RGS5 plays a significant role in renal cell carcinoma

Abstract

Recent advances in biotechnology led to generation of large complex biological and clinical datasets that can be used to infer the underlying mechanism of many diseases and arrive at personalized treatments. One of these datasets are the whole genome profiles, including a good collection of publicly available human gene expression datasets. In this project, we analysed gene expression profiles of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). We found that the regulator of G-protein signalling 5 (RGS5) might play a crucial role in initiation and progression of RCC, and it might be prognostic. We observed that a high expression level of RGS5 is associated with better survival months. Importantly, when the grade of tumour increases, the RGS5 expression level significantly decreases. Although there is no difference between expression level of RGS5 in male and female patients with primary tumours in the right kidney, among patients with primary tumours in the left kidney, females have a significantly higher RGS5 expression than male patients. Interestingly, we also observed a significant association between the high expression level of RGS5 and low serum calcium level and elevated white blood cells level.