[Retracted] Shared Molecular Mechanisms between Atherosclerosis and Periodontitis by Analyzing the Transcriptomic Alterations of Peripheral Blood Monocytes

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Identification of crosstalk genes linking atherosclerosis and periodontitis. (a) Heat map showing the expression pattern of DisGeNET-periodontitis-related known genes mapped to the atherosclerosis-GSE23746 dataset. (b) Heat map showing the expression pattern of the DisGeNET-atherosclerosis-related known genes mapped to the periodontitis-GSE46190 dataset. (c) Venn diagram to identify crosstalk genes linking atherosclerosis and periodontitis, via intersecting any two groups of genes belonging to the four groups (i.e., DEGs dysregulated in atherosclerosis-GSE23746 dataset, DEGs dysregulated in periodontitis-GSE61490 dataset, atherosclerosis-related known genes in DisGeNET, and periodontitis-related known genes in DisGeNET). The 354 crosstalk genes identified by the Venn diagram were displayed in the shared emerald color.

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