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ArticleScientific reports2021

Screening of osteoarthritis diagnostic markers based on immune-related genes and immune infiltration.

Wen-Hua Yuan, Qi-Qi Xie, Ke-Ping Wang, Wei Shen, Xiao-Fei Feng, Zheng Liu, Jin-Tao Shi, Xiao-Bo Zhang, Kai Zhang, Ya-Jun Deng and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wen-Hua Yuan *Department of Orthopaedics, Xichang People's Hospital, Xichang, 615000, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Qi-Qi Xie *Breast Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University & Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Qinghai University, Xining, 810000, Qinghai, People's Republic of China.
Ke-Ping Wang *Department of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
Wei ShenDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Fei FengDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
Zheng LiuDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
Jin-Tao ShiDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Bo ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
Kai ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China.
Ya-Jun DengDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China. dengyajun205@163.com.
Hai-Yu ZhouDepartment of Orthopaedics, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, People's Republic of China. zhouhy@lzu.edu.cn.
Lanzhou University Second Hospital · CNLanzhou University · CNQinghai University · CNXichang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative disease of the bone and joints. Immune-related genes and immune cell infiltration are important in OA development. We analyzed immune-related genes and immune infiltrates to identify OA diagnostic markers. The datasets GSE51588, GSE55235, GSE55457, GSE82107, and GSE114007 were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. First, R software was used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially expressed immune-related genes (DEIRGs), and functional correlation analysis was conducted. Second, CIBERSORT was used to evaluate infiltration of immune cells in OA tissue. Finally, the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator logistic regression algorithm and support vector machine-recurrent feature elimination algorithm were used to screen and verify diagnostic markers of OA. A total of 711 DEGs and 270 DEIRGs were identified in this study. Functional enrichment analysis showed that the DEGs and DEIRGs are closely related to cellular calcium ion homeostasis, ion channel complexes, chemokine signaling pathways, and JAK-STAT signaling pathways. Differential analysis of immune cell infiltration showed that M1 macrophage infiltration was increased but that mast cell and neutrophil infiltration were decreased in OA samples. The machine learning algorithm cross-identified 15 biomarkers (BTC, PSMD8, TLR3, IL7, APOD, CIITA, IFIH1, CDC42, FGF9, TNFAIP3, CX3CR1, ERAP2, SEMA3D, MPO, and plasma cells). According to pass validation, all 15 biomarkers had high diagnostic efficacy (AUC > 0.7), and the diagnostic efficiency was higher when the 15 biomarkers were fitted into one variable (AUC = 0.758). We developed 15 biomarkers for OA diagnosis. The findings provide a new understanding of the molecular mechanism of OA from the perspective of immunology.

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