Introduction:
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a high mortality rate, with curative
resection being the primary treatment. However, HCC patients have a large possibility of recurrence
within 5 years after curative resection.
Method:
Thus, identifying biomarkers to predict recurrence is crucial. In our study, we analyzed
data from CCLE, GEO, and TCGA, identifying eight oncogenes associated with HCC. Subsequently,
the expression of 8 genes was tested in 5 cases of tumor tissues and the adjacent non-tumor
tissues. Then ATP6AP1, PSMD14 and HSP90AB1 were selected to verify the expression in
63 cases of tumor tissues and the adjacent non-tumor tissues. The results showed that ATP6AP1,
PSMD14, HSP90AB1 were generally highly expressed in tumor tissues. A five-year follow-up of
the 63 clinical cases, combined with Kaplan-Meier Plotter's relapse-free survival (RFS) analysis,
found a significant correlation between PSMD14 expression and recurrence in HCC patients. Subsequently,
we analyzed the PSMD14 mutations and found that the PSMD14 gene mutations can
lead to a shorter disease-free survival time for HCC patients.
Results:
The results of enrichment analysis indicated that the differentially expressed genes related
to PSMD14 are mainly enriched in the signal release pathway.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, our research showed that PSMD14 might be related to recurrence in
HCC patients, and the expression of PSMD14 in tumor tissue might be a potential prognostic biomarker
after tumor resection in HCC patients.