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Hancock, JM; Spindelbock, W; Rezen, T; Juvan, P; Rozman, D; Cokan, KB.
Matching mouse models to specific human liver disease states by comparative functional genomics of mouse and human datasets
BBA-GENE REGUL MECH. 2022; 1865(1): 194785
Doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2021.194785
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- Spindelböck Walter Johann
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- Omics has broadened our view of transcriptional and gene regulatory networks of multifactorial diseases, such as metabolism associated liver disease and its advanced stages including hepatocellular carcinoma. Identifying liver disease biomarkers and potential treatment targets makes use of experimental models, e.g. genetically engi-neered mice, which show molecular features of human pathologies but are experimentally tractable. We compared gene expression profiling data from human to our studies on transgenic mice with hepatocyte deletion of Cyp51 from cholesterol synthesis with the aim of identifying the human liver disease state best matched by the Cyp51 knockout model. Gene Expression Omnibus was used to identify relevant human datasets. We identified enriched and deregulated genes, pathways and transcription factors of mouse and human disease samples. Analysis showed a closer match of the Cyp51 knockout to the female patient samples. Importantly, CYP51 was depleted in both mouse and female human data. Among the enriched genes were the oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 3 (OSBPL3), which was enriched in all datasets, and the collagen gene COL1A2, which was enriched in both the mouse and one human dataset. KEGG and Reactome analyses revealed the most enriched pathway to be ECM-receptor interaction. Numerous transcription factors were differentially expressed in mice of both sexes and in the human female dataset, while depleted HNF4 alpha and RXR alpha:PPAR alpha-isoform1 were a hallmark in all cases. Our analysis exposed novel potential biomarkers, which may provide new avenues towards more personalized approaches and different targets in females and males. The analysis was only possible because of availability of open data resources and tools and broadly consistent annotation.
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Lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase ( CYP51 )
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