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SynthesisArtificial intelligence in medicine

Gene- and evidence-based candidate gene selection for schizophrenia and gene feature analysis.

Jingchun Sun, Leng Han, Zhongming Zhao

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Jingchun SunDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
Leng Han
Zhongming Zhao

Funding

Project 3: Cross Species Characterization of Gene Networks in Acute ResponsesP20AA017828 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI RILEY, BRIEN P · 2009 to 2012
$2.2M
Generation of Ethanol Response Gene Resource by Large-Scale Data IntegrationR21AA017437 · NIAAA · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI ZHAO, ZHONGMING · 2008 to 2009
$398k
Investigating CpG islands in mammalian genomesR03LM009598 · NLM · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI ZHAO, ZHONGMING · 2008 to 2010
$191k
NIAAA NIH HHS AA017437NIAAA NIH HHS P20 AA017828NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA017437NLM NIH HHS LM009598NLM NIH HHS R03 LM009598
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Abstract

objectiveSchizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder that affects about 1% of the population globally. A tremendous amount of effort has been expended in the past decade, including more than 2400 association studies, to identify genes influencing susceptibility to the disorder. However, few genes or markers have been reliably replicated. The wealth of this information calls for an integration of gene association data, evidence-based gene ranking, and follow-up replication in large sample. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate evidence-based gene ranking methods and to examine the features of top-ranking candidate genes for schizophrenia.

methodsWe proposed a gene-based approach for selecting and prioritizing candidate genes by combining odds ratios (ORs) of multiple markers in each association study and then combining ORs in multiple studies of a gene. We named it combination-combination OR method (CCOR). CCOR is similar to our recently published method, which first selects the largest OR of the markers in each study and then combines these ORs in multiple studies (i.e., selection-combination OR method, SCOR), but differs in selecting representative OR in each study. Features of top-ranking genes were examined by Gene Ontology terms and gene expression in tissues.

resultsOur evaluation suggested that the SCOR method overall outperforms the CCOR method. Using the SCOR, a list of 75 top-ranking genes was selected for schizophrenia candidate genes (SZGenes). We found that SZGenes had strong correlation with neuro-related functional terms and were highly expressed in brain-related tissues.

conclusionThe scientific landscape for schizophrenia genetics and other complex disease studies is expected to change dramatically in the next a few years, thus, the gene-based combined OR method is useful in candidate gene selection for follow-up association studies and in further artificial intelligence in medicine. This method for prioritization of candidate genes can be applied to other complex diseases such as depression, anxiety, nicotine dependence, alcohol dependence, and cardiovascular diseases.

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Artificial IntelligenceEvidence-Based MedicineGenetic Association StudiesGenetic MarkersSystems BiologySystems IntegrationDatabases, GeneticData MiningGene Expression ProfilingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansOdds RatioReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSchizophreniaGenetic Markers

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