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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Deciphering the Overlapping Immune Mechanism Between Depression and Breast Cancer.

Yiming Ma, Yu Ming, Zhiyong Hou, Yanan Yu, Jun Liu, Zhong Wang

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Factors influencing information overload among breast cancer patients in the information explosion era: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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6 authors.

Yiming MaInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Yu MingInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhiyong HouInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Yanan YuInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Jun LiuInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhong WangInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.

Funding

National Major Scientific and Technological Special Project 2017ZX09301059National Major Scientific and Technological Special Project 2023ZD0502506
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression and breast cancer (BC) demonstrate significant clinical comorbidity, yet their shared molecular mechanisms remain unclear, particularly regarding immune pathway regulation. This study systematically analyzed Depression-associated gene expression profiles (Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database) and BC transcriptomic data (The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database), identifying overlapping differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Functional enrichment (Gene Ontology (GO)/Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)) and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analyses (STRING/Cytoscape) were employed to elucidate biological processes, followed by least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve validation to prioritize key genes. Immune infiltration patterns were assessed via the xCell algorithm, with Spearman correlation linking genes to immune subsets, and single-gene Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) evaluating pathway activity. In total, 93 overlapping genes were identified, with predominant involvement in immune-related pathways being revealed by functional enrichment analysis.

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Breast NeoplasmsDepressionComputational BiologyDatabases, GeneticFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene OntologyGene Regulatory NetworksHumansProtein Interaction MapsROC CurveTranscriptomebioinformaticsbreast cancerdepressionimmune infiltrationmechanisms

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PMID40508038
PMCPMC12155333

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