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ArticleImmunity, inflammation and disease2023

Behçet syndrome: The disturbed balance between anti- (CLEC12A, CLC) and proinflammatory (IFI27) gene expressions.

Ali Kemal Oğuz, Çağdaş Şahap Oygür, Seda Taşır, Hilal Özdağ, Mehmet Nejat Akar

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Article in Immunity, inflammation and disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Ali Kemal OğuzDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-3939-2924
Çağdaş Şahap OygürDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Seda TaşırDepartment of Biotechnology, Ankara University Biotechnology Institute, Ankara, Turkey.
Hilal ÖzdağDepartment of Biotechnology, Ankara University Biotechnology Institute, Ankara, Turkey.
Mehmet Nejat AkarDepartment of Pediatrics, TOBB University of Economics & Technology School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Başkent University · TRBiotechnology Institute · USTOBB University of Economics and Technology · TR

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Abstract

introductionBehçet syndrome (BS) is a chronic, multisystemic inflammatory condition with unanswered questions regarding its pathogenesis and rational therapeutics. A microarray-based comparative transcriptomic analysis was performed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of BS and identify any potential therapeutic targets.

methodsTwenty-nine BS patients (B) and 15 age and sex-matched control subjects (C) were recruited. Patients were grouped as mucocutaneous (M), ocular (O), and vascular (V) according to their clinical phenotypes. GeneChip Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 arrays were used for expression profiling on peripheral blood samples of the patients and the control subjects. Following documentation of the differentially expressed gene (DEG) sets, the data were further evaluated with bioinformatics analysis, visualization, and enrichment tools. Validation of the microarray data was performed using quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.

resultsWhen p ≤ 0.05 and fold change ≥2.0 were chosen, the following numbers of DEGs were obtained; B versus C: 28, M versus C: 20, O versus C: 8, V versus C: 555, M versus O: 6, M versus V: 324, O versus V: 142. Venn diagram analysis indicated only two genes, CLEC12A and IFI27, in the intersection of M versus C ∩ O versus C ∩ V versus C. Another noteworthy gene appeared as CLC in the DEG sets. Cluster analyses successfully clustered distinct clinical phenotypes of BS. While innate immunity-related processes were enriched in the M group, adaptive immunity-specific processes were significantly enriched in the O and V groups.

conclusionsDistinct clinical phenotypes of BS patients displayed distinct expression profiles. In Turkish BS patients, expression differences regarding the genes CLEC12A, IFI27, and CLC seemed to be operative in the disease pathogenesis. Based on these findings, future research should consider the immunogenetic heterogeneity of BS clinical phenotypes. Two anti-inflammatory genes, namely CLEC12A and CLC, may be valuable as therapeutic targets and may also help design an experimental model in BS.

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Behcet SyndromeComputational BiologyGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingGlycoproteinsHumansLectins, C-TypeLysophospholipaseMembrane ProteinsPhenotypeReceptors, MitogenCLEC12A protein, humanGlycoproteinsIFI27 protein, humanLectins, C-Typelysolecithin acylhydrolaseLysophospholipaseMembrane ProteinsReceptors, MitogenBehçet syndromeCLCCLEC12AGalectin-10Gene expressionIFI27Inflammation

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