Crucial Gene Identification in Carotid Atherosclerosis Based on Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell (PBMC) Data by Weighted (Gene) Correlation Network Analysis (WGCNA). The WGCNA and DEG screening were conducted. 
WGCNA
The WGCNA and DEG screening were conducted. 
DEG screening
Finally, the DEG co-expression network was constructed and MCODE was used to identify crucial genes based on this co-expression network. 
MCODE