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ArticleScientific reports2024

Landscape of the immune infiltration and identification of molecular diagnostic markers associated with immune cells in patients with kidney transplantation.

Zhangxiao Xu, Xun Sun, Xiaobo Ma, Bo Tao, Jian Wu, Yunpeng He, Yuan Zhao, Hexiang Mao, Jie Yang, Dehui Jiang and 2 more

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Zhangxiao Xu *Faculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China.
Xun Sun *The Department of Urology, Kunming First People's Hospital, Affiliated Calmette Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650000, China.
Xiaobo Ma *Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, 650000, China.
Bo TaoFaculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China.
Jian WuFaculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China.
Yunpeng HeFaculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China.
Yuan ZhaoFaculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China.
Hexiang MaoFaculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China.
Jie YangFaculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China.
Dehui JiangFaculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China.
Lijun WangFaculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China. wlj_7768@163.com.
Chao SongFaculty of Life Science and Technology & The affiliated Anning First People's Hospital, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650302, China. chaoge6870@163.com.

Funding

Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology-Kunming College Joint Special Funds Program for Applied Basic Research 2018FH001-079
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rejection seriously affects the success of kidney transplantations. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this rejection remain unclear. The GSE21374 and GSE36059 datasets were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Next, the Cell-type Identification by Estimating Relative Subsets of RNA Transcripts (CIBERSORT) algorithm was used to infer the proportions of 22 immune cells. Moreover, infiltrating immune cell-related genes were identified using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), and enrichment analysis was conducted to observe their biological functions. Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) logistic regression algorithms were used to screen hub genes. Quantitative real-time PCR was conducted to verify the number of immune cells and hub gene expression levels. The rejection and non-rejection groups showed significantly different distributions (P < 0.05) of eight immune cells (B cell memory, Plasma cells, mast cells, follicular helper T cells, T CD8 cells, Macrophages M1, T Cells CD4 memory activated, and gamma delta T cells). Subsequently, CD8A, CRTAM, GBP2, WARS, and VAMP5 were screened as hub genes using the XGBoost and LASSO algorithms and could be used as diagnostic biomarkers. Finally, differential analysis and quantitative real-time PCR suggested that CD8A, CRTAM, GBP2, WARS, and VAMP5 were upregulated in rejection samples compared to non-rejection samples. The present study identified five key infiltrating immune cell-related genes (CD8A, CRTAM, GBP2,WARS, and VAMP5) involved in kidney transplant rejection, which may explain the molecular mechanism of rejection in kidney transplantation development.

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BiomarkersGraft RejectionKidney TransplantationAlgorithmsGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksHumansBiomarkersGEOImmune cellsImmune infiltration landscapeKidney transplantationMolecular diagnostic markersRejection

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PMCPMC11493967

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