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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Integrative multi-omics analysis prioritizes compartment-specific candidate targets of gut microbiota metabolites in diabetic kidney disease.

Fengwei Xie, Xiongwei He, Wenjie Chen, Jiahao Li, Sihan Lin, Qihang Bao, Weiqing Li, Junpeng Cheng, Yuan Ma, Ziyu Wu and 1 more

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Fengwei Xie *Department of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiongwei He *Department of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Wenjie Chen *Department of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Jiahao LiDepartment of Nephrology, Huzhou Central Hospital, Second School of Clinical Medicine of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Huzhou, China.
Sihan LinDepartment of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Qihang BaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Weiqing LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Junpeng ChengDepartment of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yuan MaDepartment of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Ziyu WuDepartment of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Haohuan LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

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Objective: The gut-kidney axis has emerged as a critical area of investigation. However, the compartment-specific regulatory mechanisms of gut microbiota metabolites within the glomerular and tubulointerstitial regions of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remain incompletely understood. Methods: The gutMGene, SEA, STP, GEO, Nephroseq v5, and KIT databases were interrogated. Multi-omics and experimental approaches were applied, involving differential expression analysis, Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA), machine learning, Mendelian randomization (MR), Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA), immune infiltration, gene set variation analysis (GSVA), clinical correlation, single-cell profiling, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, CCK-8 assay, and RT-qPCR. The "Microbiota-Substrate-Metabolite-Target" (M-S-M-T) network was constructed for each compartment. Results: Machine learning identified six glomerular ( Conclusion: This study proposed a compartment-specific "M-S-M-T" regulatory network in the DKD glomerulus and tubulointerstitium. The shared metabolites caffeic acid and naringenin chalcone, which targeted HTR2B and MMP7, produced a preliminary protective transcriptional response

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Diabetic NephropathiesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMetabolomeGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMultiomicsdiabetic kidney diseasegutMGene databasegut microbiotamulti-omics analysistherapeutic targets

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