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ArticleHeliyon2024

Incorporating machine learning and PPI networks to identify mitochondrial fission-related immune markers in abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Yi-Jiang Liu, Rui Li, Di Xiao, Cui Yang, Yan-Lin Li, Jia-Lin Chen, Zhan Wang, Xin-Guo Zhao, Zhong-Gui Shan

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. 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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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yi-Jiang LiuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine Xiamen University, NO.55, Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, 361003, China.
Rui LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine Xiamen University, NO.55, Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, 361003, China.
Di XiaoThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine Xiamen University, NO.55, Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, 361003, China.
Cui YangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine Xiamen University, NO.55, Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, 361003, China.
Yan-Lin LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine Xiamen University, NO.55, Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, 361003, China.
Jia-Lin ChenDepartment of General Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, No. 29 Xinquan Road, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Zhan WangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine Xiamen University, NO.55, Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, 361003, China.
Xin-Guo ZhaoYinan County People's Hospital, Linyi, 276300, China.
Zhong-Gui ShanThe First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine Xiamen University, NO.55, Zhenhai Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, 361003, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University · CNFujian Medical University · CNLinyi People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a disease characterised by inflammation and progressive vasodilatation, for novel gene-targeted therapeutic loci. Methods: To do this, we used weighted co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and differential gene analysis on samples from the GEO database. Additionally, we carried out enrichment analysis and determined that the blue module was of interest. Additionally, we performed an investigation of immune infiltration and discovered genes linked to immune evasion and mitochondrial fission. In order to screen for feature genes, we used two PPI network gene selection methods and five machine learning methods. This allowed us to identify the most featrue genes (MFGs). The expression of the MFGs in various cell subgroups was then evaluated by analysis of single cell samples from AAA. Additionally, we looked at the expression levels of the MFGs as well as the levels of inflammatory immune-related markers in cellular and animal models of AAA. Finally, we predicted potential drugs that could be targeted for the treatment of AAA. Results: Our research identified 1249 up-regulated differential genes and 3653 down-regulated differential genes. Through WGCNA, we also discovered 44 genes in the blue module. By taking the point where several strategies for gene selection overlap, the MFG (ITGAL and SELL) was produced. We discovered through single cell research that the MFG were specifically expressed in T regulatory cells, NK cells, B lineage, and lymphocytes. In both animal and cellular models of AAA, the MFGs' mRNA levels rose. Conclusion: We searched for the AAA novel targeted gene (ITGAL and SELL), which most likely function through lymphocytes of the B lineage, NK cells, T regulatory cells, and B lineage. This analysis gave AAA a brand-new goal to treat or prevent the disease.

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Abdominal aortic aneurysm1Bioinformatics6Immune microenvironment2Machine learning3Mitochondrial fission4Single cell analysis5

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