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ArticleRenal failure2018

Investigation of mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of diabetic nephropathy via construction of a miRNA-TF-mRNA network.

Hailing Yang, Xiaofei Zhang, Guangda Xin

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Article in Renal failure, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hailing Yanga Department of Emergency , China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University , Changchun , China.
Xiaofei Zhangb Department of Pediatrics , China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University , Changchun , China.
Guangda Xinc Department of Nephrology , China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University , Changchun , China.
Union Hospital · CNJilin University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent studies have reported that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exert therapeutic effects on the treatment of diabetic nephropathy (DN), but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.

methodsA dataset GSE65561 was obtained from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, which contained four healthy control samples (group 1), four healthy controls samples co-cultured with MSCs (group 2), five DN samples (group 3) and five DN samples co-cultured with MSCs (group 4). The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between group 3 vs. group 1 and group 4 vs. group 2 were constructed using Linear Models for Microarray (LIMMA) package package. Then, DAVID was used to analyze the functional enrichment of DEGs. Based on STRING database the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network was visualized by the Cytoscape plug-in CytoNCA. Besides, the hub miRNAs and transcription factors (TFs) regulating DEGs were predicted using Webgestalt.

resultsTotally, 303 up-regulated and 88 down-regulated DEGs were shared in group 3 vs. group 1 and group 4 vs. group 2. Besides, the up-regulated DEGs were mainly enriched in 'translation' and 'translational elongation', while the down-regulated genes were only enriched in 'protein kinase activity'. RPS27A and RPLP0 had a higher degree in the PPI network and they were regulated by EIF3M. In addition, ETF1 was predicted to be an important gene, which was regulated by miR-150, miR-134 and EIF2S1.

conclusionsRPS27A, RPLP0 and ETF1 may be potential targets for MSCs on the treatment of DN. Highlights RPS27A and RPLP0 may be important genes in the treatment of MSCs for DN. TF EIF3M may play a key role in the treatment of MSCs for DN. MiR-150 and miR-134 may be essential microRNAs in the treatment of MSCs for DN.

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Mesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationComputational BiologyDatasets as TopicDiabetic NephropathiesDown-RegulationGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsMicroRNAsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisProtein Interaction MapsRNA, MessengerTranscription FactorsUp-RegulationMicroRNAsRNA, MessengerTranscription FactorsDiabetic nephropathydifferentially expressed genemicroRNAprotein-protein interaction networktranscription factor

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