Exploring Autophagy-Related Gene Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma via TCGA, GEPIA2, and HPA Databases: Implications for Prognosis. (PubMed, J Hepatocell Carcinoma)
RT-qPCR analysis further confirmed significant upregulation of mRNA expression levels of randomly selected BAG3, EIF2AK2, KIF5B, and RAB24 in HCC cell lines, consistent with the bioinformatics analysis findings. This study showed that the 41 obtained ARGs, such as ATG16L1, ATG4B, BAG3, KIF5B, MAPK1, RAB24, and SOGA1, these findings suggest that ARGs may serve as prognostic biomarkers for HCC, warranting further validation in clinical cohorts and functional studies.