Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Asthma is a heterogeneous disease for which a strong genetic basis has been firmly established. Until now no studies have been undertaken to systemically explore the network of asthma-related genes using an internally developed literature-based discovery approach. This study was to explore asthma-related genes by using literature-based mining and network centrality analysis. METHODS:Literature involving asthma-related genes were searched in PubMed from 2001 to 2011. Integration of natural language processing with network centrality analysis was used to identify asthma susceptibility genes and their interaction network. Asthma susceptibility genes were classified into three functional groups by gene ontology (GO) analysis and the key genes were confirmed by establishing asthma-related networks and pathways. RESULTS:Three hundred and twenty-six genes related with asthma such as IGHE (IgE), interleukin (IL)-4, 5, 6, 10, 13, 17A, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha were identified. GO analysis indicated some biological processes (developmental processes, signal transduction, death, etc.), cellular components (non-structural extracellular, plasma membrane and extracellular matrix), and molecular functions (signal transduction activity) that were involved in asthma. Furthermore, 22 asthma-related pathways such as the Toll-like receptor signaling pathway, hematopoietic cell lineage, JAK-STAT signaling pathway, chemokine signaling pathway, and cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, and 17 hub genes, such as JAK3, CCR1-3, CCR5-7, CCR8, were found. CONCLUSIONS:Our study provides a remarkably detailed and comprehensive picture of asthma susceptibility genes and their interacting network. Further identification of these genes and molecular pathways may play a prominent role in establishing rational therapeutic approaches for asthma.
journal_name
Chin Med J (Engl)journal_title
Chinese medical journalauthors
Liang R,Wang L,Wang Gsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-07-01 00:00:00pages
2472-9issue
13eissn
0366-6999issn
2542-5641journal_volume
126pub_type
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journal_title:Chinese medical journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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doi:
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doi:
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doi:
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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