Multiple transcriptome data analysis reveals biologically relevant atopic dermatitis signature genes and pathways

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Ghosh, Debajyoti ^a   Ding, Lili ^b   Sivaprasad, Umasundari ^b   Geh, Esmond ^a   Myers, Jocelyn Biagini ^b   Bernstein, Jonathan A ^a   Hershey, Gurjit K Khurana ^b   Mersha, Tesfaye B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADL GENE; AKR1B10 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXA9 GENE; APOBEC3A GENE; AQP9 GENE; ARG1 GENE; ARHGAP18 GENE; ARTICLE; ASPRV1 GENE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BTC GENE; C1ORF68 GENE; CBLC GENE; CCL17 GENE; CCL18 GENE; CCL22 GENE; CDSN GENE; CLDN23 GENE; COL6A6 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIN GENE; CPA3 GENE; CST6 GENE; CSTM GENE; CTSL2 GENE; CTSV GENE; CYP4F8 GENE; DEFB4 GENE; DEFB4A GENE; DKK2 GENE; ELMOD1 GENE; ELMOND1 GENE; EPIDERMIS; EREG GENE; FABP7 GENE; FADS1 GENE; FAR2 GENE; FLG GENE; GALANT6 GENE; GALNT6 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GPD1 GENE; GPR171 GENE; GREM1 GENE; GYG2 GENE; GZMB GENE; HPGDS GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IGJ GENE; IGL GENE; IL1F7 GENE; IL27RA GENE; IL37 GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; KERATINOCYTE; KLK5 GENE; KRT16 GENE; KRT6 GENE; KRT6B GENE; KRT72 GENE; LCE2B GENE; LEP GENE; LINC00302 GENE; LIPID METABOLISM; LONP2 GENE; LOR GENE; LOX GENE; LTF GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MMP1 GENE; MMP12 GENE; MOUSE; MSMB GENE; NONHUMAN; OGN GENE; OMD GENE; P13 GENE; PGF GENE; POF1B GENE; PSORS1C2 GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RGS1 GENE; RNASE7 GENE; S100A7 GENE; S100A8 GENE; SAP1 GENE; SCEL GENE; SCGB2A1 GENE; SELE GENE; SERPIN3A GENE; SERPINB3 GENE; SERPINB4 GENE; SERPINB7 GENE; SKIN BIOPSY; SLURP1 GENE; SORBS1 GENE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TACC3 GENE; TF GENE; TMPR554 GENE; TMPR664 GENE; TMPRSS4 GENE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TYMP GENE; ZBTB16 GENE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84956919151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144316     Document Type: Article

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