The Expressions and Functions of lncRNA Related to m6A in Hepatocellular Carcinoma from a Bioinformatics Analysis

Comput Math Methods Med. 2022 Oct 12:2022:1395557. doi: 10.1155/2022/1395557. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancer in these days. Besides, N6-methyladenosine (m6A) plays an important role in the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Meanwhile, it is known to us that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) have the capability to control the expression of genes which means some lncRNA can adjust the expression of some m6A.Thus, it is indispensable to dig the m6A-related lncRNA in hepatocellular carcinoma about its potential regulatory mechanism and immune analysis as well as its potential drugs. In this experiment, expression profile and clinical information of lncRNA are obtained by downloading the liver cancer data set from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. GO enrichment analysis is used to predict potential regulatory mechanism of lncRNA. Correlation analysis of clinical parameters are calculated via chisq.test. The Cox regression model is used in univariate and multivariate analysis, and the difference is statistically significant when P < 0.05. The results show that many kinds of lncRNA have influence on the prognosis of patients with HCC, and enrichment analysis discloses some pathways that can be used to evaluate mechanism underlying in HCC. The screening of targeted drugs can provide new clues for further experiments and clinical treatment.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / genetics
  • Computational Biology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Liver Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Prognosis
  • RNA, Long Noncoding* / genetics
  • RNA, Long Noncoding* / metabolism

Substances

  • RNA, Long Noncoding