Identification of pathogenic genes of pterygium based on the Gene Expression Omnibus database

Journal Title: International Journal of Ophthalmology - Year 2019, Vol 12, Issue 4

Abstract

"AIM: To identify the pathogenic genes in pterygium. METHODS: We obtained mRNA expression profiles from the Gene Expression Omnibus database (GEO) to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between pterygium tissues and normal conjunctiva tissues. The Gene Ontology, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis, protein-protein interaction (PPI) network and transcription factors (TFs)-target gene regulatory network was performed to understand the function of DEGs. The expression of selected DEGs were validated by the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). RESULTS: A total of 557 DEGs were identified between pterygium and normal individual. In PPI network, several genes were with high degrees such as FN1, KPNB1, DDB1, NF2 and BUB3. SSH1, PRSS23, LRP5L, MEOX1, RBM14, ABCA1, JOSD1, KRT6A and UPK1B were the most downstream genes regulated by TFs. qRT-PCR results showed that FN1, PRSS23, ABCA1, KRT6A, ECT2 and SPARC were significantly up-regulated in pterygium and MEOX1 and MMP3 were also up-regulated with no significance, which was consistent with the our integrated analysis. CONCLUSION: The deregulated genes might be involved in the pathology of pterygium and could be used as treatment targets for pterygium."

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Xiao-Li Yue

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  • EP ID EP616549
  • DOI 10.18240/ijo.2019.04.01
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Xiao-Li Yue (2019). Identification of pathogenic genes of pterygium based on the Gene Expression Omnibus database. International Journal of Ophthalmology, 12(4), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-616549