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Editor, Senior Moderator
Arch Acad Emerg Med
. 2021 Mar 14;9(1):e27.
doi: 10.22037/aaem.v9i1.1108. eCollection 2021.
Platelet and Haemostasis are the Main Targets in Severe Cases of COVID-19 Infection; a System Biology Study
Mona Zamanian-Azodi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Babak Arjmand[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mohammadreza Razzaghi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mostafa Rezaei Tavirani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alireza Ahmadzadeh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammad Rostaminejad[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Introduction: Many proteomics-based and bioinformatics-based efforts are made to detect the molecular mechanism of COVID-19 infection. Identification of the main protein targets and pathways of severe cases of COVID-19 infection is the aim of this study.
Methods: Published differentially expressed proteins were screened and the significant proteins were investigated via protein-protein interaction network using Cytoscape software V. 3.7.2 and STRING database. The studied proteins were assessed via action map analysis to determine the relationship between individual proteins using CluePedia. The related biological terms were investigated using ClueGO and the terms were clustered and discussed.
Results: Among the 35 queried proteins, six of them (FGA, FGB, FGG, and FGl1 plus TLN1 and THBS1) were identified as critical proteins. A total of 38 biological terms, clustered in 4 groups, were introduced as the affected terms. "Platelet degranulation" and "hereditary factor I deficiency disease" were introduced as the main class of the terms disturbed by COVID-19 virus.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that platelet damage and disturbed haemostasis could be the main targets in severe cases of coronavirus infection. It is vital to follow patients' condition by examining the introduced critical differentially expressed proteins (DEPs).
Keywords: Bioinformatics; COVID-19; Computational Biology; Network analysis; Proteins.
. 2021 Mar 14;9(1):e27.
doi: 10.22037/aaem.v9i1.1108. eCollection 2021.
Platelet and Haemostasis are the Main Targets in Severe Cases of COVID-19 Infection; a System Biology Study
Mona Zamanian-Azodi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Babak Arjmand[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mohammadreza Razzaghi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mostafa Rezaei Tavirani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alireza Ahmadzadeh[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammad Rostaminejad[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34027422
- PMCID: PMC8126352
- DOI: 10.22037/aaem.v9i1.1108
Abstract
Introduction: Many proteomics-based and bioinformatics-based efforts are made to detect the molecular mechanism of COVID-19 infection. Identification of the main protein targets and pathways of severe cases of COVID-19 infection is the aim of this study.
Methods: Published differentially expressed proteins were screened and the significant proteins were investigated via protein-protein interaction network using Cytoscape software V. 3.7.2 and STRING database. The studied proteins were assessed via action map analysis to determine the relationship between individual proteins using CluePedia. The related biological terms were investigated using ClueGO and the terms were clustered and discussed.
Results: Among the 35 queried proteins, six of them (FGA, FGB, FGG, and FGl1 plus TLN1 and THBS1) were identified as critical proteins. A total of 38 biological terms, clustered in 4 groups, were introduced as the affected terms. "Platelet degranulation" and "hereditary factor I deficiency disease" were introduced as the main class of the terms disturbed by COVID-19 virus.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that platelet damage and disturbed haemostasis could be the main targets in severe cases of coronavirus infection. It is vital to follow patients' condition by examining the introduced critical differentially expressed proteins (DEPs).
Keywords: Bioinformatics; COVID-19; Computational Biology; Network analysis; Proteins.