文摘
In line with the aims of the Chromosome-based Human Proteome Project and the Biology/Disease-based Human Proteome Project, we have been studying differentially expressed transcripts and proteins in gliomas鈥攖he most prevalent primary brain tumors. Here, we present a perspective on important insights from this analysis in terms of their co-expression, co-regulation/de-regulation, and co-localization on chromosome 12 (Chr. 12). We observe the following: (1) Over-expression of genes mapping onto amplicon regions of chromosomes may be considered as a biological validation of mass spectrometry data. (2) Their co-localization further suggests common determinants of co-expression and co-regulation of these clusters. (3) Co-localization of 鈥渕issing鈥?protein genes of Chr. 12 in close proximity to functionally related genes may help in predicting their functions. (4) Further, integrating differentially expressed gene鈥損rotein sets and their ontologies with medical terms associated with clinical phenotypes in a chromosome-centric manner reveals a network of genes, diseases, and pathways鈥攁 diseasome network. Thus, chromosomal mapping of disease data sets can help uncover important regulatory and functional links that may offer new insights for biomarker development.