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Traditional experimental methods fail to efficiently mine high-dimensional transcriptomic data, making precise screening of infection biomarkers difficult. Methods: Transcriptome data (GSE40092) were analyzed to obtain porcine lung DEGs upon H1N1 infection, followed by GO\/KEGG functional enrichment. Four machine learning algorithms (LASSO, random forest, SVM-RFE, XGBoost) coupled with stratified nested 5-fold cross-validation screened core genes. Feature stability analysis and external dataset GSE28871 validated biomarker robustness. A gradient-dose H1N1 piglet model and Western blot verified the key gene\u2019s\n                      <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                      protein expression.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 310 H1N1-related DEGs were enriched in immune, inflammatory and viral signaling pathways. All four models accurately discriminated infected and normal lung samples, with SPP1 as the only shared core gene. Cross-validation proved SPP1 screening free of overfitting; external validation yielded an AUC of 0.889, 83.3% sensitivity and 100% specificity.\n                      <jats:italic>In vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                      assays confirmed significant SPP1 protein downregulation under low, medium and high viral doses (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study combined transcriptomics and multi-machine learning to identify and verify host genes for swine H1N1 infection. SPP1 acts as a stable diagnostic biomarker whose reduced expression correlates with disease progression. 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