Differentially Expressed Genes in Blood from Young Pigs between Two Swine Lines Divergently Selected for Feed Efficiency: Potential Biomarkers for Improving Feed Efficiency

Author(s):  
Haibo Liu ◽  
Yet T. Nguyen ◽  
Daniel S. Nettleton ◽  
Jack C. M. Dekkers ◽  
Christopher K. Tuggle
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Arafat Rahman Oany ◽  
Mamun Mia ◽  
Tahmina Pervin ◽  
Salem Ali Alyami ◽  
Mohammad Ali Moni

Nowadays, cervical cancer (CC) is treated as the leading cancer among women throughout the world. Despite effective vaccination and improved surgery and treatment, CC retains its fatality rate of about half of the infected population globally. The major screening biomarkers and therapeutic target identification have now become a global concern. In the present study, we have employed systems biology approaches to retrieve the potential biomarkers and pathways from transcriptomic profiling. Initially, we have identified 76 of each up-regulated and down-regulated gene from a total of 4643 differentially expressed genes. The up-regulatory genes mainly concentrate on immune-inflammatory responses, and the down-regulatory genes are on receptor binding and gamma-glutamyltransferase. The involved pathways associated with these genes were also assessed through pathway enrichment, and we mainly focused on different cancer pathways, immunoresponse, and cell cycle pathways. After the subsequent enrichment of these genes, we have identified 12 hub genes, which play a crucial role in CC and are verified by expression profile analysis. From our study, we have found that genes LILRB2 and CYBB play crucial roles in CC, as reported here for the first time. Furthermore, the survivability of the hub genes was also assessed, and among them, finally, CXCR4 has been identified as one of the most potential differentially expressed genes that might play a vital role in the survival of CC patients. Thus, CXCR4 could be used as a prognostic and/or diagnostic biomarker and a drug target for CC.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaoyun Yang ◽  
Liyun Han ◽  
Peng Li ◽  
Yanling Ding ◽  
Yun Zhu ◽  
...  

Residual feed intake (RFI) is an important measure of feed efficiency for agricultural animals. Factors associated with cattle RFI include physiology, dietary factors, and the environment. However, a precise genetic mechanism underlying cattle RFI variations in duodenal tissue is currently unavailable. The present study aimed to identify the key genes and functional pathways contributing to variance in cattle RFI phenotypes using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). Six bulls with extremely high or low RFIs were selected for detecting differentially expressed genes (DEGs) by RNA-seq, followed by conducting GO, KEGG enrichment, protein-protein interaction (PPI), and co-expression network (WGCNA, n = 10) analysis. A total of 380 differentially expressed genes was obtained from high and low RFI groups, including genes related to energy metabolism (ALDOA, HADHB, INPPL1), mitochondrial function (NDUFS1, RFN4, CUL1), and feed intake behavior (CCK). Two key sub-networks and 26 key genes were detected using GO analysis of DEGs and PPI analysis, such as TPM1 and TPM2, which are involved in mitochondrial pathways and protein synthesis. Through WGCNA, a gene network was built, and genes were sorted into 27 modules, among which the blue (r = 0.72, p = 0.03) and salmon modules (r = −0.87, p = 0.002) were most closely related with RFI. DEGs and genes from the main sub-networks and closely related modules were largely involved in metabolism; oxidative phosphorylation; glucagon, ribosome, and N-glycan biosynthesis, and the MAPK and PI3K-Akt signaling pathways. Through WGCNA, five key genes, including FN1 and TPM2, associated with the biological regulation of oxidative processes and skeletal muscle development were identified. Taken together, our data suggest that the duodenum has specific biological functions in regulating feed intake. Our findings provide broad-scale perspectives for identifying potential pathways and key genes involved in the regulation of feed efficiency in beef cattle.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Chang ◽  
Yang Cao

Abstract Background: Osteosarcoma (osteogenic sarcoma, OS) is a primary cause of morbidity and mortality and is associated with poor prognosis in the field of orthopedic. Globally, rates of OS are highest among 15 to 25-year-old adolescent. However, the mechanism of gene regulation and signaling pathway is unknown. Material and Methods: GSE9508, including 34 OS samples and 5 non-malignant bone samples, was gained from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were picked out by GEO2R online R soft tool. Furthermore, the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network between the DEGs was molded utilizing STRING online software. Afterward, PPI network of DEGs was constructed. Gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis of DEGs were carried out on DAVID online tool and visualized via cytoscape software. Subsequently, module analysis of PPI was performed by using MCODE app. What’s more, prognosis-related genes were screened by using online databases including GEPIA, UALCAN and cBioPortal databases. Results: Totally, 671 DEGs were picked out, including 501 up-regulated genes and 170 down-regulated genes. Moreover, 22 hub genes were identified to be significantly expressed in PPI network (16 up-regulated and 6 down-regulated). We found that spliceosome signaling pathway may provide a potential target in OS. Furthermore, on the basis of common crucial pathway, PRPF38A and SNRPC were closely associated with spliceosome. Conclusion: This study showed that SNRPC and PRPF38A are potential biomarkers candidates for osteosarcoma.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. e0009633
Author(s):  
Li-Min Xie ◽  
Xin Yin ◽  
Jie Bi ◽  
Huan-Min Luo ◽  
Xun-Jie Cao ◽  
...  

