iScience (Jan 2024)

The sound of silent RNA in tuberculosis and the lncRNA role on infection

  • Eduardo Fukutani Rocha,
  • Caian Leal Vinhaes,
  • Mariana Araújo-Pereira,
  • Tiago Feitosa Mota,
  • Akshay N. Gupte,
  • Nathella Pavan Kumar,
  • Maria Belen Arriaga,
  • Timothy R. Sterling,
  • Subash Babu,
  • Sanjay Gaikwad,
  • Rajesh Karyakarte,
  • Vidya Mave,
  • Vandana Kulkarni,
  • Mandar Paradkar,
  • Vijay Viswanathan,
  • Hardy Kornfeld,
  • Amita Gupta,
  • Bruno Bezerril Andrade,
  • Artur Trancoso Lopo de Queiroz

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 1
p. 108662

Abstract

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Summary: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and Diabetes Mellitus is one of the major comorbidities (TB/DM) associated with the disease. A total of 103 differentially expressed ncRNAs have been identified in the TB and TB/DM comparisons. A machine learning algorithm was employed to identify the most informative lncRNAs: ADM-DT, LINC02009, LINC02471, SOX2-OT, and GK-AS1. These lncRNAs presented substantial accuracy in classifying TB from HC (AUCs >0.85) and TB/DM from HC (AUCs >0.90) in the other three countries. Genes with significant correlations with the five lncRNAs enriched common pathways in Brazil and India for both TB and TB/DM. This suggests that lncRNAs play an important role in the regulation of genes related to the TB immune response.

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