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ArticleBMC ophthalmology2021

A data-driven approach for the discovery of biomarkers associated with thyroid eye disease.

Huihui Zou, Weiwei Xu, Ying Wang, Zhihong Wang

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Article in BMC ophthalmology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Huihui ZouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Dezhou People's Hospital, Dezhou, 253000, China.
Weiwei XuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Dezhou People's Hospital, Dezhou, 253000, China.
Ying WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Dezhou Women's and Children's Hospital, Shandong, China.
Zhihong WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Dezhou People's Hospital, Dezhou, 253000, China. wzhdzsrmyy@sina.com.
Dezhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThyroid eye disease (TED) is the most common autoimmune disease and usually occurs in patients with hyperthyroidism. In this disease, eye-related tissue, such as eye muscles, eyelids, tear glands, etc., become inflated, which causes the eyes and eyelids to become red, swollen, and uncomfortable. The pathophysiology of this disease is still poorly known.

aimThis study aims to discover potential biomarkers and regulatory pathways of TED which will not only help to diagnose the disease and understand orbital involvement in thyroid dysfunction but also provide an insight for better therapeutics.

methodsWe applied a data-driven approach by combining gene biomarkers both from published literature and computationally predicted from microarray gene expression data. Further, the DAVID tool is used for Gene Ontology-based enrichment analysis.

resultsWe obtained a total of 22 gene biomarkers, including 18 semi-automatically curated from the literature and 4 predicted using data-driven approaches, involved in the pathogenesis of TED that can be used as potential information for therapeutic targets. Further, we constructed a regulatory pathway of TED biomarkers comprises of 310 connected components, and 1134 interactions using four prominent interaction databases.

conclusionThis constructed pathway can be further utilized for disease dynamics and simulation studies.

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Graves OphthalmopathyBiomarkersEyelidsHumansOculomotor MusclesBiomarkersAutoimmune diseaseBiomarkerGraves’ diseaseThyroid eye disease

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