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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2020

m6A RNA methylation regulators could contribute to the occurrence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Xinwei Huang, Dongjin Lv, Xiao Yang, Min Li, Hong Zhang

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xinwei HuangTranslational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8568-6261
Dongjin LvDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (Tumor Hospital of Yunnan Province), Kunming, China.
Xiao YangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Min LiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hong ZhangTranslational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Tongji University · CNKunming Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA methylation, the most prevalent internal chemical modification of mRNA, has been reported to participate in the progression of various tumours via the dynamic regulation of m6A RNA methylation regulators. However, the role of m6A RNA methylation regulators in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has never been reported. This study aimed to determine the expression and potential functions of m6A RNA methylation regulators in COPD. Four gene expression data sets were acquired from Gene Expression Omnibus. Gene ontology function, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analyses, weighted correlation network analysis and protein-protein interaction network analysis were performed. The correlation analyses of m6A RNA methylation regulators and key COPD genes were also performed. We found that the mRNA expressions of IGF2BP3, FTO, METTL3 and YTHDC2, which have the significant associations with some key genes enriched in the signalling pathway and biological processes that promote the development progression of COPD, are highly correlated with the occurrence of COPD. In conclusion, six central m6A RNA methylation regulators could contribute to the occurrence of COPD. This study provides important evidence for further examination of the role of m6A RNA methylation in COPD.

Indexed as

AdenosineCase-Control StudiesGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGene OntologyHumansMethylationPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRNAAdenosineN-methyladenosineRNAbioinformaticschronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseIGF2BP3m6A RNA methylation regulatorsMETTL3

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PMID32961012
PMCPMC7686997
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