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ArticleScientific reports2016

Temporal retinal transcriptome and systems biology analysis identifies key pathways and hub genes in Staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis.

Deepa Rajamani, Pawan Kumar Singh, Bruce G Rottmann, Natasha Singh, Manoj K Bhasin, Ashok Kumar

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Deepa RajamaniBIDMC Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Pawan Kumar SinghKresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Bruce G RottmannDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Natasha SinghBIDMC Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Manoj K BhasinBIDMC Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
Ashok KumarKresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USWayne State University · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCH--COREP30EY004068 · NEI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LINDA D HAZLETT · 1985 to 2026
$13.2M
Toll-like receptors and bacterial endophthalmitisR01EY019888 · NEI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KUMAR, ASHOK · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY004068NEI NIH HHS P30EY004068NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019888NEI NIH HHS R01EY019888
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial endophthalmitis remains a devastating inflammatory condition associated with permanent vision loss. Hence, assessing the host response in this disease may provide new targets for intervention. Using a mouse model of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) endophthalmitis and performing retinal transcriptome analysis, we discovered progressive changes in the expression of 1,234 genes. Gene ontology (GO) and pathway analyses revealed the major pathways impacted in endophthalmitis includes: metabolism, inflammatory/immune, antimicrobial, cell trafficking, and lipid biosynthesis. Among the immune/inflammation pathways, JAK/Stat and IL-17A signaling were the most significantly affected. Interactive network-based analyses identified 13 focus hub genes (IL-6, IL-1β, CXCL2, STAT3, NUPR1, Jun, CSF1, CYR61, CEBPB, IGF-1, EGFR1, SPP1, and TGM2) within these important pathways. The expression of hub genes confirmed by qRT-PCR, ELISA (IL-6, IL-1β, and CXCL2), and Western blot or immunostaining (CEBP, STAT3, NUPR1, and IGF1) showed strong correlation with transcriptome data. Since TLR2 plays an important role in SA endophthalmitis, counter regulation analysis of TLR2 ligand pretreated retina or the use of retinas from TLR2 knockout mice showed the down-regulation of inflammatory regulatory genes. Collectively, our study provides, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of the transcriptomic response and identifies key pathways regulating retinal innate responses in staphylococcal endophthalmitis.

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Gene Regulatory NetworksHost-Pathogen InteractionsTranscriptomeAnimalsCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding ProteinsCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalDNA-Binding ProteinsEndophthalmitisFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene OntologyHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding ProteinsCytokinesDNA-Binding ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsNupr1 protein, mouseTlr2 protein, mouseToll-Like Receptor 2

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PMID26865111
PMCPMC4749995
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