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  1. Article: Natural selection plays a significant role in governing the codon usage bias in the novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC).

    Tyagi, Neetu / Sardar, Rahila / Gupta, Dinesh

    PeerJ

    2022  Volume 10, Page(s) e13562

    Abstract: The ongoing prevailing COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is becoming one of the major global health concerns worldwide. The SARS-CoV-2 genome encodes spike (S) glycoprotein that plays a very crucial role in viral entry into the host ... ...

    Abstract The ongoing prevailing COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is becoming one of the major global health concerns worldwide. The SARS-CoV-2 genome encodes spike (S) glycoprotein that plays a very crucial role in viral entry into the host cell
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2703241-3
    ISSN 2167-8359
    ISSN 2167-8359
    DOI 10.7717/peerj.13562
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  2. Article ; Online: Natural selection plays a significant role in governing the codon usage bias in the novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC)

    Neetu Tyagi / Rahila Sardar / Dinesh Gupta

    PeerJ, Vol 10, p e

    2022  Volume 13562

    Abstract: The ongoing prevailing COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is becoming one of the major global health concerns worldwide. The SARS-CoV-2 genome encodes spike (S) glycoprotein that plays a very crucial role in viral entry into the host cell via binding ...

    Abstract The ongoing prevailing COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is becoming one of the major global health concerns worldwide. The SARS-CoV-2 genome encodes spike (S) glycoprotein that plays a very crucial role in viral entry into the host cell via binding of its receptor binding domain (RBD) to the host angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor. The continuously evolving SARS-CoV-2 genome results in more severe and transmissible variants characterized by the emergence of novel mutations called ‘variants of concern’ (VOC). The currently designated alpha, beta, gamma, delta and omicron VOC are the focus of this study due to their high transmissibility, increased virulence, and concerns for decreased effectiveness of the available vaccines. In VOC, the spike (S) gene and other non-structural protein mutations may affect the efficacies of the approved COVID-19 vaccines. To understand the diversity of SARS-CoV-2, several studies have been performed on a limited number of sequences. However, only a few studies have focused on codon usage bias (CUBs) pattern analysis of all the VOC strains. Therefore, to evaluate the evolutionary divergence of all VOC S-genes, we performed CUBs analysis on 300,354 sequences to understand the evolutionary relationship with its adaptation in different hosts, i.e., humans, bats, and pangolins. Base composition and RSCU analysis revealed the presence of 20 preferred AU-ended and 10 under-preferred GC-ended codons. In addition, CpG was found to be depleted, which may be attributable to the adaptive response by viruses to escape from the host defense process. Moreover, the ENC values revealed a higher bias in codon usage in the VOC S-gene. Further, the neutrality plot analysis demonstrated that S-genes analyzed in this study are under 83.93% influence of natural selection, suggesting its pivotal role in shaping the CUBs. The CUBs pattern of S-genes was found to be very similar among all the VOC strains. Interestingly, we observed that VOC strains followed a trend of antagonistic codon ...
    Keywords Codon usage bias ; Mutational pressure ; Natural selection ; Variants of concern (VOC) ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Medicine ; R ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Subject code 570 ; 572
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher PeerJ Inc.
    Document type Article ; Online
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  3. Article: Machine Learning Assisted Prediction of Prognostic Biomarkers Associated With COVID-19, Using Clinical and Proteomics Data.

    Sardar, Rahila / Sharma, Arun / Gupta, Dinesh

    Frontiers in genetics

    2021  Volume 12, Page(s) 636441

    Abstract: With the availability of COVID-19-related clinical data, healthcare researchers can now explore the potential of computational technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to discover biomarkers for accurate detection, ... ...

    Abstract With the availability of COVID-19-related clinical data, healthcare researchers can now explore the potential of computational technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to discover biomarkers for accurate detection, early diagnosis, and prognosis for the management of COVID-19. However, the identification of biomarkers associated with survival and deaths remains a major challenge for early prognosis. In the present study, we have evaluated and developed AI-based prediction algorithms for predicting a COVID-19 patient's survival or death based on a publicly available dataset consisting of clinical parameters and protein profile data of hospital-admitted COVID-19 patients. The best classification model based on clinical parameters achieved a maximum accuracy of 89.47% for predicting survival or death of COVID-19 patients, with a sensitivity and specificity of 85.71 and 92.45%, respectively. The classification model based on normalized protein expression values of 45 proteins achieved a maximum accuracy of 89.01% for predicting the survival or death, with a sensitivity and specificity of 92.68 and 86%, respectively. Interestingly, we identified 9 clinical and 45 protein-based putative biomarkers associated with the survival/death of COVID-19 patients. Based on our findings, few clinical features and proteins correlate significantly with the literature and reaffirm their role in the COVID-19 disease progression at the molecular level. The machine learning-based models developed in the present study have the potential to predict the survival chances of COVID-19 positive patients in the early stages of the disease or at the time of hospitalization. However, this has to be verified on a larger cohort of patients before it can be put to actual clinical practice. We have also developed a webserver CovidPrognosis, where clinical information can be uploaded to predict the survival chances of a COVID-19 patient. The webserver is available at http://14.139.62.220/covidprognosis/.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-20
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2606823-0
    ISSN 1664-8021
    ISSN 1664-8021
    DOI 10.3389/fgene.2021.636441
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  4. Article ; Online: Dataset of mutational analysis, miRNAs targeting SARS-CoV-2 genes and host gene expression in SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 infections.

