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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2022

Bioinformatics-based analysis of potential candidates chromatin regulators for immune infiltration in osteoarthritis.

Weiwei Wang, Zhixue Ou, Jianlan Peng, Ning Wang, Yi Zhou

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Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Weiwei WangGuilin Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guilin, 541002, Guangxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0841-0496
Zhixue OuGuilin Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guilin, 541002, Guangxi, China. ouzhixue1028@126.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-6154
Jianlan PengRuikang Hospital Affiliated to Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanning, 530001, Guangxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9983-0175
Ning WangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanning, 530001, Guangxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9826-5554
Yi ZhouRuikang Hospital Affiliated to Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanning, 530001, Guangxi, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-1844
Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine · CN181st Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThrough the bioinformatics analysis to screen out the potential chromatin regulators (CRs) under the immune infiltration of osteoarthritis (OA), thus providing some theoretical support for future studies of epigenetic mechanisms under OA immune infiltration.

methodsBy integrating CRs and the OA gene expression matrix, we performed weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), differential analysis, and further screened Hub genes by protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis. Using the OA gene expression matrix, immune infiltration extraction and quantification were performed to analyze the correlations and differences between immune infiltrating cells and their functions. By virtue of these Hub genes, Hub gene association analysis was completed and their upstream miRNAs were predicted by the FunRich software. Moreover, a risk model was established to analyze the risk probability of associated CRs in OA, and the confidence of the results was validated by the validation dataset.

resultsThis research acquired a total of 32 overlapping genes, and 10 Hub genes were further identified. The strongest positive correlation between dendritic cells and mast cells and the strongest negative correlation between parainflammation and Type I IFN reponse. In the OA group DCs, iDCs, macrophages, MCs, APC co-inhibition, and CCR were significantly increased, whereas B cells, NK cells, Th2 cells, TIL, and T cell co-stimulation were significantly decreased. The risk model results revealed that BRD1 might be an independent risk factor for OA, and the validation dataset results are consistent with it. 60 upstream miRNAs of OA-related CRs were predicted by the FunRich software.

conclusionThis study identified certain potential CRs and miRNAs that could regulate OA immunity, thus providing certain theoretical supports for future epigenetic mechanism studies on the immune infiltration of OA.

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ChromatinMicroRNAsComputational BiologyEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksHumansChromatinMicroRNAsBioinformaticsBRD1Chromatin regulatorsImmune infiltrationOsteoarthritis

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