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ArticleGastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench2020

Introducing APOA1 as a key protein in COVID-19 infection: a bioinformatics approach.

Mona Zamanian Azodi, Babak Arjmand, Alireza Zali, Mohammadreza Razzaghi

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Article in Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mona Zamanian AzodiProteomics Research Center, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Babak ArjmandCell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Alireza ZaliFunctional Neurosurgery Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammadreza RazzaghiLaser Application in Medical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimIntroducing possible diagnostic and therapeutic biomarker candidates via the identification of chief dysregulated proteins in COVID-19 patients is the aim of this study.

backgroundMolecular studies, especially proteomics, can be considered as suitable approaches for discovering the hidden aspect of the disease.

methodsDifferentially expressed proteins (DEPs) of three patients with demonstrated severe condition (S-COVID-19) were compared to healthy cases by a proteomics study. Cytoscape software and STRING database were used to construct the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network. The central DEPs were identified through topological analysis of the network. ClueGO+CluePedia were applied to find the biological processes related to the central nodes. MCODE molecular complex detection (MCODE) was used to discover protein complexes.

resultsA total of 242 DEPs from among 256 query ones were included in the network. Centrality analysis of the network assigned 16 hub-bottlenecks, nine of which were presented in the highest-scored protein complex. Ten protein complexes were determined. APOA1 was identified as the protein complex seed, and APP, EGF, and C3 were the top hub-bottlenecks of the network. The results specify that up-regulation of C3 and down-regulation of APOA1 in urine play a role in the stiffness in respiration and, accordingly, the severity of COVID-19. Moreover, dysregulation of APP and APOA1 could both contribute to the possible adverse effects of COVID-19 on the nervous system.

conclusionThe introduced central proteins of the S-COVID-19 interaction network, particularly APOA1, can be considered as diagnostic and therapeutic targets related to the coronavirus disease after being approved with complementary studies.

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biological processbiomarkersCOVID-19protein interaction mappingurine proteome

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