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ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2020

Identification of foam cell biomarkers by microarray analysis.

Zikai Song, Shijie Lv, Haidi Wu, Ling Qin, Hongyan Cao, Bo Zhang, Shuping Ren

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Article in BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Zikai SongDepartment of Cardiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Shijie LvDepartment of Orthopedics, Jilin Province FAW General Hospital, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Haidi WuDepartment of Cardiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Ling QinDepartment of Cardiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Hongyan CaoDepartment of Cardiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Bo ZhangDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Shuping RenDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China. rensp@jlu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1212-9528
Jilin University · CNJilin Province Tumor Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLipid infiltration and inflammatory response run through the occurrence of atherosclerosis. Differentiation into macrophages and foam cell formation are the key steps of AS. Aim of this study was that the differential gene expression between foam cells and macrophages was analyzed to search the key links of foam cell generation, so as to explore the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and provide targets for the early screening and prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD).

methodsThe gene expression profiles of GSE9874 were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE9874) on GPL96 [HG-U133A] Affymetrix Human Genome U133. A total of 22,383 genes were analyzed for differentially expression genes (DEGs) by Bayes package. GO enrichment analysis and KEGG pathway analysis for DEGs were performed using KOBAS 3.0 software (Peking University, Beijing, China). STRING software (STRING 10.0; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany) was used to analyze the protein-protein interaction (PPI) of DEGs.

resultsA total of 167 DEGs between macrophages and foam cells were identified. Compared with macrophages, 102 genes were significantly upregulated and 65 genes were significantly downregulated (P < 0.01, fold-change > 1) in foam cells. DEGs were mainly enrich in 'sterol biosynthetic and metabolic process', 'cholesterol metabolic and biosynthetic process' by GO enrichment analysis. The results of KEGG pathway analysis showed all differential genes are involved in biological processes through 143 KEGG pathways. A PPI network of the DEGs was constructed and 10 outstanding genes of the PPI network was identified by using Cytoscape, which include HMGCR, SREBF2, LDLR, HMGCS1, FDFT1, LPL, DHCR24, SQLE, ABCA1 and FDPS.

conclusionLipid metabolism related genes and molecular pathways were the key to the transformation of macrophages into foam cells. Therefore, lipid metabolism disorder is the key to turn macrophages into foam cells, which plays a major role in CAD.

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Gene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisProtein Interaction MapsTranscriptomeAtherosclerosisBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesDatabases, GeneticFoam CellsHumansSignal TransductionBiomarkersDifferential expression geneFoam cellGO enrichmentKEGG pathway analysisMacrophagesProtein interaction network

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