Identification of Hub Genes of Mesio Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Prognostic Biomarkers of Brain Low-grade Gliomas Based on Bioinformatics Analysis.

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Meanwhile, seizures are common in patients with cancer as a consequence of brain tumors, including brain low-grade gliomas (LGG). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of MTLE remain poorly understood. Also, the relationship between MTLE and LGG needs our attention. In this study, we aimed to investigate the hub genes and potential mechanism in MTLE, and the relationship between MTLE and LGG, the gene expression profiles (GSE88992) were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Difference analysis for MTLE versus control groups under the three time points was conducted to select the differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Time series clustering analysis was used to select the trend genes. Then a series of bioinformatics analyses including functional enrichment analysis, protein-protein interaction (PPI) network and module analyses, and transcription factor (TF) and miRNA prediction were performed. Also, the overall survival analysis and expression of hub genes in LGG were performed using UALCAN from TCGA database. At 6 h, there were 351 upregulated and 80 downregulated DEGs. At 12 h, there were 499 upregulated and 231 downregulated DEGs. Additionally, 532 upregulated and 402 downregulated DEGs were obtained at 24 h. After time series clustering analysis of the DEGs, we obtained 323 uptrend and 248 downtrend genes. We identified 10 key genes with higher degrees, including C3, TIMP1, PENK, CKAP4, etc. Five PPI modules were identified by MCODE. TF analysis predicted four TFs: JUN, STAT3, NR4A2, and Myc. A total of 26,834 miRNA-mRNA pairs were predicted. Moreover, survival analysis of UALCAN suggested that C3, TIMP1, PENK, GNG2, CKAP4, TNC, JUN, STAT3, NR4A2, and Myc can be potential biomarkers for the prognosis of LGG. 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