PMID- 35718998 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220715 LR - 20220716 IS - 1098-2825 (Electronic) IS - 0887-8013 (Print) IS - 0887-8013 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 7 DP - 2022 Jul TI - Identification of potential gene markers in gestational diabetes mellitus. PG - e24515 LID - 10.1002/jcla.24515 [doi] LID - e24515 AB - This study aims to investigate underlying mechanisms of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). In this work, the GSE70493 dataset from GDM and control samples was acquired from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Afterward, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened between GDM and control samples. Subsequently, functional enrichment analysis and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis of these DEGs were carried out. Furthermore, significant sub-modules were identified, and the functional analysis was also performed. Finally, we undertook a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) with the purpose of confirming several key genes in GDM development. There were totally 528 up-regulated and 684 down-regulated DEGs between GDM and healthy samples. The functional analyses suggested that the above genes were dramatically enriched in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) process and immune-related pathways. Moreover, PPI analysis revealed that several members of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) superfamily, including down-regulated HLA-DQA1, HLA-DRB1, HLA-DPA1, and HLA-DQB1 served as hub genes. In addition, six significant sub-clusters were extracted and functional analysis suggested that these four genes in sub-module 1 were also associated with immune and T1DM-related pathways. Finally, they were also confirmed by qRT-PCR array. Besides, the four members of HLA superfamily might be implicated with molecular mechanisms of GDM, contributing to a deeper understanding of GDM development. CI - (c) 2022 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. FAU - Tang, Weichun AU - Tang W AD - The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, Nantong, China. FAU - Wang, Xiaoyu AU - Wang X AD - The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, Nantong, China. FAU - Chen, Liping AU - Chen L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8288-4062 AD - The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, Nantong, China. FAU - Lu, Yiling AU - Lu Y AD - The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, Nantong, China. FAU - Kang, Xinyi AU - Kang X AD - The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University, Nantong, China. LA - eng GR - MB2020003/2020 Nantong Health Commission Scientific Research Project (General project B)/ GR - FYX202029/Scientific research project of Jiangsu Maternal and Child Health Association in 2020/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220619 PL - United States TA - J Clin Lab Anal JT - Journal of clinical laboratory analysis JID - 8801384 RN - 0 (Genetic Markers) SB - IM MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 MH - *Diabetes, Gestational/genetics MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Genetic Markers MH - Humans MH - Pregnancy MH - Protein Interaction Maps/genetics PMC - PMC9279970 OTO - NOTNLM OT - differentially expressed genes OT - functional analysis OT - gestational diabetes mellitus OT - protein-protein interaction network COIS- The authors claim that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2022/06/21 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/16 06:00 PMCR- 2022/06/19 CRDT- 2022/06/20 01:33 PHST- 2022/03/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/06/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/06/20 01:33 [entrez] PHST- 2022/06/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JCLA24515 [pii] AID - 10.1002/jcla.24515 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Lab Anal. 2022 Jul;36(7):e24515. doi: 10.1002/jcla.24515. Epub 2022 Jun 19.