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ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2023

Identification of hub genes and their correlation with immune infiltrating cells in membranous nephropathy: an integrated bioinformatics analysis.

Miaoru Han, Yi Wang, Xiaoyan Huang, Ping Li, Xing Liang, Rongrong Wang, Kun Bao

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Article in European journal of medical research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Miaoru Han *Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yi Wang *Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaoyan HuangGuangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Lab On Chinese Medicine and Immune Disease Research, Guangzhou, China.
Ping LiDepartment of Nephrology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xing LiangState Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Rongrong WangState Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China. rongrongsums@gzucm.edu.cn.
Kun BaoState Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China. baokun@aliyun.com.
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNGuangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNGuangzhou University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81974565National Natural Science Foundation of China-Guangdong Joint Fund 2022A1515011628the 2020 Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Strategy Special Fund 2020B1212030006the Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project 202102010212the Special project of State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine SZ2021ZZ36 and SZ2021ZZ09
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Abstract

backgroundMembranous nephropathy (MN) is a chronic glomerular disease that leads to nephrotic syndrome in adults. The aim of this study was to identify novel biomarkers and immune-related mechanisms in the progression of MN through an integrated bioinformatics approach.

methodsThe microarray data were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between MN and normal samples were identified and analyzed by the Gene Ontology analysis, the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis and the Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) enrichment. Hub The hub genes were screened and identified by the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) algorithm. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves evaluated the diagnostic value of hub genes. The single-sample GSEA analyzed the infiltration degree of several immune cells and their correlation with the hub genes.

resultsWe identified a total of 574 DEGs. The enrichment analysis showed that metabolic and immune-related functions and pathways were significantly enriched. Four co-expression modules were obtained using WGCNA. The candidate signature genes were intersected with DEGs and then subjected to the LASSO analysis, obtaining a total of 6 hub genes. The ROC curves indicated that the hub genes were associated with a high diagnostic value. The CD4

conclusionsWe identified six hub genes (ZYX, CD151, N4BP2L2-IT2, TAPBP, FRAS1 and SCARNA9) as novel biomarkers for MN, providing potential targets for the diagnosis and treatment.

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GlomerulonephritisGlomerulonephritis, MembranousAdultBiomarkersCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesComputational BiologyHumansBiomarkersBiomarkerImmune cell infiltrationLeast absolute shrinkage and selection operator algorithmMembranous nephropathyWeighted gene co-expression network analysis

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