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ArticleClinical and experimental medicine2025

Identification of potential biomarkers for Lyme disease using bioinformatics and machine learning.

Qi-Wen Lan, Yao-Zhu Wu, Zhi-Shan Wang, Xin-Lei Hu, Yi-Lin Huang, Xun-Jie Cao, Yi-Fei Li, Xu-Guang Guo, Jun-Jie Wang

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Qi-Wen LanDepartment of Medical Imageology, The Second Clinical School of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yao-Zhu WuDepartment of Medical Imageology, The Second Clinical School of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhi-Shan WangDepartment of Medical Imageology, The Second Clinical School of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xin-Lei HuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, The Sixth Clinical School of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yi-Lin HuangDepartment of Clinical Medicine, The First Clinical School of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xun-Jie CaoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, The Third Clinical School of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yi-Fei LiLaboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xu-Guang GuoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, The Third Clinical School of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. gysygxg@gmail.com.
Jun-Jie WangDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, 250 Changgang East Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, China. 18520259679@163.com.

Funding

2023 Guangzhou Higher Education Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform Engineering First-Class Course Project 2023YLKC024First-Class Undergraduate Major Construction Funding Project of High-Level University 02-408-2304-02085XMGuangdong Medical Research Fund project A2022340
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Abstract

Lyme disease (LD) presents significant diagnostic challenges due to the absence of a reliable screening method for initial detection. This study aimed to identify potential biomarkers using bioinformatics and machine learning algorithms, which may contribute to future biomarker-based research for Lyme disease diagnostics. The gene expression profile datasets GSE145974 and GSE63085 were analyzed using machine learning to identify hub genes among differentially expressed genes. High-throughput data and receiver operating characteristic curves were used to validate these genes. The molecular mechanisms underlying LD were explored using functional enrichment analysis. The correlation between immune cell counts and insomnia in LD was further validated using clinical data from the GEO database. Gene set enrichment analysis indicated that hub genes were enriched in circadian rhythms. The integration of machine learning revealed FCGR1B, MPP1, and HSPA6 as potential central genes involved in immune response and diagnostic biomarkers for Lyme disease. Immune infiltration analysis showed that LD is frequently associated with the monocyte-macrophage system and humoral immunity. This study provides novel insights into the targeted treatment of LD by revealing novel diagnostic biomarkers.

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BiomarkersComputational BiologyLyme DiseaseMachine LearningDatabases, GeneticGene Expression ProfilingHumansBiomarkersBiomarkersComputational biologyLyme diseaseMachine learning

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PMID41171455
PMCPMC12578777

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