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Viswanathan S, Oliver KL, Regan BM, Schneider AL, Myers CT, Mehaffey MG, LaCroix AJ, Antony J, Webster R, Cardamone M, Subramanian GM, Chiu ATG, Roza E, Teleanu RI, Malone S, Leventer RJ, Gill D, Berkovic SF, Hildebrand MS, Goad BS, Howell KB, Symonds JD, Brunklaus A, Sadleir LG, Zuberi SM, Mefford HC, Scheffer IE. Solving the Etiology of Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy with Spike-Wave Activation in Sleep (D/EE-SWAS). Ann Neurol 2024. [PMID: 39096015 DOI: 10.1002/ana.27041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 05/31/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To understand the etiological landscape and phenotypic differences between 2 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) syndromes: DEE with spike-wave activation in sleep (DEE-SWAS) and epileptic encephalopathy with spike-wave activation in sleep (EE-SWAS). METHODS All patients fulfilled International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) DEE-SWAS or EE-SWAS criteria with a Core cohort (n = 91) drawn from our Epilepsy Genetics research program, together with 10 etiologically solved patients referred by collaborators in the Expanded cohort (n = 101). Detailed phenotyping and analysis of molecular genetic results were performed. We compared the phenotypic features of individuals with DEE-SWAS and EE-SWAS. Brain-specific gene co-expression analysis was performed for D/EE-SWAS genes. RESULTS We identified the etiology in 42/91 (46%) patients in our Core cohort, including 29/44 (66%) with DEE-SWAS and 13/47 (28%) with EE-SWAS. A genetic etiology was identified in 31/91 (34%). D/EE-SWAS genes were highly co-expressed in brain, highlighting the importance of channelopathies and transcriptional regulators. Structural etiologies were found in 12/91 (13%) individuals. We identified 10 novel D/EE-SWAS genes with a range of functions: ATP1A2, CACNA1A, FOXP1, GRIN1, KCNMA1, KCNQ3, PPFIA3, PUF60, SETD1B, and ZBTB18, and 2 novel copy number variants, 17p11.2 duplication and 5q22 deletion. Although developmental regression patterns were similar in both syndromes, DEE-SWAS was associated with a longer duration of epilepsy and poorer intellectual outcome than EE-SWAS. INTERPRETATION DEE-SWAS and EE-SWAS have highly heterogeneous genetic and structural etiologies. Phenotypic analysis highlights valuable clinical differences between DEE-SWAS and EE-SWAS which inform clinical care and prognostic counseling. Our etiological findings pave the way for the development of precision therapies. ANN NEUROL 2024.
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- Sindhu Viswanathan
- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Hospital Pulau Pinang, George Town, Malaysia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Population Health and Immunity Division, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- T.Y. Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- T.Y. Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick; School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, John Hunter Children's Hospital, New Lambton Heights, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Neurosciences Department, Paediatric Neurology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, București, Romania
- Pediatric Neurology Department, Dr. Victor Gomoiu Children's Hospital, București, Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Neurosciences Department, Paediatric Neurology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, București, Romania
- Pediatric Neurology Department, Dr. Victor Gomoiu Children's Hospital, București, Romania
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
- Neurosciences Department, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Neuroscience Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- T.Y. Nelson Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Kids Neuroscience Centre, Kids Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Neuroscience Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Neuroscience Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Neuroscience Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- The Paediatric Neurosciences Research Group, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- The Paediatric Neurosciences Research Group, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- The Paediatric Neurosciences Research Group, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Centre for Pediatric Neurological Disease Research, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Neuroscience Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- The Florey Institute of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
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Yoon H, Park SG, Kim HJ, Shin HR, Kim KT, Cho YD, Moon JI, Park MS, Kim WJ, Ryoo HM. Nicotinamide enhances osteoblast differentiation through activation of the mitochondrial antioxidant defense system. Exp Mol Med 2023:10.1038/s12276-023-01041-w. [PMID: 37464093 PMCID: PMC10393969 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-023-01041-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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Although the normal physiological level of oxidative stress is beneficial for maintaining bone homeostasis, imbalance between reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and antioxidant defense can cause various bone diseases. The purpose of this study was to determine whether nicotinamide (NAM), an NAD+ precursor, can support the maintenance of bone homeostasis by regulating osteoblasts. Here, we found that NAM enhances osteoblast differentiation and mitochondrial metabolism. NAM increases the expression of antioxidant enzymes, which is due to increased FOXO3A transcriptional activity via SIRT3 activation. NAM has not only a preventive effect against weak and chronic oxidative stress but also a therapeutic effect against strong and acute exposure to H2O2 in osteoblast differentiation. Collectively, the results indicate that NAM increases mitochondrial biogenesis and antioxidant enzyme expression through activation of the SIRT3-FOXO3A axis, which consequently enhances osteoblast differentiation. These results suggest that NAM could be a potential preventive or therapeutic agent for bone diseases caused by ROS.
