Modular network inference between miRNA–mRNA expression profiles using weighted co-expression network analysis

Autor: Wani Nisar, Barh Debmalya, Raza Khalid
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics, Vol 18, Iss 4, Pp 322-34 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1613-4516
DOI: 10.1515/jib-2021-0029
Popis: Connecting transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory networks solves an important puzzle in the elucidation of gene regulatory mechanisms. To decipher the complexity of these connections, we build co-expression network modules for mRNA as well as miRNA expression profiles of breast cancer data. We construct gene and miRNA co-expression modules using the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) method and establish the significance of these modules (Genes/miRNAs) for cancer phenotype. This work also infers an interaction network between the genes of the turquoise module from mRNA expression data and hubs of the turquoise module from miRNA expression data. A pathway enrichment analysis using a miRsystem web tool for miRNA hubs and some of their targets, reveal their enrichment in several important pathways associated with the progression of cancer.
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