Dengue fever virus (DENV) is a global health threat that is becoming increasingly critical. However, the pathogenesis of dengue has not yet been fully elucidated. In this study, we employed bioinformatics analysis to identify potential biomarkers related to dengue fever and clarify their underlying mechanisms. The results showed that there were 668, 1901, and 8283 differentially expressed genes between the dengue-infected samples and normal samples in the GSE28405, GSE38246, and GSE51808 datasets, respectively. Through overlapping, a total of 69 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, of which 51 were upregulated and 18 were downregulated. We identified twelve hub genes, including MX1, IFI44L, IFI44, IFI27, ISG15, STAT1, IFI35, OAS3, OAS2, OAS1, IFI6, and USP18. Except for IFI44 and STAT1, the others were statistically significant after validation. We predicted the related microRNAs (miRNAs) of these 12 target genes through the database miRTarBase, and finally obtained one important miRNA: has-mir-146a-5p. In addition, gene ontology (GO) and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment were carried out, and a protein–protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed to gain insight into the actions of DEGs. In conclusion, our study displayed the effectiveness of bioinformatics analysis methods in screening potential pathogenic genes in dengue fever and their underlying mechanisms. Further, we successfully predicted IFI44L and IFI6, as potential biomarkers with DENV infection, providing promising targets for the treatment of dengue fever to a certain extent.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingyi Yang ◽  
Yani Su ◽  
Yao Ma ◽  
Yirixiati Aihaiti ◽  
Peng Xu

Abstract Objective: To study the potential biomarkers and related pathways in osteoarthritis (OA) synovial lesions, and to provide theoretical basis and research directions for the pathogenesis and treatment of OA. Methods: Download the microarray data sets GSE12021 and GSE82107 from Gene Expression Omnibus. GEO2R recognizes differentially expressed genes. Perform functional enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes and construct protein-protein interaction network. Cytoscape performs module analysis and enrichment analysis of top-level modules. Further identify the Hub gene and perform functional enrichment analysis. TargetScan, miRDB and miRWalk three databases predict the target miRNAs of Hub gene and identify key miRNAs. Results: Finally, 10 Hub genes and 17 key miRNAs related to the progression of OA synovitis were identified. NF1, BTRC and MAPK14 may play a vital role in OA synovial disease. Conclusion: The Hub genes and key miRNAs discovered in this study may be potential biomarkers in the development of OA synovitis, and provide research methods and target basis for the pathogenesis and treatment of OA.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1169-1180
Author(s):  
Seyedeh Faezeh Hassani ◽  
Masoud Sayaf ◽  
Seyedeh Sara Danandeh ◽  
Zahra Nourollahzadeh ◽  
Mahshid Shahmohammadi ◽  
...  

PURPOSE This study aims to identify potential biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occurrence/recurrence and obesity, along with the molecular mechanisms that involve these biomarkers. METHODS Three microarray data sets, namely GSE18897, GSE25097, and GSE36376 (genetic suppressor elements associated with obesity, tumor, and recurrence, respectively), were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus database to be investigated for their expression as differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in HCC and obesity. The functional and pathway enrichment analysis of these DEGs were identified by the Database for Annotation Visualization and Integrated Discovery. The protein-protein interaction network analysis was performed with STRING online tool and Cytoscape software. RESULTS One hundred sixty common DEGs were screened. We found that these genes were associated with certain pathways such as metabolic pathways, terpenoid backbone biosynthesis, and adipocytokine signaling pathway. The involvements of 10 genes, including RPS16, RPS7, CCT3, HNRNPA2B1, EIF4G1, PSMC4, NHP2, EGR1, FDPS, and MCM4, were identified in the subnetwork. HNRNPA2B1 and RPS7 in the GSE18897 data set, RPS16, RPS7, CCT3, HNRNPA2B1, PSMC4, NHP2, FDPS, and MCM4 in the GSE25097 data set, and RPS16, RPS7, CCT3, HNRNPA2B1, EIF4G1, PSMC4, NHP2, FDPS, and MCM4 in the GSE36376 data set exhibited positive fold changes. CONCLUSION These DEGs and pathways could be of diagnostic value as potential biomarkers involved in the pathogenesis of HCC, pertaining to both obesity and HCC occurrence/recurrence.


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