Visual gene-network analysis reveals the cancer gene co-expression in human endometrial cancer

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chou, Wei Chun ^a   Cheng, An Lin ^b   Brotto, Marco ^b   Chuang, Chun Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Hub gene, TCA cycle; WGCNA, Network analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CITRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATP5B GENE; AURKB GENE; BUB1 GENE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CDC20 GENE; CDC6 GENE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CENPA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E2F2 GENE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FEN1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDH3G GENE; KIF20A GENE; KIF23 GENE; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NDUFV2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRC1 GENE; PSMB3 GENE; PSMB7 GENE; TP53 GENE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; GENETICS;

CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS;

EID: 84900857597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-300     Document Type: Article

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