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ArticleNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University2026

[KLF10 overexpression alleviates neuroinflammation and anxiety-depressive disorder in rats by downregulating the NF-κB/NLRP3 pathway].

Anlan Liu, Weifeng Guo, Jianxiang Li, Tiange Zhang, Dan Xu

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Article in Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Anlan LiuSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Weifeng GuoFirst Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Jianxiang LiFirst Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Tiange ZhangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Dan XuFirst Clinical Medical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 82074309
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Abstract

objectivesTo elucidate the neuroimmune regulatory mechanism of the circadian rhythm gene KLF10 as a biomarker for anxiety depressive disorder (ADD).

methodsThe differentially expressed circadian rhythm genes were screened using human peripheral blood gene chip data from the GEO database (including 64 healthy individuals, 62 patients with major depressive disorder [MDD], and 59 with ADD) in conjunction with the MSigDB database. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis and machine learning models were employed to identify the core genes, followed by KEGG pathway enrichment analysis and evaluation of their diagnostic efficacy using ROC curves. In a male SD rat model of ADD induced by chronic restraint and corticosterone stress, the changes in depressive-like behaviors, hippocampal and amygdala pathologies, levels of inflammatory and pro-inflammatory cytokines, co-localization of KLF10 and p-p65 expression, and expression levels of NF‑κB/NLRP3 pathway molecules were examined following stereotactic AAV virus injection into the lateral ventricle for KLF10 overexpression.

resultsCompared with healthy individuals, the depressive patients showed differential expressions of 9 circadian rhythm genes. Compared with the MDD patients, the patients with ADD had significantly higher immune infiltration scores with upregulated NOD-like receptor and NF‑κB signaling pathways. The specific biomarker KLF10 demonstrated a diagnostic efficacy of 0.885. In the rat models of AOD, KLF10 overexpression significantly ameliorated depression- and anxiety-like behaviors, restored the balance between the pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and improved hippocampal and amygdala pathologies. KLF10 overexpression also markedly upregulated NFKBIA mRNA, downregulated NLRP3 and RELA mRNAs, and reduced protein expressions of p-IκB‑α, p-p65, and NLRP3 in the brain tissues of the rats.

conclusionsKLF10 overexpression ameliorates ADD behaviors in rats by inhibiting hippocampal-amygdala inflammation

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Anxiety DisordersKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinAnimalsDepressive DisorderDown-RegulationHumansMaleNeuroinflammatory DiseasesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionKruppel-Like Transcription FactorsNF-kappa BNLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 ProteinNlrp3 protein, ratanxiety-depressive disordercircadian rhythm genesneuro-inflammationNF‑κB/NLRP3 pathway

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PMCPMC13213363

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