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Record W4408246645 · doi:10.1007/s12672-025-02026-z

Comprehensive identification of hub mRNAs and lncRNAs in colorectal cancer using galaxy: an in silico transcriptome analysis

2025· article· en· W4408246645 on OpenAlexaff
Mohsen Yari, Milad Eidi, Mohammad-Amin Omrani, Zahra Fazeli, Mohammad Rahmanian, Soudeh Ghafouri‐Fard

Bibliographic record

VenueDiscover Oncology · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicCancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Canadian institutionsMcGill University Health Centre
Fundersnot available
KeywordsIn silicoIdentification (biology)TranscriptomeComputational biologyBiologyColorectal cancerGeneticsCancerGeneGene expressionBotany

Abstract

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Using the Galaxy platform, the present study aimed to assess the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in CRC patients. The expression data was obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus database (GSE137327). DEGs were analyzed using Gene Ontology (GO) and GeneMANIA databases to detect the most critical biological pathways and processes. Protein-Protein Interaction Studies (PPIS) identified four hub genes (CCN1, CCL2, FLNC, MYH11). This article presents findings on three mRNAs (CEMIP, MMP7, and DPEP1) and also two notable lncRNAs, EVADR and DLX6-AS1, that have an impact on CRC pathogenesis and play a role in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in tumor cells. The identified genes and lncRNAs are putative therapeutic targets and diagnostic markers. For instance, CRISPR/Cas9 editing systems can be designed in order to modulate expression of these genes, or edit them for the purpose of inducing sensitivity to conventional therapies. Besides, these genes can be incorporated into clinical prognostic models, offering panels of genes to choose appropriate personalized methods of treatment. Together, these genes represent novel markers and possible therapeutic targets for CRC.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.005

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.002
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.018
GPT teacher head0.364
Teacher spread0.346 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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