整合机器学习和单细胞分析鉴定并验证子宫内膜异位症昼夜节律相关诊断生物标志物
Identification and validation of circadian rhythm-related diagnostic biomarkers for endometriosis through integrating machine learning and single-cell analysis
摘要
本研究针对子宫内膜异位症缺乏分子诊断标志物的问题,整合WGCNA、四种机器学习算法和三个独立GEO队列,筛选并验证昼夜节律相关诊断标志物。结果提示SMC2、SUV39H2和TIMELESS具有良好诊断性能;免疫浸润分析显示B细胞和CD8+ T细胞富集升高、Treg和NK细胞降低;单细胞分析发现间充质细胞比例增加,BMP、CHEMERIN和GRN等细胞通讯改变,拟时序分析提示基质细胞亚群间的转录关系。
原文摘要
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis (EMs) is a chronic inflammatory disease, and the lack of candidate molecular biomarkers remain a major clinical challenge. Circadian rhythm disruption plays a non-negligible role in EMs. However, the diagnostic potential of circadian rhythm-related biomarkers remains insufficiently validated. METHODS: We performed weighted gene co-expression network analysis to screen for endometriosis-related hub modules. Four machine learning algorithms were used for feature selection in the training cohort, and the resulting diagnostic model was evaluated in three independent GEO validation cohorts. To evaluate the immune microenvironment, we applied MCPcounter, CIBERSORT, and single-sample gene set enrichment analysis. Single‑cell RNA‑seq data were processed with Seurat for cell clustering and annotation, cell‑cell communication networks were constructed using CellChat, and pseudotime trajectory analysis was performed with Monocle. RESULTS: SMC2, SUV39H2, and TIMELESS were identified as candidate molecular biomarkers, demonstrating favorable diagnostic performance across three independent validation sets. Computational immune infiltration analysis suggested higher enrichment scores for B cells and CD8+ T cells, along with lower scores for Tregs and NK cells in EMs samples. Single-cell analysis revealed an increased proportion of mesenchymal cells in EMs samples and altered cell-cell communication involving BMP, CHEMERIN, and GRN signaling pathways. Pseudotime analysis further suggested transcriptional relationships among distinct stromal cell populations. CONCLUSION: This study identified SMC2, SUV39H2, and TIMELESS as candidate tissue-based molecular biomarkers for EMs and revealed alterations in stromal cell populations and immune-related features associated with the disease.
推荐理由:该研究将昼夜节律、机器学习与单细胞分析结合,为子宫内膜异位症无创/组织诊断标志物提供了计算验证线索;但证据以公共数据再分析为主,尚缺实验验证和临床样本前瞻性验证,适合作为方法学与候选标志物参考阅读。
文献解读
尚未生成。该条目分数达到自动解读阈值,下次流水线运行时会自动生成;