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- Heein Yoon
- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
- Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University and Seoul National University Dental Hospital, Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Dental Multi-omics Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
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An Integrated Multi-Omic Network Analysis Identifies Seizure-Associated Dysregulated Pathways in the GAERS Model of Absence Epilepsy. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23116063. [PMID: 35682742 PMCID: PMC9181682 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23116063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Absence epilepsy syndromes are part of the genetic generalized epilepsies, the pathogenesis of which remains poorly understood, although a polygenic architecture is presumed. Current focus on single molecule or gene identification to elucidate epileptogenic drivers is unable to fully capture the complex dysfunctional interactions occurring at a genetic/proteomic/metabolomic level. Here, we employ a multi-omic, network-based approach to characterize the molecular signature associated with absence epilepsy-like phenotype seen in a well validated rat model of genetic generalized epilepsy with absence seizures. Electroencephalographic and behavioral data was collected from Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS, n = 6) and non-epileptic controls (NEC, n = 6), followed by proteomic and metabolomic profiling of the cortical and thalamic tissue of rats from both groups. The general framework of weighted correlation network analysis (WGCNA) was used to identify groups of highly correlated proteins and metabolites, which were then functionally annotated through joint pathway enrichment analysis. In both brain regions a large protein-metabolite module was found to be highly associated with the GAERS strain, absence seizures and associated anxiety and depressive-like phenotype. Quantitative pathway analysis indicated enrichment in oxidative pathways and a downregulation of the lysine degradation pathway in both brain regions. GSTM1 and ALDH2 were identified as central regulatory hubs of the seizure-associated module in the somatosensory cortex and thalamus, respectively. These enzymes are involved in lysine degradation and play important roles in maintaining oxidative balance. We conclude that the dysregulated pathways identified in the seizure-associated module may be involved in the aetiology and maintenance of absence seizure activity. This dysregulated activity could potentially be modulated by targeting one or both central regulatory hubs.
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Guo S, Liu J, Li W, Yang Y, Lv L, Xiao X, Li M, Guan F, Luo XJ. Genome wide association study identifies four loci for early onset schizophrenia. Transl Psychiatry 2021; 11:248. [PMID: 33907183 PMCID: PMC8079394 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01360-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Early onset schizophrenia (EOS, defined as first onset of schizophrenia before age 18) is a rare form of schizophrenia (SCZ). Though genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified multiple risk variants for SCZ, most of the cases included in these GWASs were not stratified according to their first age at onset. To date, the genetic architecture of EOS remains largely unknown. To identify the risk variants and to uncover the genetic basis of EOS, we conducted a two-stage GWAS of EOS in populations of Han Chinese ancestry in this study. We first performed a GWAS using 1,256 EOS cases and 2,661 healthy controls (referred as discovery stage). The genetic variants with a P < 1.0 × 10-04 in discovery stage were replicated in an independent sample (903 EOS cases and 3,900 controls). We identified four genome-wide significant risk loci for EOS in the combined samples (2,159 EOS cases and 6,561 controls), including 1p36.22 (rs1801133, Pmeta = 4.03 × 10-15), 1p31.1 (rs1281571, Pmeta = 4.14 × 10-08), 3p21.31 (rs7626288, Pmeta = 1.57 × 10-09), and 9q33.3 (rs592927, Pmeta = 4.01 × 10-11). Polygenic risk scoring (PRS) analysis revealed substantial genetic overlap between EOS and SCZ. These discoveries shed light on the genetic basis of EOS. Further functional characterization of the identified risk variants and genes will help provide potential targets for therapeutics and diagnostics.
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- Suqin Guo
- grid.412990.70000 0004 1808 322XHenan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002 China ,grid.412990.70000 0004 1808 322XHenan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry, International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002 China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, China.
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- grid.412990.70000 0004 1808 322XHenan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002 China ,grid.412990.70000 0004 1808 322XHenan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry, International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002 China
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- grid.412990.70000 0004 1808 322XHenan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002 China ,grid.412990.70000 0004 1808 322XHenan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry, International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002 China
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- grid.412990.70000 0004 1808 322XHenan Mental Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002 China ,grid.412990.70000 0004 1808 322XHenan Key Lab of Biological Psychiatry, International Joint Research Laboratory for Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Henan, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002 China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223 China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223 China
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- Department of Forensic Psychiatry, School of Medicine & Forensics, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, China. .,Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China. .,KIZ-CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, 650223, China.
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Suresh NT, E R V, U K. Multi-scale top-down approach for modelling epileptic protein-protein interaction network analysis to identify driver nodes and pathways. Comput Biol Chem 2020; 88:107323. [PMID: 32653778 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2020.107323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Protein - Protein Interaction Network (PPIN) analysis unveils molecular level mechanisms involved in disease condition. To explore the complex regulatory mechanisms behind epilepsy and to address the clinical and biological issues of epilepsy, in silico techniques are feasible in a cost- effective manner. In this work, a hierarchical procedure to identify influential genes and regulatory pathways in epilepsy prognosis is proposed. To obtain key genes and pathways causing epilepsy, integration of two benchmarked datasets which are exclusively devoted for complex disorders is done as an initial step. Using STRING database, PPIN is constructed for modelling protein-protein interactions. Further, key interactions are obtained from the established PPIN using network centrality measures followed by network propagation algorithm -Random Walk with Restart (RWR). The outcome of the method reveals some influential genes behind epilepsy prognosis, along with their associated pathways like PI3 kinase, VEGF signaling, Ras, Wnt signaling etc. In comparison with similar works, our results have shown improvement in identifying unique molecular functions, biological processes, gene co-occurrences etc. Also, CORUM provides an annotation for approximately 60% of similarity in human protein complexes with the obtained result. We believe that the formulated strategy can put-up the vast consideration of indigenous drugs towards meticulous identification of genes encoded by protein against several combinatorial disorders.
