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PHARMACOPSYCHIATRY
Volume 44, Issue -, Pages S35-S42Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1275275
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- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
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Meta analysis of association data of mood disorders has shown evidence for the role of particular genes in genetic risk. Integration of association data from meta analysis with differential expression data in brains of mood disorder patients could heighten the level of support for specific genes. To identify molecular mechanisms that may be disrupted in disease, a systems approach that involves analysis of biological networks created by these selected genes was employed. Interaction networks of hierarchical groupings of selected genes were generated using the Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI) software. Large networks were deconvoluted into subclusters of core complexes by using a community clustering program, GLay. Network nodes were functionally annotated in DAVID Bioinformatics Resource to identify enriched pathways and functional clusters. MAPK and beta adrenergic receptor signaling pathways were significantly enriched in the ANK3 and CACNA1C network. The PBRM1 network bolstered the enrichment of chromatin remodeling and transcription regulation functional clusters. Lowering the stringency for inclusion of other genes in network seeds increased network complexity and expanded the recruitment of enriched pathways to include signaling by neurotransmitter and hormone receptors, neurotrophin, ErbB and the cell cycle. We present a strategy to interrogate mechanisms in the cellular system that might be perturbed in disease. Network analysis of meta analysis-generated candidate genes that exhibited differential expression in mood disorder brains identified signaling pathways and functional clusters that may be involved in genetic risk for mood disorders.
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