Abstract
Pancreatic cancer (PC) has the lowest survival rate and the highest mortality rate among all cancers due to lack of effective treatments. The objective of the current study was to identify potential therapeutic targets in PC. Three transcriptome datasets, namely GSE62452, GSE46234, and GSE101448, were analyzed for differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between cancer and normal samples. Several bioinformatics methods, including functional analysis, pathway enrichment, hub genes, and drugs were used to screen therapeutic targets for PC. Fisher's exact test was used to analyze functional enrichments. To screen DEGs, the paired t-test was employed. The statistical significance was considered at p <0.05. Overall, 60 DEGs were detected. Functional enrichment analysis revealed enrichment of the DEGs in "multicellular organismal process", "metabolic process", "cell communication", and "enzyme regulator activity". Pathway analysis demonstrated that the DEGs were primarily related to "Glycolipid metabolism", "ECM-receptor interaction", and "pathways in cancer". Five hub genes were examined using the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network. Among these hub genes, 10 known drugs targeted to the CPA1 gene and CLPS gene were found. Overall, CPA1 and CLPS genes, as well as candidate drugs, may be useful for PC in the future.
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