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PPWD1 is associated with the occurrence of postmenopausal osteoporosis as determined by weighted gene co‑expression network analysis

  • Authors:
    • Guo‑Feng Qian
    • Lu‑Shun Yuan
    • Min Chen
    • Dan Ye
    • Guo‑Ping Chen
    • Zhe Zhang
    • Cheng‑Jiang Li
    • Vijith Vijayan
    • Yu Xiao
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  • Published online on: August 7, 2019     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2019.10570
  • Pages: 3202-3214
  • Copyright: © Qian et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) is the most common type of primary osteoporosis (OP), a systemic skeletal disease. Although many factors have been revealed to contribute to the occurrence of PMO, specific biomarkers for the early diagnosis and therapy of PMO are not available. In the present study, a weighted gene co‑expression network analysis (WGCNA) was performed to screen gene modules associated with menopausal status. The turquoise module was verified as the clinically significant module, and 12 genes (NUP133, PSMD12, PPWD1, RBM8A, CRNKL1, PPP2R5C, RBM22, PIK3CB, SKIV2L2, PAPOLA, SRSF1 and COPS2) were identified as ‘real’ hub genes in both the protein‑protein interaction (PPI) network and co‑expression network. Furthermore, gene expression analysis by microarray in blood monocytes from pre‑ and post‑menopausal women revealed an increase in the expression of these hub genes in postmenopausal women. However, only the expression of peptidylprolyl isomerase domain and WD repeat containing 1 (PPWD1) was correlated with bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women. In the validation set, a similar expression pattern of PPWD1 was revealed. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that the fatty acid metabolism pathway was significantly abundant in the samples that exhibited a higher expression of PPWD1. Collectively, PPWD1 is indicated as a potential diagnostic biomarker for the occurrence of PMO.
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Qian GF, Yuan LS, Chen M, Ye D, Chen GP, Zhang Z, Li CJ, Vijayan V and Xiao Y: PPWD1 is associated with the occurrence of postmenopausal osteoporosis as determined by weighted gene co‑expression network analysis. Mol Med Rep 20: 3202-3214, 2019.
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Qian, G., Yuan, L., Chen, M., Ye, D., Chen, G., Zhang, Z. ... Xiao, Y. (2019). PPWD1 is associated with the occurrence of postmenopausal osteoporosis as determined by weighted gene co‑expression network analysis. Molecular Medicine Reports, 20, 3202-3214. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2019.10570
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Qian, G., Yuan, L., Chen, M., Ye, D., Chen, G., Zhang, Z., Li, C., Vijayan, V., Xiao, Y."PPWD1 is associated with the occurrence of postmenopausal osteoporosis as determined by weighted gene co‑expression network analysis". Molecular Medicine Reports 20.4 (2019): 3202-3214.
Chicago
Qian, G., Yuan, L., Chen, M., Ye, D., Chen, G., Zhang, Z., Li, C., Vijayan, V., Xiao, Y."PPWD1 is associated with the occurrence of postmenopausal osteoporosis as determined by weighted gene co‑expression network analysis". Molecular Medicine Reports 20, no. 4 (2019): 3202-3214. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2019.10570