This study aims to explore biomarkers associated with vitiligo and analyze the pathological role of immune cell infiltration in the disease. We used the robust rank aggregation (RRA) method to integrate three vitiligo data sets downloaded from gene expression omnibus database, identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and analyze the functional correlation. Then, the comprehensive strategy of combined weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA) and logical regression of the selection operator (LASSO), support vector machine recursive feature elimination (SVM-RFE), and random forest (RF) machine learning algorithm are employed to screen and biomarkers associated with vitiligo. Finally, the immune cell infiltration of vitiligo was evaluated by CIBERSORT, and the correlation between biomarkers and infiltrating immune cells was analyzed. Herein, we identified 131 robust DEGs, and enrichment analysis results showed that robust DEGs and melanogenesis were closely associated with vitiligo development and progression. TYR, TYRP1, DCT and LARP7 were identified as vitiligo-related biomarkers. Immune infiltration analysis demonstrated that CD4 T Cell, CD8 T Cell, Tregs, NK cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages were involved in vitiligo's pathogenesis. In summary, we adopted a comprehensive strategy to screen biomarkers related to vitiligo and explore the critical role of immune cell infiltration in vitiligo. [GRAPHICS] .
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81860550]
第一作者机构:[1]Kunming Univ Sci & Technol, Peoples Hosp Yunnan Prov 1, Dept Dermatol, Affiliated Hosp, Kunming 650032, Yunnan, Peoples R China[2]Yunnan Univ Tradit Chinese Med, Clin Med Coll 1, Dept Dermatol, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[1]Kunming Univ Sci & Technol, Peoples Hosp Yunnan Prov 1, Dept Dermatol, Affiliated Hosp, Kunming 650032, Yunnan, Peoples R China[*1]Department of Dermatology, the First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650032, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Zhang Jiayu,Yu Rongguo,Guo Xiaoyu,et al.Identification of TYR, TYRP1, DCT and LARP7 as related biomarkers and immune infiltration characteristics of vitiligo via comprehensive strategies[J].BIOENGINEERED.2021,12(1):2214-2227.doi:10.1080/21655979.2021.1933743.
APA:
Zhang, Jiayu,Yu, Rongguo,Guo, Xiaoyu,Zou, Yuanxia,Chen, Sixuan...&Wu, Yifei.(2021).Identification of TYR, TYRP1, DCT and LARP7 as related biomarkers and immune infiltration characteristics of vitiligo via comprehensive strategies.BIOENGINEERED,12,(1)
MLA:
Zhang, Jiayu,et al."Identification of TYR, TYRP1, DCT and LARP7 as related biomarkers and immune infiltration characteristics of vitiligo via comprehensive strategies".BIOENGINEERED 12..1(2021):2214-2227