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ArticleScientific reports2023

GPX4 is a key ferroptosis biomarker and correlated with immune cell populations and immune checkpoints in childhood sepsis.

Guoxin Qu, Hui Liu, Jin Li, Siyuan Huang, Nannan Zhao, Ling Zeng, Jin Deng

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Guoxin Qu *The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570100, People's Republic of China.
Hui LiuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570100, People's Republic of China.
Jin LiState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, People's Republic of China.
Siyuan HuangState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, People's Republic of China.
Nannan Zhao *The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 570100, People's Republic of China. znneye66@hainmc.edu.cn.
Ling ZengState Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Research Institute of Surgery, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, People's Republic of China. zengling_1025@tmmu.edu.cn.
Jin DengThe Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, 550001, People's Republic of China. gydengjin@yeah.net.
Army Medical University · CNHainan Medical University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis is the uncontrolled reaction of the body to infection-induced inflammation, which results in life-threatening multiple-organ dysfunction (MODS). Although the research on sepsis has advanced significantly in recent years, its pathophysiology remains entirely unknown. Ferroptosis is a new-fashioned type of programmed cell death that may have an impact on sepsis development. However, the precise mechanism still needs to be explored. In this paper, Four pediatric sepsis datasets [training datasets (GSE26378 and GSE26440) and validation datasets (GSE11755 and GSE11281)] were chosen through the GEO (Gene Expression Omnibus) database, and 63 differentially expressions of ferroptosis-relation-genes (DE-FRGs) were eventually discovered using bioinformatics investigation. Functional annotation was performed using GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis. Then, four Core-FRGs (FTH1, GPX4, ACSL1, and ACSL6) were extracted after the construction of the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network and the research of the MCODE module. Consequently, Hub-FRG (GPX4) was found using the validation datasets, and correlation exploration of immunity populations (neutrophils, r =  - 0.52; CD8 T-cells, r = 0.43) and immunity checkpoints (CD274, r =  - 0.42) was implemented. The usefulness of GPX4 as a marker in sepsis was assessed in a mouse model of sepsis. The findings demonstrate that GPX4 is a crucial biomarker and a new latent immunotherapy target for the prediction and therapy of pediatric sepsis.

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FerroptosisSepsisAnimalsApoptosisBiomarkersCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChildChild, PreschoolHumansMiceBiomarkers

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PMID37443372
PMCPMC10345139
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