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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2026

Identification of multimorbidity hub genes for knee osteoarthritis-atherosclerosis and potential clinical applications.

Qingyuan Kang, Ping Yuan, Peisen Xie, Wentao Xiao, Liguang Dong, Zhenpeng Guan, Keshi Zhang

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Qingyuan Kang *School of Basic Medicine, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China.
Ping Yuan *School of Basic Medicine, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China.
Peisen XieDepartment of Orthopedics, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing 100144, P.R. China.
Wentao XiaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing 100144, P.R. China.
Liguang DongMedical Examination Department, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing 100144, P.R. China.
Zhenpeng GuanSchool of Basic Medicine, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China.
Keshi ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing 100144, P.R. China.

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Abstract

The combination of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and atherosclerosis (AS) is a common multimorbidity. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated the existence of common risk factors, with metabolic syndrome possibly considered the most critical. In the present study, metabolism‑related clinical information was analyzed and metabolic profiles were assessed in healthy controls, patients with KOA, patients with AS and patients with both conditions using untargeted serum metabolomics assays. Potential KOA‑AS multimorbidity hub genes were identified using transcriptomics datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus database and were validated using clinical samples and animal experiments. Finally, the clinical applications of the analyzed biomolecules were predicted. The results showed that the caffeine metabolic pathway was markedly associated with KOA‑AS multimorbidity and caffeine interacted with two potential hub genes (

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AtherosclerosisEarly Growth Response Protein 1Osteoarthritis, KneeAgedAnimalsCaffeineDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleMetabolomicsMiceMiddle AgedMultimorbidityCaffeineEarly Growth Response Protein 1EGR1 protein, humanatherosclerosisbioinformaticscaffeinehub genesknee osteoarthritismultimorbidity

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