Meta-Analysis of Expression Profiling Data Indicates Need for Combinatorial Biomarkers in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis
Joint Authors
Gawel, Danuta R.
Benson, Mikael
Zhang, Huan
Li, Xinxiu
Lilja, Sandra
Schäfer, Samuel
Lee, Eun Jung
Source
Journal of Immunology Research
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-01-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Unbiased studies using different genome-wide methods have identified a great number of candidate biomarkers for diagnosis and treatment response in pediatric ulcerative colitis (UC).
However, clinical translation has been proven difficult.
Here, we hypothesized that one reason could be differences between inflammatory responses in an inflamed gut and in peripheral blood cells.
Methods.
We performed meta-analysis of gene expression microarray data from intestinal biopsies and whole blood cells (WBC) from pediatric patients with UC and healthy controls in order to identify overlapping pathways, predicted upstream regulators, and potential biomarkers.
Results.
Analyses of profiling datasets from colonic biopsies showed good agreement between different studies regarding pathways and predicted upstream regulators.
The most activated predicted upstream regulators included TNF, which is known to have a key pathogenic and therapeutic role in pediatric UC.
Despite this, the expression levels of TNF were increased in neither colonic biopsies nor WBC.
A potential explanation was increased expression of TNFR2, one of the membrane-bound receptors of TNF in the inflamed colon.
Further analyses showed a similar pattern of complex relations between the expression levels of the regulators and their receptors.
We also found limited overlap between pathways and predicted upstream regulators in colonic biopsies and WBC.
An extended search including all differentially expressed genes that overlapped between colonic biopsies and WBC only resulted in identification of three potential biomarkers involved in the regulation of intestinal inflammation.
However, two had been previously proposed in adult inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), namely, MMP9 and PROK2.
Conclusions.
Our findings indicate that biomarker identification in pediatric UC is complicated by the involvement of multiple pathways, each of which includes many different types of genes in the blood or inflamed intestine.
Therefore, further studies for identification of combinatorial biomarkers are warranted.
Our study may provide candidate biomarkers for such studies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Li, Xinxiu& Lee, Eun Jung& Gawel, Danuta R.& Lilja, Sandra& Schäfer, Samuel& Zhang, Huan…[et al.]. 2020. Meta-Analysis of Expression Profiling Data Indicates Need for Combinatorial Biomarkers in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis. Journal of Immunology Research،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1187555
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Li, Xinxiu…[et al.]. Meta-Analysis of Expression Profiling Data Indicates Need for Combinatorial Biomarkers in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis. Journal of Immunology Research No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1187555
American Medical Association (AMA)
Li, Xinxiu& Lee, Eun Jung& Gawel, Danuta R.& Lilja, Sandra& Schäfer, Samuel& Zhang, Huan…[et al.]. Meta-Analysis of Expression Profiling Data Indicates Need for Combinatorial Biomarkers in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis. Journal of Immunology Research. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1187555
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1187555