Fig. 1From: Major ceRNA regulation and key metabolic signature analysis of intervertebral disc degenerationFlowchart of our bioinformatic analysis. The logical steps: 1. Differential expression analysis; 2. Target gene prediction; 3. ceRNA network construction; 4. Machine learning (for screening core gene); 5. RNA expression and validation. Intersection means the set of common gene IDs in different gene setsBack to article page