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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Differentially methylated regions in patients with rheumatic heart disease and secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Dawei Zheng, Xiaoying Chen, Ni Li, Lebo Sun, Qingyun Zhou, Huoshun Shi, Guodong Xu, Jing Liu, Limin Xu, Shiwei Duan and 1 more

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dawei ZhengDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315041, P.R. China.
Xiaoying ChenMedical Genetics Center, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, P.R. China.
Ni LiDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315041, P.R. China.
Lebo SunDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315041, P.R. China.
Qingyun ZhouDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315041, P.R. China.
Huoshun ShiDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315041, P.R. China.
Guodong XuDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315041, P.R. China.
Jing LiuMedical Genetics Center, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, P.R. China.
Limin XuMedical Genetics Center, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, P.R. China.
Shiwei DuanMedical Genetics Center, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, P.R. China.
Guofeng ShaoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center, Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315041, P.R. China.
Ningbo University · CNNingbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to identify differentially methylated regions (DMRs) in patients with rheumatic heart disease and secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension (RHD-PAH). A genome-wide DNA methylation assay was performed between 6 patients with RHD-PAH and 6 healthy controls using an Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip kit. The Limma software package was subsequently used to identify significant DMRs. A total of 40 hypome-thylated and 64 hypermethylated CpG sites were identified between the RHD-PAH group and the control group. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes term and signaling pathway enrichment analyses revealed that the DMRs, mapped to the genes including protein kinase C α, protein kinase AMP-activated non-catalytic subunit γ2, sprouty related EVH1 domain containing 2 and LIF interleukin 6 family cytokine, were significantly enriched in the negative regulation of protein kinase/transferase activity and the positive regulation of protein amino acid phosphorylation/phosphate metabolic process. The identified DMRs may provide novel insights into the pathogenesis of RHD-PAH.

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DNA methylationgenome-widepulmonary arterial hypertensionrheumatic heart disease

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PMID28810598
PMCPMC5525905
OpenAlexW2721396743

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