Department of Anesthesiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Middle Wulumuqi Road, Shanghai, 200040, People's Republic of China.
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China.
Mol Neurobiol. 2024 Jun;61(6):3384-3396. doi: 10.1007/s12035-023-03786-x. Epub 2023 Nov 22.
Epilepsy is a progression of development and advancement over time. However, the molecular features of epilepsy were poorly studied from a dynamic developmental perspective. We intend to investigate the key mechanisms in the process of epilepsy by exploring the roles of stage-specifically expressed genes. By using time-course transcriptomic data of epileptic samples, we first analyzed the molecular features of epilepsy in different stages and divided it into progression and remission stages based on their transcriptomic features. 34 stage-specifically expressed genes were then identified by the Tau index and verified in other epileptic datasets. These genes were then enriched for immune-related biological functions. Furthermore, we found that the level of immune infiltration and mechanisms at different stages were different, which may result from different types of immune cells playing leading roles in distinct stages. Our findings indicated an essential role of immune regulation as the potential mechanism of epilepsy development.
癫痫是一种随着时间的推移而发展和进展的疾病。然而,从动态发育的角度来看,癫痫的分子特征研究得还不够。我们打算通过研究特定阶段表达基因的作用,来探索癫痫发生过程中的关键机制。我们首先使用癫痫样本的时间过程转录组数据,根据转录组特征将癫痫分为进展期和缓解期,然后通过 Tau 指数分析不同阶段的癫痫分子特征,鉴定出 34 个阶段特异性表达基因,并在其他癫痫数据集进行验证。这些基因随后被富集到免疫相关的生物学功能中。此外,我们发现不同阶段的免疫浸润水平和机制不同,这可能是由于不同类型的免疫细胞在不同阶段发挥主导作用。我们的研究结果表明,免疫调节在癫痫的发生发展中起着重要作用,可能是其潜在的机制。