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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2018

Modular bioinformatics analysis demonstrates that a Toll‑like receptor signaling pathway is involved in the regulation of macrophage polarization.

Biao Ma, Yang Yang, Zhituo Li, Dali Zhao, Weihui Zhang, Yanfeng Jiang, Dongbo Xue

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Biao MaDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China.
Yang YangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China.
Zhituo LiDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China.
Dali ZhaoDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China.
Weihui ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China.
Yanfeng JiangDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China.
Dongbo XueDepartment of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, P.R. China.
Harbin Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, an increasing number of studies on the roles of macrophages in tumors, immune responses and metabolism have been published, in which macrophage polarization has been an extensively discussed topic. In the present study, differentially expressed genes in various types of macrophages were analyzed using the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Cluster analysis of differentially expressed genes was conducted, and a protein‑protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed. Finally, modular analysis and functional enrichment analysis revealed that a Toll‑like receptor (TLR) signaling pathway is involved in the regulation of macrophage polarization. Furthermore, the high‑degree proteins in the PPI network that are involved in the molecular regulation of macrophage polarization are closely associated with proteins of the TLR signaling pathway. These results suggested that the TLR signaling pathways may be a principal direction of future research on the regulation of macrophage polarization.

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Computational BiologySignal TransductionDatabases, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene Regulatory NetworksHumansMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesToll-Like ReceptorsTranscriptomeToll-Like Receptors

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PMID30221738
PMCPMC6172368
OpenAlexW2891118546

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