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- Nikhila T Suresh
- Department of Computer Science and IT, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus, India
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- Department of Computer Science and IT, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus, India.
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- Department of Computer Science and IT, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi Campus, India
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Cogill SB, Srivastava AK, Yang MQ, Wang L. Co-expression of long non-coding RNAs and autism risk genes in the developing human brain. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2018; 12:91. [PMID: 30547845 PMCID: PMC6293492 DOI: 10.1186/s12918-018-0639-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Background Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the umbrella term for a group of neurodevelopmental disorders convergent on behavioral phenotypes. While many genes have been implicated in the disorder, the predominant focus of previous research has been on protein coding genes. This leaves a vast number of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) not characterized for their role in the disorder although lncRNAs have been shown to play important roles in development and are highly represented in the brain. Studies have also shown lncRNAs to be differentially expressed in ASD affected brains. However, there has yet to be an enrichment analysis of the shared ontologies and pathways of known ASD genes and lncRNAs in normal brain development. Results In this study, we performed co-expression network analysis on the developing brain transcriptome to identify potential lncRNAs associated with ASD and possible annotations for functional role of lncRNAs in brain development. We found co-enrichment of lncRNA genes and ASD risk genes in two distinct groups of modules showing elevated prenatal and postnatal expression patterns, respectively. Further enrichment analysis of the module groups indicated that the early expression modules were comprised mainly of transcriptional regulators while the later expression modules were associated with synapse formation. Finally, lncRNAs were prioritized for their connectivity with the known ASD risk genes through analysis of an adjacency matrix. Collectively, the results imply early developmental repression of synaptic genes through lncRNAs and ASD transcriptional regulators. Conclusion Here we demonstrate the utility of mining the publically available brain gene expression data to further functionally annotate the role of lncRNAs in ASD. Our analysis indicates that lncRNAs potentially have a key role in ASD due to their convergence on shared pathways, and we identify lncRNAs of interest that may lead to further avenues of study. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12918-018-0639-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Steven B Cogill
- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29646, USA
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- J.C. Self Research Institute of Human Genetics, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, SC, 29646, USA
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- MidSouth Bioinformatics Center, Department of Information Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29646, USA.
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Heinzen EL, O'Neill AC, Zhu X, Allen AS, Bahlo M, Chelly J, Chen MH, Dobyns WB, Freytag S, Guerrini R, Leventer RJ, Poduri A, Robertson SP, Walsh CA, Zhang M. De novo and inherited private variants in MAP1B in periventricular nodular heterotopia. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007281. [PMID: 29738522 PMCID: PMC5965900 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PVNH) is a malformation of cortical development commonly associated with epilepsy. We exome sequenced 202 individuals with sporadic PVNH to identify novel genetic risk loci. We first performed a trio-based analysis and identified 219 de novo variants. Although no novel genes were implicated in this initial analysis, PVNH cases were found overall to have a significant excess of nonsynonymous de novo variants in intolerant genes (p = 3.27x10-7), suggesting a role for rare new alleles in genes yet to be associated with the condition. Using a gene-level collapsing analysis comparing cases and controls, we identified a genome-wide significant signal driven by four ultra-rare loss-of-function heterozygous variants in MAP1B, including one de novo variant. In at least one instance, the MAP1B variant was inherited from a parent with previously undiagnosed PVNH. The PVNH was frontally predominant and associated with perisylvian polymicrogyria. These results implicate MAP1B in PVNH. More broadly, our findings suggest that detrimental mutations likely arising in immediately preceding generations with incomplete penetrance may also be responsible for some apparently sporadic diseases.
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- Erin L. Heinzen
- Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- * E-mail: Corresponding author on behalf of the Epi4K Consortium,
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- Department of Women’s and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Statistical Genetics and Genomics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Pôle de Biologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- IGBMC, INSERM U964, CNRS UMR 7104, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Department of Cardiology and Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Neuroscience Department, Children's Hospital Anna Meyer-University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurology Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Women’s and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America
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The tragedy of epilepsy emerges from the combination of its high prevalence, impact upon sufferers and their families, and unpredictability. Childhood epilepsies are frequently severe, presenting in infancy with pharmaco-resistant seizures; are often accompanied by debilitating neuropsychiatric and systemic comorbidities; and carry a grave risk of mortality. Here, we review the most current basic science and translational research findings on several of the most catastrophic forms of pediatric epilepsy. We focus largely on genetic epilepsies and the research that is discovering the mechanisms linking disease genes to epilepsy syndromes. We also describe the strides made toward developing novel pharmacological and interventional treatment strategies to treat these disorders. The research reviewed provides hope for a complete understanding of, and eventual cure for, these childhood epilepsy syndromes.
