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Unveiling Disulfidptosis and Cuproptosis Vulnerabilities in Pterygium: A Transcriptomic Analysis and In-Silico Drug Repurposing Strategy.

İdris Sarıkaya, Recep Kılıç

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İdris SarıkayaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Servergazi Hospital, Bereketler, Bereket Cd. No:1, Merkezefendi 20000, Turkey.
Recep KılıçDepartment of Family Medicine, Fatih Family Health Center, Fatih, 1905 Sk. No:25, Pamukkale 20170, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-7290-6886

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Abstract

objectivesPterygium is an invasive, hyperproliferative fibrovascular disorder of the ocular surface characterized by frequent postoperative recurrence and resistance to apoptosis. This study investigated transcriptional alterations in genes related to the regulated cell death pathways disulfidptosis and cuproptosis in pterygium and explored potential pharmacological candidates through in-silico drug repurposing.

methodsHigh-throughput RNA-sequencing data (GEO accession GSE155776) from primary pterygium tissues (

resultsTranscriptomic analysis demonstrated marked alterations in actin-cytoskeletal genes, with profound downregulation of

conclusionsPterygium is associated with coordinated transcriptional alterations involving disulfidptosis- and cuproptosis-related gene networks, suggesting potential structural and metabolic vulnerabilities. In-silico drug repurposing identified several pharmacological candidates whose transcriptional effects oppose the observed disease-associated signature. These findings provide a rationale for further experimental investigation of these pathways and candidate compounds in pterygium.

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CuproptosisDisulfidptosisDrug RepositioningPterygiumTranscriptomeComputer SimulationGene Expression ProfilingHumanscuproptosisdisulfidptosisdrug repurposingpterygiumRNA sequencingtranscriptomic analysis

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PMID42792999
PMCPMC13606636

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