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    • * Immunology and infectious diseases
    • * Pharmacology and drug discovery

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    • * Sepsis is a life-threatening infection response with high heterogeneity, hindering effective treatments.
    • * Current therapies lack precision due to the complex and varied nature of sepsis.
    • * A need exists for molecular subtyping to enable targeted therapeutic strategies.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • * To develop a transcriptomic atlas of adult sepsis data.
    • * To perform molecular subtyping of sepsis patients.
    • * To identify subtype-specific drug repurposing opportunities for precision medicine.

    Main Methods:

    • * Harmonization of 3,713 publicly available transcriptomic samples (2,251 sepsis patients).
    • * Clustering of sepsis samples based on immune- and lipid-related gene expression to identify molecular subtypes (C1-C4).
    • * Gene signature identification, pathway analysis, and pharmacogenomic database analysis for drug repurposing.

    Main Results:

    • * Four distinct molecular subtypes (C1-C4) of sepsis were identified, correlating with mortality.
    • * Subtypes exhibited unique gene signatures and pathway enrichments (e.g., immune exhaustion in C1, inflammation in C3, immunosuppression in C4).
    • * Potential targeted therapies were identified for each subtype, including Methylene Blue for C4 and anti-inflammatory monoclonal antibodies, with insights into trial failures.

    Conclusions:

    • * Molecular subtyping of sepsis provides a framework for understanding disease heterogeneity.
    • * Identified subtype-specific gene signatures and potential drug targets offer avenues for precision medicine.
    • * This approach can guide future clinical trials and improve sepsis treatment efficacy.