Screening key target genes for pulmonary arterial hypertension based on bioinformatics
Journal Title: Precision Medicine Research - Year 2020, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective: Screening key target genes for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) based on bioinformatics to provide a reference for the clinical development of drugs to cure PAH. Methods: The keyword “pulmonary arterial hypertension” was used to search related genes in the National Center for Biotechnology Information database (NCBI). The obtained genes data was input to the database of Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) (Version 6.8) to collect relevant information about pathways and genes. And the data of genes were enriched in 37 pathways and genes with occurrence frequency ≥ 10 were respectively imported into the String database to construct protein-protein interaction (PPI) network diagrams, and the two network diagrams were compared. Results: VEGFA, MAPK1, MAPK3, IL6, JUN and TNF were among the highest-ranked genes in two network diagrams. Conclusion: The pathogenesis of PAH is associated with multiple pathways such as the TGF-β signaling pathway, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, MAPK signaling pathway, HIF-1 signaling pathway and so on. The study of VEGFA, MAPK1, MAPK3, IL6, JUN and TNF are closely related to PAH is necessary for us to study further. Through gene interaction network and pathway analysis of disease-associated genes, which will help us to screen the critical target genes of PAH and provide a reference for clinical development of effective drugs for PAH.
Authors and Affiliations
Zhi-Hua Yang, Ting-Ting Lv, Hai-Feng Yan, Lin-Wang, Yi-Hua Fan,
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Screening key target genes for pulmonary arterial hypertension based on bioinformatics
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