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AuthorUdhaya Kumar, S
AuthorThirumal Kumar, D
AuthorBithia, R
AuthorSankar, Srivarshini
AuthorMagesh, R.
AuthorSidenna, Mariem
AuthorGeorge Priya Doss, C
AuthorZayed, Hatem
Available date2020-10-29T05:05:23Z
Publication Date2020-07-01
Publication NameFrontiers in Genetics
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00734
CitationUdhaya Kumar S, Thirumal Kumar D, Bithia R, Sankar S, Magesh R, Sidenna M, George Priya Doss C and Zayed H (2020) Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes and Molecular Pathways in Familial Hypercholesterolemia Involved in Atherosclerosis: A Systematic and Bioinformatics Approach. Front. Genet. 11:734. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00734
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/16826
AbstractFamilial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is one of the major risk factor for the progression of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease. This study focused on identifying the dysregulated molecular pathways and core genes that are differentially regulated in FH and to identify the possible genetic factors and potential underlying mechanisms that increase the risk to atherosclerosis in patients with FH. The Affymetrix microarray dataset (GSE13985) from the GEO database and the GEO2R statistical tool were used to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from the white blood cells (WBCs) of five heterozygous FH patients and five healthy controls. The interaction between the DEGs was identified by applying the STRING tool and visualized using Cytoscape software. MCODE was used to determine the gene cluster in the interactive networks. The identified DEGs were subjected to the DAVID v6.8 webserver and ClueGo/CluePedia for functional annotation, such as gene ontology (GO) and enriched molecular pathway analysis of DEGs. We investigated the top 250 significant DEGs (-value < 0.05; fold two change ≥ 1 or ≤ -1). The GO analysis of DEGs with significant differences revealed that they are involved in critical biological processes and molecular pathways, such as myeloid cell differentiation, peptidyl-lysine modification, signaling pathway of MyD88-dependent Toll-like receptor, and cell-cell adhesion. The analysis of enriched KEGG pathways revealed the association of the DEGs in ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis and cardiac muscle contraction. The genes involved in the molecular pathways were shown to be differentially regulated by either activating or inhibiting the genes that are essential for the canonical signaling pathways. Our study identified seven core genes (, and ) that are strongly linked to FH and lead to a higher risk of atherosclerosis. We identified seven core genes that represent potential molecular biomarkers for the diagnosis of atherosclerosis and might serve as a platform for developing therapeutics against both FH and atherosclerosis. However, functional studies are further needed to validate their role in the pathogenesis of FH and atherosclerosis.
SponsorThis work was supported by Qatar University Grant# QUST-2-CHS-2019-3.
Languageen
PublisherFrontiers Media
Subjectatherosclerosis
coronary artery disease
expression profiling data
familial hypercholesterolemia
functional enrichment analysis
gene expression arrays
TitleAnalysis of Differentially Expressed Genes and Molecular Pathways in Familial Hypercholesterolemia Involved in Atherosclerosis: A Systematic and Bioinformatics Approach.
TypeArticle
Pagination734
Volume Number11
ESSN1664-8021


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