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SynthesisJournal of molecular neuroscience : MN2007

Meta-analysis of 12 genomic studies in bipolar disorder.

Michael Elashoff, Brandon W Higgs, Robert H Yolken, Michael B Knable, Serge Weis, Maree J Webster, Beata M Barci, E Fuller Torrey

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Synthesis in Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Michael ElashoffElashoff Consulting, Germantown, MD 20876, USA.
Brandon W Higgs
Robert H Yolken
Michael B Knable
Serge Weis
Maree J Webster
Beata M Barci
E Fuller Torrey

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple genome-wide expression studies of bipolar disorder have been published. However, a unified picture of the genomic basis for the disease has not yet emerged. Genes identified in one study often fail to be identified in other studies, prompting the question of whether microarray studies in the brain are inherently unreliable. To answer this question, we performed a meta-analysis of 12 microarray studies of bipolar disorder. These studies included >500 individual array samples, on a range of microarray platforms and brain regions. Although we confirmed that individual studies showed some differences in results, clear and striking regulation patterns emerged across the studies. These patterns were found at the individual gene level, at the functional level, and at the broader pathway level. The patterns were generally found to be reproducible across platform and region, and were highly statistically significant. We show that the seeming discordance between the studies was primarily a result of the following factors, which are also typical for other brain array studies: (1) Sample sizes were, in retrospect, too small; (2) criteria were at once too restrictive (generally focusing on fold changes >1.5) and too broad (generally using p < 0.05 or p < 0.01 as criteria for significance); and (3) statistical adjustments were not consistently applied for confounders. In addition to these general conclusions, we also summarize the primary biological findings of the meta-analysis, focusing on areas that confirm previous research and also on novel findings.

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Gene Expression RegulationGenomicsAdultBipolar DisorderData Interpretation, StatisticalFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleMiddle AgedOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisQuality Control

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PMID17726228

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