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ArticleJournal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS

Identification of key genes, pathways and potential therapeutic agents for IgA nephropathy using an integrated bioinformatics analysis.

Xiaoxue Chen, Mindan Sun

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Article in Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Xiaoxue ChenDepartment of Nephropathy, The First Hospital of Jilin University, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1340-3047
Mindan SunDepartment of Nephropathy, The First Hospital of Jilin University, China.
Jilin University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aims to identify immunoglobulin-A-nephropathy-related genes based on microarray data and to investigate novel potential gene targets for immunoglobulin-A-nephropathy treatment.

methodsImmunoglobulin-A-nephropathy chip data was obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus database, which included 10 immunoglobulin-A-nephropathy and 22 normal samples. We used the limma package of R software to screen differentially expressed genes in immunoglobulin-A-nephropathy and normal glomerular compartment tissues. Functional enrichment (including cellular components, molecular functions, biological processes) and signal pathways were performed for the differentially expressed genes. The online analysis database (STRING) was used to construct the protein-protein interaction networks of differentially expressed genes, and Cytoscape software was used to identify the hub genes of the signal pathway. In addition, we used the Connectivity Map database to predict possible drugs for the treatment of immunoglobulin-A-nephropathy.

resultsA total of 348 differentially expressed genes were screened including 107 up-regulated and 241 down-regulated genes. Functional analysis showed that up-regulated differentially expressed genes were mainly concentrated on leukocyte migration, and the down-regulated differentially expressed genes were significantly enriched in alpha-amino acid metabolic process. A total of six hub genes were obtained: JUN, C3AR1, FN1, AGT, FOS, and SUCNR1. The small-molecule drugs thapsigargin, ciclopirox and ikarugamycin were predicted therapeutic targets against immunoglobulin-A-nephropathy.

conclusionDifferentially expressed genes and hub genes can contribute to understanding the molecular mechanism of immunoglobulin-A-nephropathy and providing potential therapeutic targets and drugs for the diagnosis and treatment of immunoglobulin-A-nephropathy.

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Cell Migration Assays, LeukocyteComputational BiologyDatabases, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGlomerulonephritis, IGAHumansKidney GlomerulusMicroarray AnalysisMultigene FamilyProtein Interaction MapsSignal TransductionSmall Molecule LibrariesSoftwareSmall Molecule Librariesbioinformatic analysisdrugsImmunoglobulin-A-nephropathyPPI

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PMID32370650
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