Small intestine neuroendocrine tumor

Neuroendocrine tumors are a diverse group of neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine system and can be classified based on hormone production and anatomical origin. Neuroendocrine tumors that produce hormones are considered functional, and those producing insignificant amounts of hormones are nonfunctional (Oronsky B et al. (2017)). The small intestine connects the stomach and large intestine; it is primarily responsible for chemical digestion. The small intestine is the second most common location of neuroendocrine tumors, after the lung. These neuroendocrine tumors are diagnosed via imaging techniques, histological confirmation of endoscopic biopsy, and the use of biomarkers such as Chromogranin A, pancreastatin, and serotonin. Treatment includes localized resection, chemotherapy, and somatostatin analogs to prevent hormone overproduction (Gonzáles-Yovera JG et al. (2022)).

Differential abundance and machine learning analysis

This section presents the disease-specific results of the differential abundance and machine learning analyses. The analyses are reported for three comparisons: 1) disease vs. all other diseases, 2) disease vs. diseases from the same class, and 3) disease vs. healthy samples.

Disease vs All other
Disease vs Class
Disease vs Healthy