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ArticleBioMed research international2017

Identification of Key Pathways and Genes in Advanced Coronary Atherosclerosis Using Bioinformatics Analysis.

Xiaowen Tan, Xiting Zhang, Lanlan Pan, Xiaoxuan Tian, Pengzhi Dong

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Article in BioMed research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaowen TanTianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Xiting ZhangTianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Lanlan PanTianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Xiaoxuan TianTianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4248-9943
Pengzhi DongTianjin State Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8856-5350
Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronary artery atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. This study aimed to identify the key changes of gene expression between early and advanced carotid atherosclerotic plaque in human.

methodsGene expression dataset GSE28829 was downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), including 16 advanced and 13 early stage atherosclerotic plaque samples from human carotid. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were analyzed.

results42,450 genes were obtained from the dataset. Top 100 up- and downregulated DEGs were listed. Functional enrichment analysis and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) identification were performed. The result of functional and pathway enrichment analysis indicted that the immune system process played a critical role in the progression of carotid atherosclerotic plaque. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks were performed either. Top 10 hub genes were identified from PPI network and top 6 modules were inferred. These genes were mainly involved in chemokine signaling pathway, cell cycle, B cell receptor signaling pathway, focal adhesion, and regulation of actin cytoskeleton.

conclusionThe present study indicated that analysis of DEGs would make a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms of atherosclerosis development and they might be used as molecular targets and diagnostic biomarkers for the treatment of atherosclerosis.

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Cell CycleComputational BiologyCoronary Artery DiseaseDown-RegulationGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyGene Regulatory NetworksHumansPlaque, AtheroscleroticProtein Interaction MapsSignal TransductionTranscriptomeUp-Regulation

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PMCPMC5684517
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