KEGG enrichment analysis showed that the 83 potential targets were closely related to several critical pathways associated with UC, such as ‘IL-17 signaling pathway’, ‘tumor necrosis factor (TNF) signaling pathway’, ‘Th17 cell differentiation’, ‘inflammatory bowel disease’, ‘Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 signaling pathway’, and ‘inflammatory bowel disease’. Here, IL17A is linked to inflammatory bowel disease.