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ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Immune Characteristics Analysis and Transcriptional Regulation Prediction Based on Gene Signatures of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Hui Yu, Weikang Guo, Yunduo Liu, Yaoxian Wang

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Article in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 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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Hui YuCardiopulmonary Function Department, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, People's Republic of China.
Weikang GuoGynecological Department, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, People's Republic of China.
Yunduo LiuGynecological Department, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, People's Republic of China.
Yaoxian WangGynecological Department, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-3658-8200
Harbin Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe variation in inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) between individuals is genetically determined. This study aimed to identify gene signatures of COPD through bioinformatics analysis based on multiple gene sets and explore their immune characteristics and transcriptional regulation mechanisms.

methodsData from four microarrays were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database to screen differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between COPD patients and controls. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis was applied to identify trait-related modules and then select key module-related DEGs. The optimized gene set of signatures was obtained using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression analysis. The CIBERSORT algorithm and Pearson correlation test were used to analyze the relationship between gene signatures and immune cells. Finally, public databases were used to predict the transcription factors (TFs) and upstream miRNAs.

resultsA total of 127 DEGs in COPD were identified from the combined dataset. By considering the intersection of DEGs and genes in two trait-related modules, 83 key module-related DEGs were identified, which were mainly enriched in interleukin-related pathways. Seven-gene signatures, including

conclusionWe proposed the seven-gene-signature to predict COPD risk and explored its potential immune characteristics and regulatory mechanisms.

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MicroRNAsPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveCarrier ProteinsComputational BiologyGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksHumansCarrier ProteinsKANK3 protein, humanMicroRNAsCOPDgene signaturesimmune infiltrationtranscriptional regulation

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