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    Upregulated Acute Systemic Inflammation-Related Genes Based on Endotoxin Exposure Provide ‘Survival Benefit’ or Create ‘High Risk of Death’ in Leukaemia and Colon Cancer
    (Istanbul University, 2024-07-10) Duran, Gizem Ayna; Duran, Assist. Prof. Dr. Gizem Ayna; Ayna Duran, Gizem
    Objective: Although endotoxin exposure has been shown to trigger innate immune responses and promote cancer, it has also been shown to prevent cancer formation. In our study, survival analysis was performed to determine whether the upregulated genes triggered by endotoxins have hazardous effects on cancers or provide a survival benefit. Materials and Methods: Gene intensity values of control and bacterial endotoxin-administered individuals were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Using the R "Linear Models for Microarray Data" package, differentially expressed gene analyses were conducted to determine genes that differ between healthy and bacterial endotoxin-administered samples. "ShinyGo 0.80" web-based tool was used to determine the disease types indicated by these genes. The "Kaplan-Meier Plotter" web-based tool was used to conduct survival analysis. Results: Genes that create an innate immune response to bacterial endotoxin exposure and are upregulated differently than in individuals without exposure were identified. According to gene enrichment analyses, the two main types of cancer identified were leukaemia/lymoma and colon cancer. We detected that MLF1, STAT5B, and BCL3 genes led to poor survival; however, the ARHGAP26 gene was protective for acute myeloid leukaemia patients. In the case of colon cancer, SMAD7 and TLR2 genes were determined as leading to "high risk of death". Conclusion: Once the systemic inflammation-related genes identified in our study are confirmed through laboratory experiments in samples taken from solid tissue in the case of colon cancer and at the level of genes obtained from blood samples in leukemias, genetically targeted treatments will also be possible.
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    Bioinformatics Based Drug Repurposing Approach for Breast and Gynecological Cancers: RECQL4/FAM13C Genes Address Common Hub Genes and Drugs
    (Galenos Publ House, 2025-01-02) Duran, Gizem Ayna; Duran, Assist. Prof. Dr. Gizem Ayna
    Objective: The prevalence of breast cancer and gynaecological cancers is high, and these cancer types can occur consecutively as secondary cancers. The aim of our study is to determine the genes commonly expressed in these cancers and to identify the common hub genes and drug components. Materials and Methods: Gene intensity values of breast cancer, gynaecological cancers such as cervical, ovarian and endometrial cancers were used from the Gene Expression Omnibus database Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array project. Using the linear modelling method included in the R LIMMA package, genes that differ between healthy individuals and cancer patients were identified. Hub genes were determined using cytoHubba in Cytoscape program. “ShinyGo 0.80” tool was used to determine the disease-specific biological KEGG pathways. Drug.MATADOR from the ShinyGo 0.80 tool was used to predict drug-target relationships. Results: The RecQ Like Helicase 4 and Family with Sequence Similarity 13 Member C genes were found to be similarly expressed in breast cancer and gynaecological cancers. Upon KEGG pathway analyses with hub genes, Drug.MATADOR analysis with hub genes related to cancer related pathways was performed. We have determined these gene/drug interactions: NBN (targeted by Hydroxyurea), EP300 (targeted by Acetylcarnitine) and MAPK14 (targeted by Salicylate and Dibutyryl cyclic AMP). Conclusion: The drugs associated with hub genes determined in our study are not routinely used in cancer treatment. Our study offers the opportunity to identify the target genes of drugs used in breast and gynaecological cancers with the drug repurposing approach.
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    Determination of Eight Hub Genes and Functional Pathways Affecting Both the Survival of Early- and Late-Stage Colon Cancer Patients
    (Kare Publ, 2023) Ayna Duran, Gizem; Sert, Fatma; Duran, Assist. Prof. Dr. Gizem Ayna; Duran, Gizem Ayna
    OBJECTIVEThe stage of colon cancer (CC) and therefore the level at which the treatment is initiated affects the survival of CC patients. In our study, we aimed to identify the common survival-related genes in both early-and late-stage CC patients.METHODSInformation on the demographic characteristics of 581 patients and microarray expression profiles (GSE39582) were obtained from the gene expression omnibus database. Survival analysis was per-formed using univariate and multivariate Cox regression methods with the help of R3.53 programming language and Kaplan-Meier graphics through the R software Survival package. ShinyGO v0.741 gene ontology enrichment analysis was performed to clarify the common and functional pathways related to both early-and late-stage CC cancer patients' data.RESULTSCox regression analysis indicated that overall survival and relapse-free survival of CC patients were strongly influenced by stage. Genes that significantly affect prognosis and survival in early-and late -stage CC patients were identified. As a result of gene enrichment analysis, arginine binding, oxidore-ductase activity, and methylcytosine dioxygenase activity and related eight hub genes (TM4SF5, NOS3, Ten eleven translocation [TET1], TET3, JMJD7, AKR1C1, prenylcysteine oxidase 1 like, Methionine sulfoxide reductase A) were identified.CONCLUSIONAccording to our results, it might be considered that developing new treatment strategies based on eight hub-genes related to arginine binding, oxidoreductase activity, and methylcytosine dioxygenase activity detected at different stages of CC might increase the success of targeted therapies.
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    G-Quadruplex Enrichment Analysis Reveals Their Role as Intronic Regulatory Elements in Plants
    (Tubitak Scientific & Technical Research Council Turkey, 2019-03-07) Doluca, Osman
    G-Quadruplexes, a class of noncanonical but highly stable nucleic acid structures, have the potential to be part of the regulatory mechanism of cells. They can form in the genome where the double-stranded helix is unwound to facilitate formation of a G-quadruplex. The biological significance of these structures is yet to be understood entirely. This work presents a novel approach and investigates common characteristics in the distribution of G-quadruplexes relative to genes in plants through analysis of genomes and gene expressions. The results indicate that G-quadruplex distribution has gone through significant changes with the evolution of higher plants and, for the first tune, that G-quadruplexes enriched at the beginning of introns may have a regulatory role during transcription.