Identification of Specific Gene Modules and Candidate Signatures in Necrotizing Enterocolitis Disease: Ne1twork-based Gene Co-expression Approach

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious disease of the gastrointestinal systems that primarily affects premature newborns' intestine in neonatal intensive care units. The present study aimed to detect NEC molecular signatures and pathways from comprehensive bioinformatics analysis of NEC's RNA-seq transcriptomics. We performed systems biology analysis of RNA-seq transcriptomics data (with accession GSE64801) of NEC from nine NEC and five healthy controls. Differential expression of gene expression was performed using a combination of three R packages "DESeq2", "edgeR", “edger robust”. Gene co-expression analysis was performed using a weighted WGCNA package to identify gene modules, Gene Ontology (GO), pathway analysis, protein-protein interaction, gene-transcription factor, and gene-microRNA interaction analysis was performed. The differential expression analysis identified 966 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in…