Table 2: Representative cancer pathways enriched by top SNEA regulators found in patient tumors. Two metastatic tumors in lung from form the patient with metastatic colon cancer were analyzed.  Receptor signaling pathways were considered activated only if at least one of its hormones or receptors was among SNEA regulators in patient. Such key regulators are shown in bold font in the last column.  First column shows the tumor type for which the pathway was built based on SNEA regulators profile.  All pathways were enriched with major expression regulators identified by SNEA with p-value smaller than 0.05 according to Fisher exact test.

 

Patient tumor

Pathway

# SNEA regulators in pathway

# entities in pathway

Names of SNEA regulators in pathway

Liver cancer liver biopsy

EGFR activation by apoptotic clearance

7

69

HBEGF,EREG,LPAR2,S1PR1,S1PR3,LPA receptor,S1PR

Liver cancer liver biopsy

N1->N2 neutrophil polarization

8

44

ELN,CCL4,CCR5,CD7,SECTM1,DEFB4A,SERPINA1,SERPINB1

Liver cancer liver biopsy

PDGF ->EMT

8

50

ZEB1,SNAI2,SNAI1,PDGFD

Liver cancer liver biopsy

"Eat me" signals in apoptotic clearance

6

60

OLR1,ANXA1,THBS1,alpha5beta5 integrin

Liver cancer liver biopsy

EGF->FOXM1/FOXOA

6

111

FOXF1,SNAI2,SNAI1,HBEGF,EREG

Liver cancer liver biopsy

M1->M2 macrophage polarization

4

43

ASGR1,MRC1,CHIA,CHIT1

Liver cancer liver biopsy

Coagulation cascade in cancer

5

63

THBD,F10,F13A1,F2,F13B

Liver cancer liver biopsy

Hypoxia->EMT

5

43

KLF5,SNAI2,EGLN1

Liver cancer liver biopsy

Lymphotoxin B signaling

2

38

LTBR,LTA

Breast cancer metastasis in lung

ECM->EMT

11

126

AGER,SPARC,HSPG2,S100A7,CTGF,IGF2,TNC,PAK1,PTK2B,IGFBP,LPA receptor

Breast cancer metastasis in lung

F2 modulation of vascular permeability

4

62

F2,PLG,RHOA,ROCK1

Breast cancer metastasis in lung

EGF->FOXM1/FOXOA

7

111

CAT,KLF8,ERBB2,PAK1,PTK2B,CCND1,CCNB1

Breast cancer metastasis in lung

OSM signaling

9

168

TNFRSF11B,OSM,THBS1,PLAU,CCND1,S100A8,S100A9,CRP,DEFB4A

Breast cancer metastasis in lung

Coagulation cascade in cancer

4

63

F2,PLG,PLAU,TFPI

Breast cancer metastasis in lung

PDGF-D->EMT

4

85

PDGFD,IGF2,PAK1,PTK2B

Colon cancer metastasis in liver

Coagulation cascade in cancer

8

63

F3,TFPI2,F7,F10,F12,PLG,PLAU,plasmin

Colon cancer metastasis in liver

OSM signaling

13

168

CEBPA,CEBPB,MYC,PPARD,F3,IL6,OSM,CYR61,PLAU,MMP3,SERPINA1,S100A4,acute-phase protein

Colon cancer metastasis in liver

TGFB loop

7

116

FOXM1,KLF5,TCF7L2,KRT8,CTGF,TGFB2,MMP3

Colon cancer metastasis in liver

ECM->EMT

7

126

FOXM1,MYC,EIF4E,EIF4EBP1,CTGF,S100A4,RPS6K

Colon cancer metastasis in liver

Cell cycle

5

144

TFDP1,MYC,ZBTB17,TGFB2,E2F

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer

VEGFR->endothelial proliferation

7

74

ELK1,SRF,KDR,VEGFA,GRB2,MAPK14,endostatin

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer

EDN->EMT

7

81

ELK1,SRF,EDN3,EDN1,PRKCD,MAPK14,GNA13

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer

ECM->EMT

9

126

GATA6,SRF,HBEGF,VEGFA,GRB2,MAPK14,BCAR1,ADAM17,LPA receptor

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer

EGFR activation by apoptotic clearance

6

69

HBEGF,LPAR3,LPAR1,ADAM17,LPA receptor,Ga12/13

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer

EGF->EMT

7

104

GATA6,KLF5,SRF,HBEGF,GRB2,MAPK14,BCAR1

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer

Hypoxia->ROS->HIF-> Angiogenesis

4

49

HIF3A,TEK,KDR,VEGFA

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer

PDGF-D->EMT

5

85

TCF7,VEGFA,PDGFD,GRB2,MAPK14

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

Hypoxia->ROS->HIF->Angiogenesis

7

49

YBX1,HIF3A,EPAS1,TEK,KDR,VEGFA,RHOC

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

ECM->EMT

12

126

YBX1,FOXM1,EGFR,ACTG2,SPARC,HBEGF,VEGFA,IGF2,MAPK14,SRC,ADAM17,LPA

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

Hypoxia->EMT

6

43

CDH1,YBX1,KLF5,HIF3A,EPAS1,VEGFA

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

TGFB loop

10

116

CDH1,FOXM1,KLF5,CD44,ACTG2,VEGFA,TGFB2,SMAD7,MMP3,MMP9

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

F2 modulation of vascular permeability

3

62

F2,PLG,SRC

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

Bombesin trans-activation of EGFR

5

51

EGFR,HBEGF,SRC,GRPR,ADAM17

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

EGFR activation by apoptotic clearance

6

69

PPAP2B,EGFR,HBEGF,ADAM17,LPA,Ga12/13

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

EGF->EMT

8

104

YBX1,FOXM1,KLF5,EGFR,ACTG2,HBEGF,MAPK14,SRC

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

IGF1R ->EMT

4

51

YBX1,ACTG2,IGF2,SRC

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

oxLDL->apoptosis

2

20

OLR1,NAD(P)H oxidase

colon cancer metastasis in lung cancer-2

"Find me" signals in apoptotic clearance

6

90

IL6R,PRKCD,MMP9,ADAM17,phospholipase D,sphinganine kinase