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Personalized identification of differentially expressed pathways in pediatric sepsis

  • Authors:
    • Binjie Li
    • Qiyi Zeng
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  • Published online on: August 10, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.7217
  • Pages: 5085-5090
  • Copyright: © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Sepsis is a leading killer of children worldwide with numerous differentially expressed genes reported to be associated with sepsis. Identifying core pathways in an individual is important for understanding septic mechanisms and for the future application of custom therapeutic decisions. Samples used in the study were from a control group (n=18) and pediatric sepsis group (n=52). Based on Kauffman's attractor theory, differentially expressed pathways associated with pediatric sepsis were detected as attractors. When the distribution results of attractors are consistent with the distribution of total data assessed using support vector machine, the individualized pathway aberrance score (iPAS) was calculated to distinguish differences. Through attractor and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes functional analysis, 277 enriched pathways were identified as attractors. There were 81 pathways with P<0.05 and 59 pathways with P<0.01. Distribution outcomes of screened attractors were mostly consistent with the total data demonstrated by the six classifying parameters, which suggested the efficiency of attractors. Cluster analysis of pediatric sepsis using the iPAS method identified seven pathway clusters and four sample clusters. Thus, in the majority pediatric sepsis samples, core pathways can be detected as different from accumulated normal samples. In conclusion, a novel procedure that identified the dysregulated attractors in individuals with pediatric sepsis was constructed. Attractors can be markers to identify pathways involved in pediatric sepsis. iPAS may provide a correlation score for each of the signaling pathways present in an individual patient. This process may improve the personalized interpretation of disease mechanisms and may be useful in the forthcoming era of personalized medicine.

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Li B and Li B: Personalized identification of differentially expressed pathways in pediatric sepsis . Mol Med Rep 16: 5085-5090, 2017
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Li, B., & Li, B. (2017). Personalized identification of differentially expressed pathways in pediatric sepsis . Molecular Medicine Reports, 16, 5085-5090. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.7217
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Li, B., Zeng, Q."Personalized identification of differentially expressed pathways in pediatric sepsis ". Molecular Medicine Reports 16.4 (2017): 5085-5090.
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Li, B., Zeng, Q."Personalized identification of differentially expressed pathways in pediatric sepsis ". Molecular Medicine Reports 16, no. 4 (2017): 5085-5090. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.7217