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- MacKenzie A Howard
- Center for Learning and Memory and Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, 78712;
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- Epilepsy Research Laboratory in the Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143;
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Guella I, McKenzie MB, Evans DM, Buerki SE, Toyota EB, Van Allen MI, Suri M, Elmslie F, Simon ME, van Gassen KL, Héron D, Keren B, Nava C, Connolly MB, Demos M, Farrer MJ, Adam S, Boelman C, Bolbocean C, Candido T, Eydoux P, Horvath G, Huh L, Nelson TN, Sinclair G, van Karnebeek C, Vercauteren S. De Novo Mutations in YWHAG Cause Early-Onset Epilepsy. Am J Hum Genet 2017; 101:300-310. [PMID: 28777935 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Massively parallel sequencing has revealed many de novo mutations in the etiology of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (EEs), highlighting their genetic heterogeneity. Additional candidate genes have been prioritized in silico by their co-expression in the brain. Here, we evaluate rare coding variability in 20 candidates nominated with the use of a reference gene set of 51 established EE-associated genes. Variants within the 20 candidate genes were extracted from exome-sequencing data of 42 subjects with EE and no previous genetic diagnosis. We identified 7 rare non-synonymous variants in 7 of 20 genes and performed Sanger sequence validation in affected probands and parental samples. De novo variants were found only in SLC1A2 (aka EAAT2 or GLT1) (c.244G>A [p.Gly82Arg]) and YWHAG (aka 14-3-3γ) (c.394C>T [p.Arg132Cys]), highlighting the potential cause of EE in 5% (2/42) of subjects. Seven additional subjects with de novo variants in SLC1A2 (n = 1) and YWHAG (n = 6) were subsequently identified through online tools. We identified a highly significant enrichment of de novo variants in YWHAG, establishing their role in early-onset epilepsy, and we provide additional support for the prior assignment of SLC1A2. Hence, in silico modeling of brain co-expression is an efficient method for nominating EE-associated genes to further elucidate the disorder's etiology and genotype-phenotype correlations.
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Freytag S, Burgess R, Oliver KL, Bahlo M. brain-coX: investigating and visualising gene co-expression in seven human brain transcriptomic datasets. Genome Med 2017; 9:55. [PMID: 28595657 PMCID: PMC5465565 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0444-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background The pathogenesis of neurological and mental health disorders often involves multiple genes, complex interactions, as well as brain- and development-specific biological mechanisms. These characteristics make identification of disease genes for such disorders challenging, as conventional prioritisation tools are not specifically tailored to deal with the complexity of the human brain. Thus, we developed a novel web-application—brain-coX—that offers gene prioritisation with accompanying visualisations based on seven gene expression datasets in the post-mortem human brain, the largest such resource ever assembled. Results We tested whether our tool can correctly prioritise known genes from 37 brain-specific KEGG pathways and 17 psychiatric conditions. We achieved average sensitivity of nearly 50%, at the same time reaching a specificity of approximately 75%. We also compared brain-coX’s performance to that of its main competitors, Endeavour and ToppGene, focusing on the ability to discover novel associations. Using a subset of the curated SFARI autism gene collection we show that brain-coX’s prioritisations are most similar to SFARI’s own curated gene classifications. Conclusions brain-coX is the first prioritisation and visualisation web-tool targeted to the human brain and can be freely accessed via http://shiny.bioinf.wehi.edu.au/freytag.s/. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13073-017-0444-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Saskia Freytag
- Population Health and Immunity Divison, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royale Parade, 3052, Parkville, Australia. .,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, 1G Royale Parade, 3052, Parkville, Australia.
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, 245 Burgundy Street, 3084, Heidelberg, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Divison, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royale Parade, 3052, Parkville, Australia.,Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, 245 Burgundy Street, 3084, Heidelberg, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Divison, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, 1G Royale Parade, 3052, Parkville, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, 1G Royale Parade, 3052, Parkville, Australia.,School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, 3010, Parkville, Australia
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Smigiel R, Kostrzewa G, Kosinska J, Pollak A, Stawinski P, Szmida E, Bloch M, Szymanska K, Karpinski P, Sasiadek MM, Ploski R. Further evidence forGRIN2Bmutation as the cause of severe epileptic encephalopathy. Am J Med Genet A 2016; 170:3265-3270. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Robert Smigiel
- Department of Paediatrics; Wroclaw Medical University; Wroclaw Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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- World Hearing Center; Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Genetics; Wroclaw Medical University; Wroclaw Poland
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- Department of Paediatrics; Wroclaw Medical University; Wroclaw Poland
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- Department of Child Psychiatry; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Neuropathology; Medical Research Center; Polish Academy of Sciences; Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Genetics; Wroclaw Medical University; Wroclaw Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics; Warsaw Medical University; Warsaw Poland
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Henden L, Freytag S, Afawi Z, Baldassari S, Berkovic SF, Bisulli F, Canafoglia L, Casari G, Crompton DE, Depienne C, Gecz J, Guerrini R, Helbig I, Hirsch E, Keren B, Klein KM, Labauge P, LeGuern E, Licchetta L, Mei D, Nava C, Pippucci T, Rudolf G, Scheffer IE, Striano P, Tinuper P, Zara F, Corbett M, Bahlo M. Identity by descent fine mapping of familial adult myoclonus epilepsy (FAME) to 2p11.2-2q11.2. Hum Genet 2016; 135:1117-25. [PMID: 27368338 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-016-1700-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Familial adult myoclonus epilepsy (FAME) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by adult onset, involuntary muscle jerks, cortical myoclonus and occasional seizures. FAME is genetically heterogeneous with more than 70 families reported worldwide and five potential disease loci. The efforts to identify potential causal variants have been unsuccessful in all but three families. To date, linkage analysis has been the main approach to find and narrow FAME critical regions. We propose an alternative method, pedigree free identity-by-descent (IBD) mapping, that infers regions of the genome between individuals that have been inherited from a common ancestor. IBD mapping provides an alternative to linkage analysis in the presence of allelic and locus heterogeneity by detecting clusters of individuals who share a common allele. Succeeding IBD mapping, gene prioritization based on gene co-expression analysis can be used to identify the most promising candidate genes. We performed an IBD analysis using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array data followed by gene prioritization on a FAME cohort of ten European families and one Australian/New Zealander family; eight of which had known disease loci. By identifying IBD regions common to multiple families, we were able to narrow the FAME2 locus to a 9.78 megabase interval within 2p11.2-q11.2. We provide additional evidence of a founder effect in four Italian families and allelic heterogeneity with at least four distinct founders responsible for FAME at the FAME2 locus. In addition, we suggest candidate disease genes using gene prioritization based on gene co-expression analysis.
