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Identification of Key Ischemic Stroke Genes by Computational Systems Biology

Yue, R.; Dutta, A.

2021-10-09 bioinformatics
10.1101/2021.10.07.463458 bioRxiv
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Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in humans. Even if patients survive from stroke, they may suffer sequelae such as disability. Treatment for strokes remains unsatisfactory due to an incomplete understanding of its mechanisms. This study investigates Ischemic Stroke (IS), a primary subtype of stroke, through analyses based on microarray data. Limma (in R)derives differentially expressed genes, and the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network is mapped from the database. Gene co-expression patterns are obtained for clustering gene modules by the Weighted Correlation Network Analysis (WGCNA), and genes with high connectivity in the significantly co-expressed modules are selected as key regulators. Common hubs are identified as Cdkn1a, Nes and Anxa2. Based on our analyses, we hypothesize that these hubs might play a key role in the onset and progression of IS. Result suggests the potential of identifying unexplored key regulators by the systemic method used in this work. Further analyses aim at expanding candidate genes for screening biomarkers for IS, and experimental validation is required on identified potential hubs.

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