Identification of the shared hub gene signatures and molecular mechanisms between HIV-1 and pulmonary arterial hypertension

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The close link between HIV-1 infection and the occurrence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of their interrelation remain unclear. The microarray data of HIV-1 and PAH were downloaded from GEO database. We utilized WGCNA to identify shared genes between HIV-1 and PAH, followed by conducting GO and pathway enrichment analyses. Subsequently, differentially genes analysis was performed using external validation datasets to further filter hub genes. Immunoinfiltration analysis was performed using CIBERSORT. Finally, hub gene expression was validated using scRNA-seq data. We identified 109 shared genes through WGCNA, primarily enriched in type I interferon (IFN) pathways. By taking the intersection of WGCNA important module genes and DEGs, ISG15 and IFI27 were identified as pivotal hub genes. Immunoinfiltration analysis and scRNA-seq results indicated the significant role of monocytes in the shared molecular mechanisms of HIV-1 and PAH. In summary, our study illustrated the possible mechanism of PAH secondary to HIV-1 and showed that the heightened IFN response in HIV-1 might be a crucial susceptibility factor for PAH, with monocytes being pivotal cells involved in the type I IFN response pathway. This provides potential new insights for further investigating the molecular mechanisms connecting HIV-1 and PAH.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 14(2024), 1 vom: 25. März, Seite 7048

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mai, Huanzhuo [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xing [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Yulan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Yiru [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Tingyan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Li [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Hao [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Jiegang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

HIV-1
Hub genes
Interferon Type I
Journal Article
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
ScRNA-seq
Type I IFN

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Date Completed 27.03.2024

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-024-55645-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370176014