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© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked lysosomal disease whose ultimate consequences are the accumulation of sphingolipids and subsequent inflammatory events, mainly at the endothelial level. The outcomes include different nervous system manifestations as well as multiple organ damage. Despite the availability of known biomarkers, early detection of FD remains a medical need. This study aimed to develop an in silico model based on machine learning to identify candidate vascular and nervous system proteins for early FD damage detection at the cellular level. A combined systems biology and machine learning approach was carried out considering molecular characteristics of FD to create a computational model of vascular and nervous system disease. A data science strategy was applied to identify risk classifiers by using 10 K-fold cross-validation. Further biological and clinical criteria were used to prioritize the most promising candidates, resulting in the identification of 36 biomarker candidates with classifier abilities, which are easily measurable in body fluids. Among them, we propose four candidates, CAMK2A, ILK, LMNA, and KHSRP, which have high classification capabilities according to our models (cross-validated accuracy ≥ 90%) and are related to the vascular and nervous systems. These biomarkers show promise as high-risk cellular and tissue damage indicators that are potentially applicable in clinical settings, although in vivo validation is still needed.

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Title
In Silico Modeling of Fabry Disease Pathophysiology for the Identification of Early Cellular Damage Biomarker Candidates
Author
Gervas-Arruga, Javier 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Barba-Romero, Miguel Ángel 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Jorge Julián Fernández-Martín 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gómez-Cerezo, Jorge Francisco 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Segú-Vergés, Cristina 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ronzoni, Giacomo 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cebolla, Jorge J 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Takeda Development Center Americas Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; [email protected] 
 Department of Internal Medicine, Albacete University Hospital, 02006 Albacete, Spain; [email protected]; Albacete Medical School, Castilla-La Mancha University, 02006 Albacete, Spain 
 Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, 36312 Vigo, Spain; [email protected] 
 Department of Internal Medicine, Infanta Sofía University Hospital, 28702 Madrid, Spain; [email protected]; Faculty of Medicine, European University of Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain 
 Anaxomics Biotech S.L., 08007 Barcelona, Spain; [email protected] 
 Takeda Farmacéutica España S.A., 28046 Madrid, Spain; [email protected] 
First page
10329
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
16616596
e-ISSN
14220067
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3116670197
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.