    Sardar, Rahila / Satish, Deepshikha / Birla, Shweta / Gupta, Dinesh

    Data in brief

    2020  Volume 32, Page(s) 106207

    Abstract: The identification of host-miRNAs targeting mutated virus genes is crucial to understand the miRNA mediated host-defense mechanism in virus infections. To understand the mechanism in COVID-19 infections, we collected genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 with ... ...

    Abstract The identification of host-miRNAs targeting mutated virus genes is crucial to understand the miRNA mediated host-defense mechanism in virus infections. To understand the mechanism in COVID-19 infections, we collected genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 with its metadata from the GISAID database (submitted till April 2020) and identified mutational changes in the sequences. The dataset consists of genes with mutation event count and entropy scores. We predicted host-miRNAs targeting the genes in the genomes and compared it with that in related viral species. We have identified 2284 miRNAs targeting MERS genomes, 2074 miRNAs targeting SARS genomes, and 1599 miRNAs targeting SARS-CoV-2 genomes, identified using the miRNA target prediction software miRanda. The host miRNAs targeting SARS-CoV-2 genes were further validated to be anti-viral miRNAs and their role in respiratory diseases through a literature survey, which helped in the identification of 42 conserved antiviral miRNAs. The data could be used to validate the anti-viral role of the predicted miRNAs and design miRNA-based therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-08-21
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2786545-9
    ISSN 2352-3409 ; 2352-3409
    ISSN (online) 2352-3409
    ISSN 2352-3409
    DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106207
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  5. Article: Integrative analyses of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from different geographical locations reveal unique features potentially consequential to host-virus interaction, pathogenesis and clues for novel therapies.

    Sardar, Rahila / Satish, Deepshikha / Birla, Shweta / Gupta, Dinesh

    Heliyon

    2020  Volume 6, Issue 9, Page(s) e04658

    Abstract: We have performed an integrative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences from different countries. Apart from mutational analysis, we have predicted host antiviral miRNAs targeting virus genes, PTMs in the virus proteins and antiviral peptides. A ... ...

    Abstract We have performed an integrative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences from different countries. Apart from mutational analysis, we have predicted host antiviral miRNAs targeting virus genes, PTMs in the virus proteins and antiviral peptides. A comparison of the analyses with other coronavirus genomes has been performed, wherever possible. Our analysis confirms unique features in the SARS-CoV-2 genomes absent in other evolutionarily related coronavirus family genomes, which presumably confer unique infection, transmission and virulence capabilities to the virus. For understanding the crucial factors involved in host-virus interactions, we have performed Bioinformatics aided analysis integrated with experimental data related to other corona viruses. We have identified 42 conserved miRNAs that can potentially target SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Interestingly, out of these, 3 are previously reported to exhibit antiviral activity against other respiratory viruses. Gene expression analysis of known host antiviral factors reveals significant over-expression of
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-08-20
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2835763-2
    ISSN 2405-8440
    ISSN 2405-8440
    DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04658
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  6. Article: Identification of Novel SARS-CoV-2 Drug Targets by Host MicroRNAs and Transcription Factors Co-regulatory Interaction Network Analysis.

    Sardar, Rahila / Satish, Deepshikha / Gupta, Dinesh

    Frontiers in genetics

    2020  Volume 11, Page(s) 571274

    Abstract: Understanding the host regulatory mechanisms opposing virus infection and virulence can provide actionable insights to identify novel therapeutics against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We have used a network biology ... ...

