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ABSTRACT: Background
Microarray technology shows great potential but previous studies were limited by small number of samples in the colorectal cancer (CRC) research. The aims of this study are to investigate gene expression profile of CRCs by pooling cDNA microarrays using PAM, ANN, and decision trees (CART and C5.0).Methods
Pooled 16 datasets contained 88 normal mucosal tissues and 1186 CRCs. PAM was performed to identify significant expressed genes in CRCs and models of PAM, ANN, CART, and C5.0 were constructed for screening candidate genes via ranking gene order of significances.Results
The first screening identified 55 genes. The test accuracy of each model was over 0.97 averagely. Less than eight genes achieve excellent classification accuracy. Combining the results of four models, we found the top eight differential genes in CRCs; suppressor genes, CA7, SPIB, GUCA2B, AQP8, IL6R and CWH43; oncogenes, SPP1 and TCN1. Genes of higher significances showed lower variation in rank ordering by different methods.Conclusion
We adopted a two-tier genetic screen, which not only reduced the number of candidate genes but also yielded good accuracy (nearly 100%). This method can be applied to future studies. Among the top eight genes, CA7, TCN1, and CWH43 have not been reported to be related to CRC.
SUBMITTER: Chu CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4055246 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chu Chi-Ming CM Yao Chung-Tay CT Chang Yu-Tien YT Chou Hsiu-Ling HL Chou Yu-Ching YC Chen Kang-Hua KH Terng Harn-Jing HJ Huang Chi-Shuan CS Lee Chia-Cheng CC Su Sui-Lun SL Liu Yao-Chi YC Lin Fu-Gong FG Wetter Thomas T Chang Chi-Wen CW
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<h4>Background</h4>Microarray technology shows great potential but previous studies were limited by small number of samples in the colorectal cancer (CRC) research. The aims of this study are to investigate gene expression profile of CRCs by pooling cDNA microarrays using PAM, ANN, and decision trees (CART and C5.0).<h4>Methods</h4>Pooled 16 datasets contained 88 normal mucosal tissues and 1186 CRCs. PAM was performed to identify significant expressed genes in CRCs and models of PAM, ANN, CART, ...[more]