Network spatio-temporal analysis predicts disease stage-related genes and pathways in renal cell carcinoma
The purpose of this study was to screen the key genes and pathways of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and lay the foundation for its diagnosis and therapy. Microarray data of normal subjects and RCC patients at different stages of disease were used to screen differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Based on the DEGs in the four disease stages, four co-expression networks were constructed using the Empirical Bayes method and hub genes were obtained by centrality analysis. The enriched pathways of the DEGs and the mutual hub genes in the cluster of each disease stage were investigated.