    Abstract Understanding the host regulatory mechanisms opposing virus infection and virulence can provide actionable insights to identify novel therapeutics against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We have used a network biology approach to elucidate the crucial factors involved in host responses involving host-microRNA (miRNA) interactions with host and virus genes using recently published experimentally verified protein-protein interaction data. We were able to identify 311 host genes to be potentially targetable by 2,197 human miRNAs. These miRNAs are known to be involved in various biological processes, such as T-cell differentiation and activation, virus replication, and immune system. Among these, the anti-viral activity of 38 miRNAs to target 148 host genes is experimentally validated. Six anti-viral miRNAs, namely, hsa-miR-1-3p, hsa-miR-17-5p, hsa-miR-199a-3p, hsa-miR-429, hsa-miR-15a-5p, and hsa-miR-20a-5p, are previously reported to be anti-viral in respiratory diseases and were found to be downregulated. The interaction network of the 2,197 human miRNAs and interacting transcription factors (TFs) enabled the identification of 51 miRNAs to interact with 77 TFs inducing activation or repression and affecting gene expression of linked genes. Further, from the gene regulatory network analysis, the top five hub genes
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-10-14
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2606823-0
    ISSN 1664-8021
    ISSN 1664-8021
    DOI 10.3389/fgene.2020.571274
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  7. Article ; Online: Dataset of mutational analysis, miRNAs targeting SARS-CoV-2 genes and host gene expression in SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 infections

    Rahila Sardar / Deepshikha Satish / Shweta Birla / Dinesh Gupta

    Data in Brief, Vol 32, Iss , Pp 106207- (2020)

    2020  

    Abstract: The identification of host-miRNAs targeting mutated virus genes is crucial to understand the miRNA mediated host-defense mechanism in virus infections. To understand the mechanism in COVID-19 infections, we collected genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 with ... ...

    Abstract The identification of host-miRNAs targeting mutated virus genes is crucial to understand the miRNA mediated host-defense mechanism in virus infections. To understand the mechanism in COVID-19 infections, we collected genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 with its metadata from the GISAID database (submitted till April 2020) and identified mutational changes in the sequences. The dataset consists of genes with mutation event count and entropy scores. We predicted host-miRNAs targeting the genes in the genomes and compared it with that in related viral species. We have identified 2284 miRNAs targeting MERS genomes, 2074 miRNAs targeting SARS genomes, and 1599 miRNAs targeting SARS-CoV-2 genomes, identified using the miRNA target prediction software miRanda. The host miRNAs targeting SARS-CoV-2 genes were further validated to be anti-viral miRNAs and their role in respiratory diseases through a literature survey, which helped in the identification of 42 conserved antiviral miRNAs. The data could be used to validate the anti-viral role of the predicted miRNAs and design miRNA-based therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2.
    Keywords COVID-19 ; Mutation ; Antiviral ; miRNA ; Gene expression ; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7 ; Science (General) ; Q1-390
    Subject code 572
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  8. Article ; Online: Integrative analyses of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from different geographical locations reveal unique features potentially consequential to host-virus interaction, pathogenesis and clues for novel therapies

    Rahila Sardar / Deepshikha Satish / Shweta Birla / Dinesh Gupta

    Heliyon, Vol 6, Iss 9, Pp e04658- (2020)

    2020  

    Abstract: We have performed an integrative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences from different countries. Apart from mutational analysis, we have predicted host antiviral miRNAs targeting virus genes, PTMs in the virus proteins and antiviral peptides. A ... ...

    Abstract We have performed an integrative analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences from different countries. Apart from mutational analysis, we have predicted host antiviral miRNAs targeting virus genes, PTMs in the virus proteins and antiviral peptides. A comparison of the analyses with other coronavirus genomes has been performed, wherever possible. Our analysis confirms unique features in the SARS-CoV-2 genomes absent in other evolutionarily related coronavirus family genomes, which presumably confer unique infection, transmission and virulence capabilities to the virus. For understanding the crucial factors involved in host-virus interactions, we have performed Bioinformatics aided analysis integrated with experimental data related to other corona viruses. We have identified 42 conserved miRNAs that can potentially target SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Interestingly, out of these, 3 are previously reported to exhibit antiviral activity against other respiratory viruses. Gene expression analysis of known host antiviral factors reveals significant over-expression of IFITM3 and down regulation of cathepsins during SARS-CoV-2 infection, suggesting its active role in pathogenesis and delayed immune response. We also predicted antiviral peptides which can be used in designing peptide based drugs against SARS-CoV-2. Our analysis explores the functional impact of the virus mutations on its proteins and interaction of its genes with host antiviral mechanisms.
    Keywords Bioinformatics ; Genetics ; Infectious disease ; Virology ; Coronavirus ; Antiviral miRNA ; Science (General) ; Q1-390 ; Social sciences (General) ; H1-99 ; covid19
    Subject code 570
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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  9. Book ; Online: Table_5_Identification of Novel SARS-CoV-2 Drug Targets by Host MicroRNAs and Transcription Factors Co-regulatory Interaction Network Analysis.XLSX

    Rahila Sardar / Deepshikha Satish / Dinesh Gupta

    2020  

    Abstract: Understanding the host regulatory mechanisms opposing virus infection and virulence can provide actionable insights to identify novel therapeutics against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We have used a network biology ... ...