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- Lyndal Henden
- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Tel Aviv University Medical School, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Polyclinic Sant'Orsola-Malpighi-Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, 3084, Australia
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Neurophysiopathology and Epilepsy Center, IRCCS Foundation C. Besta Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Département de Médicine translationnelle et Neurogénétique, IGBMC, CNRS UMR 7104/INSERM U964/Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.,Laboratoire de diagnostic génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Robinson Institute and School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Pediatric Neurology, Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Neuroscience Department, A Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.,IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel and University Medical Center, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.,Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Physiology and Cell Biology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Negev, Israel.,Division of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
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- Medical and Surgical Epilepsy Unit, Hautepierre Hospital, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Département de Génétique, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06,UMR S 1127, ICM, 75013, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Center Hessen, University Hospitals Giessen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Montpellier University, Gui de Chauliac, 34295, Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06,UMR S 1127, ICM, 75013, Paris, France.,INSERM, U 1127; CNRS, UMR 7225; INSERM UMR 975; Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière; and Département de Génétique et de Cytogénétique, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux De Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France.,Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) (UPMC), UMRS 975, Paris, France
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology, Neurogenetics and Neurobiology Unit and Laboratories, Neuroscience Department, A Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Département de Génétique, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06,UMR S 1127, ICM, 75013, Paris, France
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Polyclinic Sant'Orsola-Malpighi-Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Département de Médicine translationnelle et Neurogénétique, IGBMC, CNRS UMR 7104/INSERM U964/Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France.,Department of Neurology, Hautepierre Hospital, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, VIC, 3084, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Department of Neurosciences, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- Robinson Institute and School of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia. .,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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The quality of life of children with epilepsy is a function of seizures and associated cognitive and behavioral comorbidities. Current treatments are not successful at stopping seizures in approximately 30% of patients despite the introduction of multiple new antiepileptic drugs over the last decade. In addition, modification of seizures has only a modest impact on the comorbidities. Therefore, novel approaches to identify therapeutic targets that improve seizures and comorbidities are urgently required. The potential of network science as applied to genetic, local neural network, and global brain data is reviewed. Several examples of possible new therapeutic approaches defined using novel network tools are highlighted. Further study to translate the findings into clinical practice is now required.
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- Rod C Scott
- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA; Neurosciences Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Jiang J, Li W, Liang B, Xie R, Chen B, Huang H, Li Y, He Y, Lv J, He W, Chen L. A Novel Prioritization Method in Identifying Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism-Related Genes. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0153006. [PMID: 27050193 PMCID: PMC4822849 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Identifying the genes involved in venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence is important not only for understanding the pathogenesis but also for discovering the therapeutic targets. We proposed a novel prioritization method called Function-Interaction-Pearson (FIP) by creating gene-disease similarity scores to prioritize candidate genes underling VTE. The scores were calculated by integrating and optimizing three types of resources including gene expression, gene ontology and protein-protein interaction. As a result, 124 out of top 200 prioritized candidate genes had been confirmed in literature, among which there were 34 antithrombotic drug targets. Compared with two well-known gene prioritization tools Endeavour and ToppNet, FIP was shown to have better performance. The approach provides a valuable alternative for drug targets discovery and disease therapy.
