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ArticleAnnals of medicine2022

IFI27 is a potential therapeutic target for HIV infection.

Huijuan Huang, Jiannan Lv, Yonglun Huang, Zhiyi Mo, Haisheng Xu, Yiyang Huang, Linghui Yang, Zhengqiu Wu, Hongmian Li, Yaqin Qin

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Article in Annals of medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Huijuan HuangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Guiping People's Hospital, Guigping, Guangxi, China.
Jiannan LvDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Nanning Infectious Disease Hospital of Guangxi Medical University and The Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Yonglun HuangDepartment of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, Guiping People's Hospital, Guigping, Guangxi, China.
Zhiyi MoDepartment of Physical Examination Center, Guiping People's Hospital, Guigping, Guangxi, China.
Haisheng XuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Guiping People's Hospital, Guigping, Guangxi, China.
Yiyang HuangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Guiping People's Hospital, Guigping, Guangxi, China.
Linghui YangDepartment of Burn and Plastic Surgery, The People's Hospital of Binyang County, Binyang, Guangxi, China.
Zhengqiu WuDepartment of Burn and Plastic Surgery, The People's Hospital of Binyang County, Binyang, Guangxi, China.
Hongmian LiResearch Center of Medical Sciences, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region & Guangxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Yaqin QinDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Nanning Infectious Disease Hospital of Guangxi Medical University and The Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, Guangxi, China.
Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital · AUPeople's Hospital of Bishan District · CNProfessional Examination Service · USThe Fourth People's Hospital · CNThe People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region · CNThe Second Nanning People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTherapeutic studies against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection have become one of the important works in global public health.

methodsDifferential expression analysis was performed between HIV-positive (HIV+) and HIV-negative (HIV-) patients for GPL6947 and GPL10558 of GSE29429. Coexpression analysis of common genes with the same direction of differential expression identified modules. Module genes were subjected to enrichment analysis, Short Time-series Expression Miner (STEM) analysis, and PPI network analysis. The top 100 most connected genes in the PPI network were screened to construct the LASSO model, and AUC values were calculated to identify the key genes. Methylation modification of key genes were identified by the chAMP package. Differences in immune cell infiltration between HIV + and HIV- patients, as well as between antiretroviral therapy (ART) and HIV + patients, were calculated using ssGSEA.

resultsWe obtained 3610 common genes, clustered into nine coexpression modules. Module genes were significantly enriched in interferon signalling, helper T-cell immunity, and HIF-1-signalling pathways. We screened out module genes with gradual changes in expression with increasing time from HIV enrolment using STEM software. We identified 12 significant genes through LASSO regression analysis, especially proteasome 20S subunit beta 8 (PSMB8) and interferon alpha inducible protein 27 (IFI27). The expression of PSMB8 and IFI27 were then detected by quantitative real-time PCR. Interestingly, IFI27 was also a persistently dysregulated gene identified by STEM. In addition, 10 of the key genes were identified to be modified by methylation. The significantly infiltrated immune cells in HIV + patients were restored after ART, and IFI27 was significantly associated with immune cells.

conclusionThe above results provided potential target genes for early diagnosis and treatment of HIV + patients. IFI27 may be associated with the progression of HIV infection and may be a powerful target for immunotherapy.

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HIV InfectionsHumansMembrane ProteinsIFI27 protein, humanMembrane ProteinscoexpressionHIVIFI27immune cell infiltrationLASSO regression

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