    Abstract Understanding the host regulatory mechanisms opposing virus infection and virulence can provide actionable insights to identify novel therapeutics against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We have used a network biology approach to elucidate the crucial factors involved in host responses involving host–microRNA (miRNA) interactions with host and virus genes using recently published experimentally verified protein–protein interaction data. We were able to identify 311 host genes to be potentially targetable by 2,197 human miRNAs. These miRNAs are known to be involved in various biological processes, such as T-cell differentiation and activation, virus replication, and immune system. Among these, the anti-viral activity of 38 miRNAs to target 148 host genes is experimentally validated. Six anti-viral miRNAs, namely, hsa-miR-1-3p, hsa-miR-17-5p, hsa-miR-199a-3p, hsa-miR-429, hsa-miR-15a-5p, and hsa-miR-20a-5p, are previously reported to be anti-viral in respiratory diseases and were found to be downregulated. The interaction network of the 2,197 human miRNAs and interacting transcription factors (TFs) enabled the identification of 51 miRNAs to interact with 77 TFs inducing activation or repression and affecting gene expression of linked genes. Further, from the gene regulatory network analysis, the top five hub genes HMOX1, DNMT1, PLAT, GDF1, and ITGB1 are found to be involved in interferon (IFN)-α2b induction, epigenetic modification, and modulation of anti-viral activity. The comparative miRNAs target identification analysis in other respiratory viruses revealed the presence of 98 unique host miRNAs targeting SARS-CoV-2 genome. Our findings identify prioritized key regulatory interactions that include miRNAs and TFs that provide opportunities for the identification of novel drug targets and development of anti-viral drugs.
    Keywords Genetics ; Genetic Engineering ; Biomarkers ; Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) ; Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics) ; Gene Expression (incl. Microarray and other genome-wide approaches) ; Genome Structure and Regulation ; Genomics ; Genetically Modified Animals ; Livestock Cloning ; Gene and Molecular Therapy ; regulatory network ; miRNA ; SARS-CoV-2 ; hub genes ; TFS ; covid19
    Subject code 570 ; 572
    Publishing date 2020-10-14T04:45:28Z
    Publishing country uk
    Document type Book ; Online
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  10. Book ; Online: Table_8_Identification of Novel SARS-CoV-2 Drug Targets by Host MicroRNAs and Transcription Factors Co-regulatory Interaction Network Analysis.xls

    Rahila Sardar / Deepshikha Satish / Dinesh Gupta

    2020  

    Abstract: Understanding the host regulatory mechanisms opposing virus infection and virulence can provide actionable insights to identify novel therapeutics against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We have used a network biology ... ...

    Abstract Understanding the host regulatory mechanisms opposing virus infection and virulence can provide actionable insights to identify novel therapeutics against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We have used a network biology approach to elucidate the crucial factors involved in host responses involving host–microRNA (miRNA) interactions with host and virus genes using recently published experimentally verified protein–protein interaction data. We were able to identify 311 host genes to be potentially targetable by 2,197 human miRNAs. These miRNAs are known to be involved in various biological processes, such as T-cell differentiation and activation, virus replication, and immune system. Among these, the anti-viral activity of 38 miRNAs to target 148 host genes is experimentally validated. Six anti-viral miRNAs, namely, hsa-miR-1-3p, hsa-miR-17-5p, hsa-miR-199a-3p, hsa-miR-429, hsa-miR-15a-5p, and hsa-miR-20a-5p, are previously reported to be anti-viral in respiratory diseases and were found to be downregulated. The interaction network of the 2,197 human miRNAs and interacting transcription factors (TFs) enabled the identification of 51 miRNAs to interact with 77 TFs inducing activation or repression and affecting gene expression of linked genes. Further, from the gene regulatory network analysis, the top five hub genes HMOX1, DNMT1, PLAT, GDF1, and ITGB1 are found to be involved in interferon (IFN)-α2b induction, epigenetic modification, and modulation of anti-viral activity. The comparative miRNAs target identification analysis in other respiratory viruses revealed the presence of 98 unique host miRNAs targeting SARS-CoV-2 genome. Our findings identify prioritized key regulatory interactions that include miRNAs and TFs that provide opportunities for the identification of novel drug targets and development of anti-viral drugs.
    Keywords Genetics ; Genetic Engineering ; Biomarkers ; Developmental Genetics (incl. Sex Determination) ; Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics) ; Gene Expression (incl. Microarray and other genome-wide approaches) ; Genome Structure and Regulation ; Genomics ; Genetically Modified Animals ; Livestock Cloning ; Gene and Molecular Therapy ; regulatory network ; miRNA ; SARS-CoV-2 ; hub genes ; TFS ; covid19
    Subject code 570 ; 572
    Publishing date 2020-10-14T04:45:29Z
    Publishing country uk
    Document type Book ; Online
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