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- Jing Jiang
- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China, Postal code: 150081
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China, Postal code: 150081
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- National Microbology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China, Postal code: 150081
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China, Postal code: 150081
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China, Postal code: 150081
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China, Postal code: 150081
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China, Postal code: 150081
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China, Postal code: 150081
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- Institute of Opto-electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China
- * E-mail: (LC); (WH)
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Longjiang Province, China, Postal code: 150081
- * E-mail: (LC); (WH)
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Paul Y, Hasija Y. Gene Prioritization by Integrated Analysis of Protein Structural and Network Topological Properties for the Protein-Protein Interaction Network of Neurological Disorders. SCIENTIFICA 2016; 2016:9589404. [PMID: 27034906 PMCID: PMC4808548 DOI: 10.1155/2016/9589404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Revised: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Neurological disorders are known to show similar phenotypic manifestations like anxiety, depression, and cognitive impairment. There is a need to identify shared genetic markers and molecular pathways in these diseases, which lead to such comorbid conditions. Our study aims to prioritize novel genetic markers that might increase the susceptibility of patients affected with one neurological disorder to other diseases with similar manifestations. Identification of pathways involving common candidate markers will help in the development of improved diagnosis and treatments strategies for patients affected with neurological disorders. This systems biology study for the first time integratively uses 3D-structural protein interface descriptors and network topological properties that characterize proteins in a neurological protein interaction network, to aid the identification of genes that are previously not known to be shared between these diseases. Results of protein prioritization by machine learning have identified known as well as new genetic markers which might have direct or indirect involvement in several neurological disorders. Important gene hubs have also been identified that provide an evidence for shared molecular pathways in the neurological disease network.
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- Yashna Paul
- Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University, Shahbad Daulatpur, Main Bawana Road, New Delhi, Delhi 110042, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University, Shahbad Daulatpur, Main Bawana Road, New Delhi, Delhi 110042, India
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McTague A, Howell KB, Cross JH, Kurian MA, Scheffer IE. The genetic landscape of the epileptic encephalopathies of infancy and childhood. Lancet Neurol 2016; 15:304-16. [DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(15)00250-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Revised: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Analysis of spatial-temporal gene expression patterns reveals dynamics and regionalization in developing mouse brain. Sci Rep 2016; 6:19274. [PMID: 26786896 PMCID: PMC4726224 DOI: 10.1038/srep19274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Allen Brain Atlas (ABA) provides a valuable resource of spatial/temporal gene expressions in mammalian brains. Despite rich information extracted from this database, current analyses suffer from several limitations. First, most studies are either gene-centric or region-centric, thus are inadequate to capture the superposition of multiple spatial-temporal patterns. Second, standard tools of expression analysis such as matrix factorization can capture those patterns but do not explicitly incorporate spatial dependency. To overcome those limitations, we proposed a computational method to detect recurrent patterns in the spatial-temporal gene expression data of developing mouse brains. We demonstrated that regional distinction in brain development could be revealed by localized gene expression patterns. The patterns expressed in the forebrain, medullary and pontomedullary, and basal ganglia are enriched with genes involved in forebrain development, locomotory behavior, and dopamine metabolism respectively. In addition, the timing of global gene expression patterns reflects the general trends of molecular events in mouse brain development. Furthermore, we validated functional implications of the inferred patterns by showing genes sharing similar spatial-temporal expression patterns with Lhx2 exhibited differential expression in the embryonic forebrains of Lhx2 mutant mice. These analysis outcomes confirm the utility of recurrent expression patterns in studying brain development.
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Oliver KL, Lukic V, Freytag S, Scheffer IE, Berkovic SF, Bahlo M. In silico prioritization based on coexpression can aid epileptic encephalopathy gene discovery. NEUROLOGY-GENETICS 2016; 2:e51. [PMID: 27066588 PMCID: PMC4817907 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the performance of an in silico prioritization approach that was applied to 179 epileptic encephalopathy candidate genes in 2013 and to expand the application of this approach to the whole genome based on expression data from the Allen Human Brain Atlas. Methods: PubMed searches determined which of the 179 epileptic encephalopathy candidate genes had been validated. For validated genes, it was noted whether they were 1 of the 19 of 179 candidates prioritized in 2013. The in silico prioritization approach was applied genome-wide; all genes were ranked according to their coexpression strength with a reference set (i.e., 51 established epileptic encephalopathy genes) in both adult and developing human brain expression data sets. Candidate genes ranked in the top 10% for both data sets were cross-referenced with genes previously implicated in the epileptic encephalopathies due to a de novo variant. Results: Five of 6 validated epileptic encephalopathy candidate genes were among the 19 prioritized in 2013 (odds ratio = 54, 95% confidence interval [7,∞], p = 4.5 × 10−5, Fisher exact test); one gene was false negative. A total of 297 genes ranked in the top 10% for both the adult and developing brain data sets based on coexpression with the reference set. Of these, 9 had been previously implicated in the epileptic encephalopathies (FBXO41, PLXNA1, ACOT4, PAK6, GABBR2, YWHAG, NBEA, KNDC1, and SELRC1). Conclusions: We conclude that brain gene coexpression data can be used to assist epileptic encephalopathy gene discovery and propose 9 genes as strong epileptic encephalopathy candidates worthy of further investigation.
