in resistant and non-resistant hypertensive patients. METHODS We applied untargeted metabolomic profiling in plasma samples collected from 69 subjects with RH and 81 subjects with controlled hypertension. To confirm patients' compliance to antihypertensive treatment, levels of selected drugs and their metabolites were determined in plasma samples with the LC-ESI-TOF/MS technique. RESULTS The results showed no statistically significant differences in the administration of antihypertensive drug in the compared groups. We identified 19 up-regulated and 13 downregulated metabolites in the RH. CONCLUSION The metabolites altered in RH are linked to oxidative stress and inflammation, endothelium dysfunction, vasoconstriction and cell proliferation. Our results may generate new hypothesis about RH development and progression.
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- Renata Wawrzyniak
- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7c, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7c, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7c, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7c, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 1, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7c, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland.,International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Gdansk, Al. Gen. J. Hallera 107, 80-416, Gdansk, Poland
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Khan MM, Tran BQ, Jang YJ, Park SH, Fondrie WE, Chowdhury K, Yoon SH, Goodlett DR, Chae SW, Chae HJ, Seo SY, Goo YA. Assessment of the Therapeutic Potential of Persimmon Leaf Extract on Prediabetic Subjects. Mol Cells 2017; 40:466-475. [PMID: 28681595 PMCID: PMC5547216 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2017.2298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Dietary supplements have exhibited myriads of positive health effects on human health conditions and with the advent of new technological advances, including in the fields of proteomics, genomics, and metabolomics, biological and pharmacological activities of dietary supplements are being evaluated for their ameliorative effects in human ailments. Recent interests in understanding and discovering the molecular targets of phytochemical-gene-protein-metabolite dynamics resulted in discovery of a few protein signature candidates that could potentially be used to assess the effects of dietary supplements on human health. Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) is a folk medicine, commonly used as dietary supplement in China, Japan, and South Korea, owing to its different beneficial health effects including anti-diabetic implications. However, neither mechanism of action nor molecular biomarkers have been discovered that could either validate or be used to evaluate effects of persimmon on human health. In present study, Mass Spectrometry (MS)-based proteomic studies were accomplished to discover proteomic molecular signatures that could be used to understand therapeutic potentials of persimmon leaf extract (PLE) in diabetes amelioration. Saliva, serum, and urine samples were analyzed and we propose that salivary proteins can be used for evaluating treatment effectiveness and in improving patient compliance. The present discovery proteomics study demonstrates that salivary proteomic profile changes were found as a result of PLE treatment in prediabetic subjects that could specifically be used as potential protein signature candidates.
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- Mohd M. Khan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201,
USA
- Present address: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201,
USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201,
USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 54907,
Korea
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- Clinical Trial Center for Functional Foods, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 54907,
Korea
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201,
USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201,
USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 54907,
Korea
- Clinical Trial Center for Functional Foods, Chonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 54907,
Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 54907,
Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju 54907,
Korea
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201,
USA
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Kossler N, Matheis KA, Ostenfeldt N, Bach Toft D, Dhalluin S, Deschl U, Kalkuhl A. Identification of specific mRNA signatures as fingerprints for carcinogenesis in mice induced by genotoxic and nongenotoxic hepatocarcinogens. Toxicol Sci 2014; 143:277-95. [PMID: 25410580 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfu248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Long-term rodent carcinogenicity studies for evaluation of chemicals and pharmaceuticals concerning their carcinogenic potential to humans are currently receiving critical revision. Additional data from mechanistic studies can support cancer risk assessment by clarifying the underlying mode of action. In the course of the IMI MARCAR project, a European consortium of EFPIA partners and academics, which aims to identify biomarkers for nongenotoxic carcinogenesis, a toxicogenomic mouse liver database was generated. CD-1 mice were orally treated for 3 and 14 days with 3 known genotoxic hepatocarcinogens: C.I. Direct Black 38, Dimethylnitrosamine and 4,4'-Methylenedianiline; 3 nongenotoxic hepatocarcinogens: 1,4-Dichlorobenzene, Phenobarbital sodium and Piperonyl butoxide; 4 nonhepatocarcinogens: Cefuroxime sodium, Nifedipine, Prazosin hydrochloride and Propranolol hydrochloride; and 3 compounds that show ambiguous results in genotoxicity testing: Cyproterone acetate, Thioacetamide and Wy-14643. By liver mRNA expression analysis using individual animal data, we identified 64 specific biomarker candidates for genotoxic carcinogens and 69 for nongenotoxic carcinogens for male mice at day 15. The majority of genotoxic carcinogen biomarker candidates possess functions in DNA damage response (eg, apoptosis, cell cycle progression, DNA repair). Most of the identified nongenotoxic carcinogen biomarker candidates are involved in regulation of cell cycle progression and apoptosis. The derived biomarker lists were characterized with respect to their dependency on study duration and gender and were successfully used to characterize carcinogens with ambiguous genotoxicity test results, such as Wy-14643. The identified biomarker candidates improve the mechanistic understanding of drug-induced effects on the mouse liver that result in hepatocellular adenomas and/or carcinomas in 2-year mouse carcinogenicity studies.
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- Nadine Kossler
- *Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riss, Germany, H. Lundbeck A/S, 2500 Valby, Denmark and UCB Pharma S.A., 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- *Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riss, Germany, H. Lundbeck A/S, 2500 Valby, Denmark and UCB Pharma S.A., 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- *Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riss, Germany, H. Lundbeck A/S, 2500 Valby, Denmark and UCB Pharma S.A., 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- *Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riss, Germany, H. Lundbeck A/S, 2500 Valby, Denmark and UCB Pharma S.A., 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- *Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riss, Germany, H. Lundbeck A/S, 2500 Valby, Denmark and UCB Pharma S.A., 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- *Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riss, Germany, H. Lundbeck A/S, 2500 Valby, Denmark and UCB Pharma S.A., 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- *Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88400 Biberach an der Riss, Germany, H. Lundbeck A/S, 2500 Valby, Denmark and UCB Pharma S.A., 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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