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Open Access 01-12-2019 | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Research article

Immune cell infiltration characteristics and related core genes in lupus nephritis: results from bioinformatic analysis

Authors: Yiling Cao, Weihao Tang, Wanxin Tang

Published in: BMC Immunology | Issue 1/2019

Abstract

Background

Lupus nephritis (LN) is a common complication of systemic lupus erythematosus that presents a high risk of end-stage renal disease. In the present study, we used CIBERSORT and gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) of gene expression profiles to identify immune cell infiltration characteristics and related core genes in LN.

Results

Datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus, GSE32591 and GSE113342, were downloaded for further analysis. The GSE32591 dataset, which included 32 LN glomerular biopsy tissues and 14 glomerular tissues from living donors, was analyzed by CIBERSORT. Different immune cell types in LN were analyzed by the Limma software. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis based on GSEA were performed by clusterProfiler software. Lists of core genes were derived from Spearman correlation between the most significant GO term and differentially expressed immune cell gene from CIBERSORT. GSE113342 was employed to validate the association between selected core genes and clinical manifestation. Five types of immune cells revealed important associations with LN, and monocytes emerged as having the most prominent differences. GO and KEGG analyses indicated that immune response pathways are significantly enriched in LN. The Spearman correlation indicated that 15 genes, including FCER1G, CLEC7A, MARCO, CLEC7A, PSMB9, and PSMB8, were closely related to clinical features.

Conclusions

This study is the first to identify immune cell infiltration with microarray data of glomeruli in LN by using CIBERSORT analysis and provides novel evidence and clues for further research of the molecular mechanisms of LN.

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Title: Immune cell infiltration characteristics and related core genes in lupus nephritis: results from bioinformatic analysis
Authors: Yiling Cao
Weihao Tang
Wanxin Tang
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Lupus Nephritis
Published in: BMC Immunology / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2172
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12865-019-0316-x

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