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- Karen L Oliver
- Epilepsy Research Centre (K.L.O., I.E.S., S.F.B.), Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia; Population Health and Immunity Division (V.L., S.F., M.B.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; Florey Institute (I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (I.E.S.), University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; and Department of Mathematics and Statistics (M.B.) and Department of Medical Biology (M.B.), University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre (K.L.O., I.E.S., S.F.B.), Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia; Population Health and Immunity Division (V.L., S.F., M.B.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; Florey Institute (I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (I.E.S.), University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; and Department of Mathematics and Statistics (M.B.) and Department of Medical Biology (M.B.), University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre (K.L.O., I.E.S., S.F.B.), Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia; Population Health and Immunity Division (V.L., S.F., M.B.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; Florey Institute (I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (I.E.S.), University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; and Department of Mathematics and Statistics (M.B.) and Department of Medical Biology (M.B.), University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre (K.L.O., I.E.S., S.F.B.), Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia; Population Health and Immunity Division (V.L., S.F., M.B.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; Florey Institute (I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (I.E.S.), University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; and Department of Mathematics and Statistics (M.B.) and Department of Medical Biology (M.B.), University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre (K.L.O., I.E.S., S.F.B.), Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia; Population Health and Immunity Division (V.L., S.F., M.B.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; Florey Institute (I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (I.E.S.), University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; and Department of Mathematics and Statistics (M.B.) and Department of Medical Biology (M.B.), University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Epilepsy Research Centre (K.L.O., I.E.S., S.F.B.), Department of Medicine, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Australia; Population Health and Immunity Division (V.L., S.F., M.B.), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia; Florey Institute (I.E.S.), Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (I.E.S.), University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; and Department of Mathematics and Statistics (M.B.) and Department of Medical Biology (M.B.), University of Melbourne, Australia
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Genetic discovery has been extremely rapid over the last year, with many new discoveries illuminating novel mechanisms and pathways. In particular, the application of whole exome and whole genome sequencing has identified many new genetic causes of the epilepsies. As such methods become increasingly available, it will be critical for practicing neurologists to be acquainted with them. This review surveys some important developments over the last year. RECENT FINDINGS The range of tests available to the clinician is wide, and likely soon to be dominated by whole exome and whole genome sequencing. Both whole exome and whole genome sequencing have usually proven to be more powerful than most existing tests. Many new genes have been implicated in the epilepsies, with emerging evidence of the involvement of particular multigene pathways. SUMMARY For the practicing clinician, it will be important to appreciate progress in the field, and to prepare for the application of novel genetic testing in clinical practice, as genetic data are likely to contribute importantly for many people with epilepsy.
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Freytag S, Gagnon-Bartsch J, Speed TP, Bahlo M. Systematic noise degrades gene co-expression signals but can be corrected. BMC Bioinformatics 2015; 16:309. [PMID: 26403471 PMCID: PMC4583191 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-015-0745-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background In the past decade, the identification of gene co-expression has become a routine part of the analysis of high-dimensional microarray data. Gene co-expression, which is mostly detected via the Pearson correlation coefficient, has played an important role in the discovery of molecular pathways and networks. Unfortunately, the presence of systematic noise in high-dimensional microarray datasets corrupts estimates of gene co-expression. Removing systematic noise from microarray data is therefore crucial. Many cleaning approaches for microarray data exist, however these methods are aimed towards improving differential expression analysis and their performances have been primarily tested for this application. To our knowledge, the performances of these approaches have never been systematically compared in the context of gene co-expression estimation. Results Using simulations we demonstrate that standard cleaning procedures, such as background correction and quantile normalization, fail to adequately remove systematic noise that affects gene co-expression and at times further degrade true gene co-expression. Instead we show that a global version of removal of unwanted variation (RUV), a data-driven approach, removes systematic noise but also allows the estimation of the true underlying gene-gene correlations. We compare the performance of all noise removal methods when applied to five large published datasets on gene expression in the human brain. RUV retrieves the highest gene co-expression values for sets of genes known to interact, but also provides the greatest consistency across all five datasets. We apply the method to prioritize epileptic encephalopathy candidate genes. Conclusions Our work raises serious concerns about the quality of many published gene co-expression analyses. RUV provides an efficient and flexible way to remove systematic noise from high-dimensional microarray datasets when the objective is gene co-expression analysis. The RUV method as applicable in the context of gene-gene correlation estimation is available as a BioconductoR-package: RUVcorr. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12859-015-0745-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Saskia Freytag
- Bioinformatics Division, Walter + Eliza Hall Institute, 1G Royal Parade, Melbourne, 3050, Australia. .,Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia.
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- Department of Statistics, University of California, 367 Evans Hall, Berkeley, 94720, USA.
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- Bioinformatics Division, Walter + Eliza Hall Institute, 1G Royal Parade, Melbourne, 3050, Australia. .,Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia. .,Department of Statistics, University of California, 367 Evans Hall, Berkeley, 94720, USA.
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- Bioinformatics Division, Walter + Eliza Hall Institute, 1G Royal Parade, Melbourne, 3050, Australia. .,Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia. .,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia.
