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Decoding global gene expression programs in liver cancer by noninvasive imaging

Segal, Eran, Sirlin, Claude B, Ooi, Clara, Adler, Adam S, Gollub, Jeremy, Chen, Xin, Chan, Bryan K, Matcuk, George R +3 more·2007·Nature Biotechnology

Abstract

Paralleling the diversity of genetic and protein activities, pathologic human tissues also exhibit diverse radiographic features. Here we show that dynamic imaging traits in non-invasive computed tomography (CT) systematically correlate with the global gene expression programs of primary human liver cancer. Combinations of twenty-eight imaging traits can reconstruct 78% of the global gene expression profiles, revealing cell proliferation, liver synthetic function, and patient prognosis. Thus, genomic activity of human liver cancers can be decoded by noninvasive imaging, thereby enabling noninvasive, serial and frequent molecular profiling for personalized medicine.

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  • Radiological phenotypes are fundamentally driven by the underlying pathophysiology.

    “Because radiological phenotypes are fundamentally driven by the underlying pathophysiology, quantitative imaging analysis may reveal subtle relations between the two.22”
  • A watershed article came from Segal et al, who used a finite series of radiologist-scored quantitative features to predict gene expression patterns in hepatocellular carcinoma.

    “A watershed article in this regard came from Segal et al, who, in an early example of radiogenomics, used a finite series of radiologist-scored quantitative features to predict gene expression patterns in hepatocellular carcinoma (40).”

    From Radiomics: Images Are More than Pictures, They Are Data (2016) · cites this paper as [40]

  • Seminal radiogenomic studies were the first to show a relationship between quantitative image features and gene expression patterns in patients with cancer.

    “Seminal radiogenomic studies were the first to show a relationship between quantitative image features and gene expression patterns in patients with cancer (40,54,55).”

    From Radiomics: Images Are More than Pictures, They Are Data (2016) · cites this paper as [40]

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Segal, E., Sirlin, C. B., Ooi, C., Adler, A. S., Gollub, J., Chen, X., Chan, B. K., Matcuk, G. R., Barry, C. T., Chang, H. Y., & Kuo, M. D.
Affiliations
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Stanford University (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • University of Southern California (US)
Corresponding author
  • Chang, Howard Y
  • Kuo, Michael D
Venue
Nature Biotechnology
Published
2007-05-21
Volume
25
Issue
6
Pages
675-680
ISSN
  • 0733-222X (ISSN-L)
  • 1087-0156
  • 1546-1696
OpenAlex
W2055575746
Cited by
629
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 63 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 49 · 2018: 54 · 2017: 46 · 2016: 31 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 19
FWCI
9.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Biotechnology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
Keywords
liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, gene expression profiling, computed tomography, noninvasive molecular imaging, cell proliferation, liver synthetic function, prognosis, personalized medicine
MeSH terms
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Humans, Liver, Liver Neoplasms, Neoplasm Proteins, Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Biomarkers, Tumor, Gene Expression Profiling

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