Affiliation:
1. Institute of Pediatric Research, Children’s Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215003, China
Abstract
The goal of this study was to identify potential transcriptomic markers in developing ankylosing spondylitis by a meta-analysis of multiple public microarray datasets. Using the INMEX (integrative meta-analysis of expression data) program, we performed the meta-analysis to identify consistently differentially expressed (DE) genes in ankylosing spondylitis and further performed functional interpretation (gene ontology analysis and pathway analysis) of the DE genes identified in the meta-analysis. Three microarray datasets (26 cases and 29 controls in total) were collected for meta-analysis. 905 consistently DE genes were identified in ankylosing spondylitis, among which 482 genes were upregulated and 423 genes were downregulated. The upregulated gene with the smallest combined rank product (RP) wasGNG11(combinedRP=299.64). The downregulated gene with the smallest combined RP wasS100P(combinedRP=335.94). In the gene ontology (GO) analysis, the most significantly enriched GO term was “immune system process” (P=3.46×10-26). The most significant pathway identified in the pathway analysis was antigen processing and presentation (P=8.40×10-5). The consistently DE genes in ankylosing spondylitis and biological pathways associated with those DE genes identified provide valuable information for studying the pathophysiology of ankylosing spondylitis.
Funder
Key Medical Subjects of Jiangsu Province
Subject
General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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