367296

Bioinformatic Analysis of Differentially Expressed miRNAs in Egyptian Patients with Early Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Last updated: 25 Feb 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease primarily affecting the diarthrodial joints, causing joint destruction and irreversible joint damage. In this study, we aimed to identify the top deregulated miRNAs that might be related to RA pathogenesis followed by bioinformatic analysis to detect their target genes. The study included four RA patients and two healthy controls. Total RNA was isolated from plasma to be subjected to miRNAs profiling by next generation sequencing (NGS). Sequencing libraries were constructed and generated using the NEBNextR, UltraTM small RNA Sample Prep Kit for Illumina R (NEB, USA), according to the manufacturer's instructions. Functional annotation of target genes was performed using Enrichr available at https://maayanlab.cloud/Enrichr/, and visualized using Appyter. The top upregulated miRNAs were: hsa-miR-6724-5p, hsa-miR-1469, hsa-miR-4632-5p, hsa-miR-3960, hsa-miR-6815-3p, hsa-miR-6823-3p, hsa-miR-10400-5p, hsa-miR-194-3p, hsa-miR-4301, hsa-miR-6758-5p, their predicted target hub genes were SH3TC2, TM9SF4, HDGF and GPAT4. The top downregulated miRNAs were: hsa-miR-1468-5p, hsa-miR-6510-3p, hsa-miR-6743-5p, hsa-miR-486-3p, hsa-miR-15b-3p, hsa-miR-128-3p, hsa-miR-328-3p, hsa-miR-4493, hsa-miR-4433a-3p, hsa-miR-4433b-5p, their predicted target hub genes were NPTXR, SZRD1, WEE1 and MKNK2. The selected pathways of RA-specific genes were mainly: RA KEGG pathway, IL-17 signaling pathway, Jak-STAT signaling pathway, TH-17 cell differentiation, and MAPK signaling pathway. The predicted target genes of the deregulated miRNAs were found to be involved in RA pathogenesis.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.292925.9773

Keywords

microRNAs, Bioinformatic, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Egyptian, early onset

Authors

First Name

Khalda

Last Name

Amr

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S

Affiliation

Medical Molecular Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research institute of National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

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khalda_nrc@yahoo.com

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First Name

Noha

Last Name

Eltaweel

MiddleName

H

Affiliation

Medical Molecular Genetics dept., Human genetics and genome project institute, NRC, EGYPT

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nohaeltaweel10@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0003-0126-1731

First Name

Sherif

Last Name

Ismail

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Rheumatology and rehabilitation, Internal medicine department, medical research and clinical studies institute, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

sherif_ismail84@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-4465-1089

First Name

Hala

Last Name

Raslan

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

internal medicine and rheumatology, Internal medicine department, medical research and clinical studies institute, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt

Email

halamzr@yahoo.com

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0000-0002-7571-5241

Volume

68

Article Issue

3

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53789

Issue Date

2025-03-01

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2024-05-26

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2025-03-01

Page Start

379

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385

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0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Bioinformatic Analysis of Differentially Expressed miRNAs in Egyptian Patients with Early Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis

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15 Feb 2025