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Observational studyMedicine2018

Identification of key genes in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis based on bioinformatics analysis.

Naiqiang Zhu, Jingyi Hou, Yuanhao Wu, Geng Li, Jinxin Liu, GuiYun Ma, Bin Chen, Youxin Song

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Naiqiang ZhuSecond Department of Spinal Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical College Hebei Key Laboratory of Study and Exploitation of Chinese Medicine, Chengde Medical College Key Lab of Chinese Medicine Resources Conservation, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jingyi Hou
Yuanhao Wu
Geng Li
Jinxin Liu
GuiYun Ma
Bin Chen
Youxin Song

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) comprise the most common forms of arthritis. The aim of this study was to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and associated biological processes between RA and OA using a bioinformatics approach to elucidate their potential pathogenesis.The gene expression profiles of the GSE55457 datasets, originally produced through use of the high-throughput Affymetrix Human Genome U133A Array, were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. The GSE55457 dataset contains information from 33 samples, including 10 normal control (NC) samples, 13 RA samples, and 10 OA samples. Gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway (KEGG) enrichment analyses were performed to identify functional categories and associated molecular and biochemical pathways, respectively, for the identified DEGs, and a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network of the DEGs was constructed using Cytoscape software.GO and KEGG results suggested that several biological pathways (ie, "immune response," "inflammation," and "osteoclast differentiation") are commonly involved in the development of both RA and OA, whereas several other pathways (eg, "MAPK signaling pathway," and "ECM-receptor interaction") presented significant differences between these disorders.This study provides further insights into the underlying pathogenesis of RA and OA, which may facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidComputational BiologyDatabases, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansOsteoarthritisSignal Transduction

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PMCPMC6392928

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