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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Combination of single-cell and bulk RNA seq reveals the immune infiltration landscape and targeted therapeutic drugs in spinal cord injury.

Qing Zhang, Beibei Yu, Yongfeng Zhang, Yunze Tian, Shijie Yang, Yongfeng Chen, Haining Wu

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Qing ZhangKey laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Beibei YuDepartment of Neurourgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an, China.
Yongfeng ZhangDepartment of Neurourgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an, China.
Yunze TianDepartment of Neurourgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an, China.
Shijie YangDepartment of Neurourgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an, China.
Yongfeng ChenDepartment of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Haining WuDepartment of Orthopaedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNAir Force Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNXijing Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: In secondary spinal cord injury (SCI), the immune microenvironment of the injured spinal cord plays an important role in spinal regeneration. Among the immune microenvironment components, macrophages/microglia play a dual role of pro-inflammation and anti-inflammation in the subacute stage of SCI. Therefore, discovering the immune hub genes and targeted therapeutic drugs of macrophages/microglia after SCI has crucial implications in neuroregeneration. This study aimed to identify immune hub genes and targeted therapeutic drugs for the subacute phase of SCI. Methods: Bulk RNA sequencing (bulk-RNA seq) datasets (GSE5296 and GSE47681) and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) dataset (GSE189070) were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. In the bulk RNA-seq, the R package 'limma,' 'WGCNA,' and 'CIBERSORT' were used to jointly screen key immune genes. Subsequently, the R package 'Seurat' and the R package 'celldex' were used to divide and annotate the cell clusters, respectively. After using the Autodock software to dock immune hub genes and drugs that may be combined, the effectiveness of the drug was verified using an Results: In the bulk-RNA seq, Conclusion: In the subacute phase of SCI,

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DecitabineMacrophagesSpinal Cord InjuriesAnimalsMiceMolecular Docking SimulationRNA-SeqDecitabinedecitabineimmune infiltrationmacrophages/microgliaScRNA-seqspinal cord injury

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PMID36742334
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