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Identification of Cross-Talk and Pyroptosis-Related Genes Linking Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis

BACKGROUND: The current study is aimed at identifying the cross-talk genes between periodontitis (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as well as the potential relationship between cross-talk genes and pyroptosis-related genes. METHODS: Datasets for the PD (GSE106090, GSE10334, GSE16134) and RA (GSE55...

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Autores principales: Jing, Yongbin, Han, Dong, Xi, Chunyang, Yan, Jinglong, Zhuang, Jinpeng
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8731299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35003389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5074305
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author Jing, Yongbin
Han, Dong
Xi, Chunyang
Yan, Jinglong
Zhuang, Jinpeng
author_facet Jing, Yongbin
Han, Dong
Xi, Chunyang
Yan, Jinglong
Zhuang, Jinpeng
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description BACKGROUND: The current study is aimed at identifying the cross-talk genes between periodontitis (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as well as the potential relationship between cross-talk genes and pyroptosis-related genes. METHODS: Datasets for the PD (GSE106090, GSE10334, GSE16134) and RA (GSE55235, GSE55457, GSE77298, and GSE1919) were downloaded from the GEO database. After batch correction and normalization of datasets, differential expression analysis was performed to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The cross-talk genes linking PD and RA were obtained by overlapping the DEGs dysregulated in PD and DEGs dysregulated in RA. Genes involved in pyroptosis were summarized by reviewing literatures, and the correlation between pyroptosis genes and cross-talk genes was investigated by Pearson correlation coefficient. Furthermore, the weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA) was carried out to identify the significant modules which contained both cross-talk genes and pyroptosis genes in both PD data and RA data. Thus, the core cross-talk genes were identified from the significant modules. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to identify the predictive accuracy of these core cross-talk genes in diagnosing PD and RA. Based on the core cross-talk genes, the experimentally validated protein-protein interaction (PPI) and gene-pathway network were constructed. RESULTS: A total of 40 cross-talk genes were obtained. Most of the pyroptosis genes were not differentially expressed in disease and normal samples. By selecting the modules containing both cross-talk genes or pyroptosis genes, the blue module was identified to be significant module. Three genes, i.e., cross-talk genes (TIMP1, LGALS1) and pyroptosis gene-GPX4, existed in the blue module of PD network, while two genes (i.e., cross-talk gene-VOPP1 and pyroptosis gene-AIM2) existed in the blue module of RA network. ROC curve analysis showed that three genes (TIMP1, VOPP1, and AIM2) had better predictive accuracy in diagnosing disease compared with the other two genes (LGALS1 and GPX4). CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed shared mechanisms between RA and PD based on cross-talk and pyroptosis genes, supporting the relationship between the two diseases. Thereby, five modular genes (TIMP1, LGALS1, GPX4, VOPP1, and AIM2) could be of relevance and might serve as potential biomarkers. These findings are a basis for future research in the field.
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spelling pubmed-87312992022-01-06 Identification of Cross-Talk and Pyroptosis-Related Genes Linking Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis Jing, Yongbin Han, Dong Xi, Chunyang Yan, Jinglong Zhuang, Jinpeng Dis Markers Research Article BACKGROUND: The current study is aimed at identifying the cross-talk genes between periodontitis (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as well as the potential relationship between cross-talk genes and pyroptosis-related genes. METHODS: Datasets for the PD (GSE106090, GSE10334, GSE16134) and RA (GSE55235, GSE55457, GSE77298, and GSE1919) were downloaded from the GEO database. After batch correction and normalization of datasets, differential expression analysis was performed to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The cross-talk genes linking PD and RA were obtained by overlapping the DEGs dysregulated in PD and DEGs dysregulated in RA. Genes involved in pyroptosis were summarized by reviewing literatures, and the correlation between pyroptosis genes and cross-talk genes was investigated by Pearson correlation coefficient. Furthermore, the weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA) was carried out to identify the significant modules which contained both cross-talk genes and pyroptosis genes in both PD data and RA data. Thus, the core cross-talk genes were identified from the significant modules. Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to identify the predictive accuracy of these core cross-talk genes in diagnosing PD and RA. Based on the core cross-talk genes, the experimentally validated protein-protein interaction (PPI) and gene-pathway network were constructed. RESULTS: A total of 40 cross-talk genes were obtained. Most of the pyroptosis genes were not differentially expressed in disease and normal samples. By selecting the modules containing both cross-talk genes or pyroptosis genes, the blue module was identified to be significant module. Three genes, i.e., cross-talk genes (TIMP1, LGALS1) and pyroptosis gene-GPX4, existed in the blue module of PD network, while two genes (i.e., cross-talk gene-VOPP1 and pyroptosis gene-AIM2) existed in the blue module of RA network. ROC curve analysis showed that three genes (TIMP1, VOPP1, and AIM2) had better predictive accuracy in diagnosing disease compared with the other two genes (LGALS1 and GPX4). CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed shared mechanisms between RA and PD based on cross-talk and pyroptosis genes, supporting the relationship between the two diseases. Thereby, five modular genes (TIMP1, LGALS1, GPX4, VOPP1, and AIM2) could be of relevance and might serve as potential biomarkers. These findings are a basis for future research in the field. Hindawi 2021-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8731299/ /pubmed/35003389 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5074305 Text en Copyright © 2021 Yongbin Jing et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jing, Yongbin
Han, Dong
Xi, Chunyang
Yan, Jinglong
Zhuang, Jinpeng
Identification of Cross-Talk and Pyroptosis-Related Genes Linking Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis
title Identification of Cross-Talk and Pyroptosis-Related Genes Linking Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis
title_full Identification of Cross-Talk and Pyroptosis-Related Genes Linking Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis
title_fullStr Identification of Cross-Talk and Pyroptosis-Related Genes Linking Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Identification of Cross-Talk and Pyroptosis-Related Genes Linking Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis
title_short Identification of Cross-Talk and Pyroptosis-Related Genes Linking Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Revealed by Transcriptomic Analysis
title_sort identification of cross-talk and pyroptosis-related genes linking periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis revealed by transcriptomic analysis
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8731299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35003389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5074305
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