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Identification of Potential Biomarkers for Rheumatoid Arthritis Based on Integrated Bioinformatics and Single-Cell RNA-Seq.

Jinling Zhang, Ke Han

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Article in Genes, 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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2 authors.

Jinling ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150076, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1299-3172
Ke HanSchool of Pharmacy, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin 150076, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0279-4150

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province PL2024F005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes progressive joint damage and systemic complications. Despite multiple treatment options, many patients fail to achieve sustained remission. Our study aimed to integrate bioinformatics and single-cell RNA-seq analyses to identify potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets and explore bioactive compounds from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

methodsWe integrated gene expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL), protein quantitative trait loci (pQTL), and genome-wide association study (GWAS) data for RA using two-sample Mendelian randomization to identify causal druggable genes. Bulk transcriptomics and machine learning were used for candidate gene screening and validation, while single-cell RNA-seq analysis characterized cell type-specific expression and functional relevance. TCM compound screening, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were subsequently performed.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidBiomarkersComputational BiologyGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMolecular Docking SimulationQuantitative Trait LociRNA-SeqSingle-Cell AnalysisSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisBiomarkersdruggable genesmachine learningmendelian randomizationrheumatoid arthritissingle-cell RNA sequencing

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PMID42510868
PMCPMC13409446

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