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Multicohort transcriptome analysis of whole blood identifies robust human response signatures in Plasmodium falciparum infections

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العنوان: Multicohort transcriptome analysis of whole blood identifies robust human response signatures in Plasmodium falciparum infections
المؤلفون: Yan-hui Zhang, Xin-zhuan Su, Jian Li, Jia-jian Shi, Li-hua Xie
المصدر: Malaria Journal, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases
مصطلحات موضوعية: Plasmodium falciparum, Multicohort transcriptome analysis, Neutrophil, Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
الوصف: Abstract Background To understand how Plasmodium falciparum malaria is controlled, it is essential to elucidate the transcriptomic responses of the human host in naturally-exposed populations. Various individual studies of the human transcriptomic responses to naturally transmitted P. falciparum infections have been reported with varying results. Multicohort gene expression analysis by aggregating data from diverse populations into a single analysis will increase the reproducibility and reliability of the results. Methods In this study, discovery cohorts GSE1124-GPL96, GSE34404, GSE117613, and validation cohort GSE35858 were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus. A meta-analysis using data from the multicohort studies was performed to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between malaria-infected and noninfected individuals using the MetaIntegrator R package. Subsequently, the protein–protein interaction (PPI) networks of the DEGs were constructed using Cytoscape software. Significant modules were selected, and the hub genes were identified using the CytoHubba and MCODE plug-ins. Multicohort WGCNA was conducted to find a correlation between modules and malaria infection. Furthermore, the immune cell profile of the peripheral blood in different groups was identified using ssGSEA. Results These analyses reveal that neutrophil activation, neutrophil-mediated immunity, and neutrophil degranulation are involved in the human response to natural malaria infection. However, neutrophil cell enrichment and activation were not significantly different between mild malaria and severe malaria groups. Malaria infection also downregulates host genes in ribosome synthesis and protein translation and upregulates host cell division-related genes. Furthermore, immune cell profiling analysis shows that activated dendritic cells and type 2 T helper cells are upregulated, while activated B cells, immature B cells, and monocytes are downregulated in the malaria-infected patients relative to the noninfected individuals. Significantly higher enrichment of activated dendritic cell-related genes and significantly lower enrichment of monocyte-related genes are also observed in the peripheral blood of the severe malaria group than in the mild malaria group. Conclusion These results reveal important molecular signatures of host responses to malaria infections, providing some bases for developing malaria control strategies and protective vaccines.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1475-2875
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-022-04374-5
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/164e99584bbd466a8e9fa1bc839cc2a6
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.164e99584bbd466a8e9fa1bc839cc2a6
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:14752875
DOI:10.1186/s12936-022-04374-5