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Korff CM, Brunklaus A, Zuberi SM. Epileptic activity is a surrogate for an underlying etiology and stopping the activity has a limited impact on developmental outcome. Epilepsia 2015; 56:1477-81. [PMID: 26293471 DOI: 10.1111/epi.13105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The concept of epileptic encephalopathy is important in clinical practice, but its relevance to an individual must be assessed in the appropriate context. Except in rare situations, epileptic activity is a surrogate for an underlying etiology, and stopping the activity has a limited impact on developmental outcome. Labeling a group of epilepsies as "the epileptic encephalopathies," risks minimizing the impact of epileptic activity on cognition and behavior more widely in epilepsy. Similarly, describing the encephalopathy associated with many infantile onset epilepsies as "epileptic" may be misleading. Finally, concentrating on the epileptic activity alone and not considering the wider consequences of the underlying etiology on cognitive and behavioral development, may focus research efforts and the search for improved therapies on too narrow a target. Therefore, epileptic encephalopathies should not be considered as a specific group of epilepsies but, rather, the concept of epileptic encephalopathy should be applicable to all types of epilepsies and epilepsy syndromes, whenever it is relevant in the clinical course of a particular individual, at any age.
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- Christian M Korff
- Pediatric Neurology, Child & Adolescent Department, University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- The Paediatric Neurosciences Research Group, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- The Paediatric Neurosciences Research Group, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom.,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Iourov IY, Vorsanova SG, Yurov YB. In silico molecular cytogenetics: a bioinformatic approach to prioritization of candidate genes and copy number variations for basic and clinical genome research. Mol Cytogenet 2014; 7:98. [PMID: 25525469 PMCID: PMC4269961 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-014-0098-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background The availability of multiple in silico tools for prioritizing genetic variants widens the possibilities for converting genomic data into biological knowledge. However, in molecular cytogenetics, bioinformatic analyses are generally limited to result visualization or database mining for finding similar cytogenetic data. Obviously, the potential of bioinformatics might go beyond these applications. On the other hand, the requirements for performing successful in silico analyses (i.e. deep knowledge of computer science, statistics etc.) can hinder the implementation of bioinformatics in clinical and basic molecular cytogenetic research. Here, we propose a bioinformatic approach to prioritization of genomic variations that is able to solve these problems. Results Selecting gene expression as an initial criterion, we have proposed a bioinformatic approach combining filtering and ranking prioritization strategies, which includes analyzing metabolome and interactome data on proteins encoded by candidate genes. To finalize the prioritization of genetic variants, genomic, epigenomic, interactomic and metabolomic data fusion has been made. Structural abnormalities and aneuploidy revealed by array CGH and FISH have been evaluated to test the approach through determining genotype-phenotype correlations, which have been found similar to those of previous studies. Additionally, we have been able to prioritize copy number variations (CNV) (i.e. differentiate between benign CNV and CNV with phenotypic outcome). Finally, the approach has been applied to prioritize genetic variants in cases of somatic mosaicism (including tissue-specific mosaicism). Conclusions In order to provide for an in silico evaluation of molecular cytogenetic data, we have proposed a bioinformatic approach to prioritization of candidate genes and CNV. While having the disadvantage of possible unavailability of gene expression data or lack of expression variability between genes of interest, the approach provides several advantages. These are (i) the versatility due to independence from specific databases/tools or software, (ii) relative algorithm simplicity (possibility to avoid sophisticated computational/statistical methodology) and (iii) applicability to molecular cytogenetic data because of the chromosome-centric nature. In conclusion, the approach is able to become useful for increasing the yield of molecular cytogenetic techniques.
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- Ivan Y Iourov
- Mental Health Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 117152 Moscow, Russia ; Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov, Separated Structural Unit "Clinical Research Institute of Pediatrics", Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, 125412 Moscow, Russia ; Department of Medical Genetics, Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, 123995 Russia
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- Mental Health Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 117152 Moscow, Russia ; Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov, Separated Structural Unit "Clinical Research Institute of Pediatrics", Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, 125412 Moscow, Russia
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- Mental Health Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 117152 Moscow, Russia ; Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov, Separated Structural Unit "Clinical Research Institute of Pediatrics", Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, 125412 Moscow, Russia
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Begum T, Ghosh TC. Elucidating the genotype-phenotype relationships and network perturbations of human shared and specific disease genes from an evolutionary perspective. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 6:2741-53. [PMID: 25287147 PMCID: PMC4224346 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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To date, numerous studies have been attempted to determine the extent of variation in evolutionary rates between human disease and nondisease (ND) genes. In our present study, we have considered human autosomal monogenic (Mendelian) disease genes, which were classified into two groups according to the number of phenotypic defects, that is, specific disease (SPD) gene (one gene: one defect) and shared disease (SHD) gene (one gene: multiple defects). Here, we have compared the evolutionary rates of these two groups of genes, that is, SPD genes and SHD genes with respect to ND genes. We observed that the average evolutionary rates are slow in SHD group, intermediate in SPD group, and fast in ND group. Group-to-group evolutionary rate differences remain statistically significant regardless of their gene expression levels and number of defects. We demonstrated that disease genes are under strong selective constraint if they emerge through edgetic perturbation or drug-induced perturbation of the interactome network, show tissue-restricted expression, and are involved in transmembrane transport. Among all the factors, our regression analyses interestingly suggest the independent effects of 1) drug-induced perturbation and 2) the interaction term of expression breadth and transmembrane transport on protein evolutionary rates. We reasoned that the drug-induced network disruption is a combination of several edgetic perturbations and, thus, has more severe effect on gene phenotypes.
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- Tina Begum
- Bioinformatics Centre, Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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