Leveraging single-cell and multi-omics approaches to identify MTOR-centered deubiquitination signatures in esophageal cancer therapy

Kang Tian, Ziang Yao, Da Pan · 2024

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Kang Tian and co-authors built a gene signature to forecast outcomes in throat cancer in this 2024 study. The cancer is esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, a fast-growing type with poor survival. The team focused on genes that undo ubiquitin tags, the cell's system for marking proteins for removal.

They combined single-cell data, bulk gene data, and mutation records from public sets. A model based on 14 of these genes split patients into high and low risk groups. High-risk patients lived shorter lives and carried more gene changes. Lab and mouse tests singled out one gene, MTOR, as a drug target worth chasing. The signature may help doctors tailor care to each patient.

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CREATORKang Tian, Ziang Yao, Da Pan
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE43 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11685190

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