Research Article

Gene Network Analysis of Glucose Linked Signaling Pathways and Their Role in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Growth and Survival in HuH7 and HepG2 Cell Lines

Table 1

Datasets retrieved from the literature and used to build phenotype sets.

Data sourceGenes numberGenes with
intracellular pathway
Genes with
transcription factor
(%) (%)

Genome FatiGo+ database31524

Detected in HepG2Microarray data analysis [12]2083911705 (56%)10477 (50%)

LiverMicroarray data analysis [12]49181631 (33%)1676 (34%)

HCC Microarray data analysis [12]806516 (64%)560 (69%)

Cancer biomarkersGenes representing cancer biomarkers [70]1262755 (60%)815 (65%)

Deregulated in HepG2 versus HuH7Common genes from:213146 (69%)132 (62%)
 (i) Comparative analysis of human cell lines [28]
 (ii) Comparative analysis of liver cell lines [29]

High glucose(i) Common genes from:447307 (69%)336 (75%)
  (a) Aortic cells [71]
  (b) Leukocytes (GSE32909)
  (c) Vascular smooth muscle (GSE17556)
(ii) HepG2 [27]12998 (76%)124 (96%)