Topological and functional analysis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis through protein interaction mapping.

Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench

Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Published: December 2016

Aim: The corresponding proteins are important for network mapping since the interaction analysis can provide a new interpretation about disease underlying mechanisms as the aim of this study.

Backgroud: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is one of the main causes of liver disease in the world. It has been known with many susceptible proteins that play essential role in its pathogenesis.

Methods: In this paper, protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis of fatty liver disease retrieved from STRING db by the application of Cytoscape Software. ClueGO analyzed the associated pathways for the selected top proteins.

Results: INS, PPARA, LEP, SREBF1, and ALB are the introduced biomarker panel for fatty liver disease.

Conclusion: It seems that pathways related to insulin have a prominent role in fatty liver disease. Therefore, investigation in this case is required to confirm the possible linkage of introduced panel and involvement of insulin pathway in the disease.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5310796PMC

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