Macrophage KDM2A promotes atherosclerosis via regulating FYN and inducing inflammatory response.

ABSTRACT: Macrophage inflammatory response is the key driver in atherosclerosis development. However, transcriptional remodeling of macrophage inflammatory response remains largely unknown. In this study, transcriptional regulatory networks were constructed from human plaque microarray datasets. Differential analysis and subsequent machine learning algorithms were used to identify key transcriptional regulons. Multiple immune cell inference methods (including CIBERSORT, ssGSEA, MCP-counter, and xCell), single-cell RNA-seq of human plaques and immunofluorescence of human and mouse plaque samples reveal that the macrophage-specific transcriptional regulator, KDM2A, is critical for inflammatory response. Diagnostic analyses validate KDM2A expression in peripheral monocytes/macrophages is an excellent p

SUBMITTER: Xue Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035892 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature