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Yang K, Gao L, Hao H, Yu L. Identification of a novel gene signature for the prognosis of sepsis. Comput Biol Med 2023; 159:106958. [PMID: 37087781 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.106958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by the host's dysfunctional response to infection, and its pathogenesis is still unclear. In view of the complex pathological process of sepsis, finding suitable biomarkers is helpful for the research and treatment of sepsis. This study determined the potential prognostic markers of sepsis by analyzing the molecular characteristics of patients with sepsis. During this study, bioinformatics analysis was conducted on the RNA sequencing data and DNA methylation sites from the public database to determine the prognostic genes related to sepsis, and a 9-gene prognostic signature for sepsis was constructed. According to the risk score, all sepsis samples were divided into two groups. Then, the prediction effect of the 9-gene signature was verified in two cohorts, and the association between these genes and sepsis was further revealed through immune infiltration analysis, gene set enrichment analysis and the relationship between clinical phenotype and survival rate. Our study provided a reliable prognostic signature for sepsis. The signature could predict the survival of patients with sepsis and serve as a predictor.
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- Kai Yang
- School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, Shaanxi, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, Shaanxi, China.
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, Shaanxi, China.
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Tong L, Pu L, Guo X, Sun M, Guo F, Zhao S, Gao W, Jin L. Multimorbidity study with different levels of depression status. J Affect Disord 2021; 292:30-35. [PMID: 34091380 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Depression is one of the leading causes of disability burden and frequently co-occurs with multiple chronic diseases, but limited research has yet evaluated the correlation between multimorbidity and depression status by sex and age. METHODS 29303 adults from 2005-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were involved in the study. The validated Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was used to assess depression status. The linear trend of the prevalence of multimorbidity was tested by logistic regressions, which was visualized by the weighted network. Gamma coefficient (γ) was used to evaluate the correlation between multimorbidity and depression status. RESULTS The prevalence of multimorbidity in participants with no depression, mild depression, moderate depression and severe depression was 52.1%, 63.0%, 68.4% and 76.1%, respectively (p for trend < 0.001). In network analysis, the absolute network density increased with the levels of depression status (from 4.54 to 15.04). Positive correlation was identified between multimorbidity and depression status (γ=0.21, p<0.001), and the correlation was different by sex and age, where it was stronger in women than men (females: γ=0.23, males: γ=0.16), and stronger in the young and the middle-age (young: γ=0.30, middle-age: γ=0.29, old: γ=0.22). LIMITATIONS This is a cross-sectional study and thus we cannot draw firm conclusions on causal correlations. CONCLUSIONS Positive correlation between multimorbidity and depression status was identified, where the number of multimorbidity increased with the levels of depression status, especially in females, the young and the middle-age.
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- Li Tong
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No.1163 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No.1163 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No.1163 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No.1163 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No.1163 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No.1163 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No.1163 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, No.1163 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China.
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Wang B, Wu Z, Wang J, Li W, Liu G, Zhang B, Tang Y. Insights into the mechanism of Arnebia euchroma on leukemia via network pharmacology approach. BMC Complement Med Ther 2020; 20:322. [PMID: 33109189 PMCID: PMC7590697 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-020-03106-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Arnebia euchroma (A. euchroma) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) used for the treatment of blood diseases including leukemia. In recent years, many studies have been conducted on the anti-tumor effect of shikonin and its derivatives, the major active components of A. euchroma. However, the underlying mechanism of action (MoA) for all the components of A. euchroma on leukemia has not been explored systematically. METHODS In this study, we analyzed the MoA of A. euchroma on leukemia via network pharmacology approach. Firstly, the chemical components and their concentrations in A. euchroma as well as leukemia-related targets were collected. Next, we predicted compound-target interactions (CTIs) with our balanced substructure-drug-target network-based inference (bSDTNBI) method. The known and predicted targets of A. euchroma and leukemia-related targets were merged together to construct A. euchroma-leukemia protein-protein interactions (PPIs) network. Then, weighted compound-target bipartite network was constructed according to combination of eight central attributes with concentration information through Cytoscape. Additionally, molecular docking simulation was performed to calculate whether the components and predicted targets have interactions or not. RESULTS A total of 65 components of A. euchroma were obtained and 27 of them with concentration information, which were involved in 157 targets and 779 compound-target interactions (CTIs). Following the calculation of eight central attributes of targets in A. euchroma-leukemia PPI network, 37 targets with all central attributes greater than the median values were selected to construct the weighted compound-target bipartite network and do the KEGG pathway analysis. We found that A. euchroma candidate targets were significantly associated with several apoptosis and inflammation-related biological pathways, such as MAPK signaling, PI3K-Akt signaling, IL-17 signaling, and T cell receptor signaling pathways. Moreover, molecular docking simulation demonstrated that there were eight pairs of predicted CTIs had the strong binding free energy. CONCLUSIONS This study deciphered that the efficacy of A. euchroma in the treatment of leukemia might be attributed to 10 targets and 14 components, which were associated with inhibiting leukemia cell survival and inducing apoptosis, relieving inflammatory environment and inhibiting angiogenesis.
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- Biting Wang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Phytomedicine Resource and Utilization, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmacy, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832002, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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Mizen A, Fry R, Rodgers S. GIS-modelled built-environment exposures reflecting daily mobility for applications in child health research. Int J Health Geogr 2020; 19:12. [PMID: 32276644 PMCID: PMC7147039 DOI: 10.1186/s12942-020-00208-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Inaccurately modelled environmental exposures may have important implications for evidence-based policy targeting health promoting or hazardous facilities. Travel routes modelled using GIS generally use shortest network distances or Euclidean buffers to represent journeys with corresponding built-environment exposures calculated along these routes. These methods, however, are an unreliable proxy for calculating child built-environment exposures as child route choice is more complex than shortest network routes. Methods We hypothesised that a GIS model informed by characteristics of the built-environment known to influence child route choice could be developed to more accurately model exposures. Using GPS-derived walking commutes to and from school we used logistic regression models to highlight built-environment features important in child route choice (e.g. road type, traffic light count). We then recalculated walking commute routes using a weighted network to incorporate built-environment features. Multilevel regression analyses were used to validate exposure predictions to the retail food environment along the different routing methods. Results Children chose routes with more traffic lights and residential roads compared to the modelled shortest network routes. Compared to standard shortest network routes, the GPS-informed weighted network enabled GIS-based walking commutes to be derived with more than three times greater accuracy (38%) for the route to school and more than 12 times greater accuracy (92%) for the route home. Conclusions This research advocates using weighted GIS networks to accurately reflect child walking journeys to school. The improved accuracy in route modelling has in turn improved estimates of children’s exposures to potentially hazardous features in the environment. Further research is needed to explore if the built-environment features are important internationally. Route and corresponding exposure estimates can be scaled to the population level which will contribute to a better understanding of built-environment exposures on child health and contribute to mobility-based child health policy.
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- Amy Mizen
- Health Data Research UK (HDR-UK), Data Science Building, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.
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- Health Data Research UK (HDR-UK), Data Science Building, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.,National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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Csősz É, Tóth F, Mahdi M, Tsaprailis G, Emri M, Tőzsér J. Analysis of networks of host proteins in the early time points following HIV transduction. BMC Bioinformatics 2019; 20:398. [PMID: 31315557 PMCID: PMC6637640 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-019-2990-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Utilization of quantitative proteomics data on the network level is still a challenge in proteomics data analysis. Currently existing models use sophisticated, sometimes hard to implement analysis techniques. Our aim was to generate a relatively simple strategy for quantitative proteomics data analysis in order to utilize as much of the data generated in a proteomics experiment as possible. Results In this study, we applied label-free proteomics, and generated a network model utilizing both qualitative, and quantitative data, in order to examine the early host response to Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1). A weighted network model was generated based on the amount of proteins measured by mass spectrometry, and analysis of weighted networks and functional sub-networks revealed upregulation of proteins involved in translation, transcription, and DNA condensation in the early phase of the viral life-cycle. Conclusion A relatively simple strategy for network analysis was created and applied to examine the effect of HIV-1 on host cellular proteome. We believe that our model may prove beneficial in creating algorithms, allowing for both quantitative and qualitative studies of proteome change in various biological and pathological processes by quantitative mass spectrometry. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12859-019-2990-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Éva Csősz
- Proteomics Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem ter 1., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary.
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- Laboratory of Retroviral Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem ter 1., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Retroviral Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem ter 1., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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- Arizona Research Labs, University of Arizona, PO Box 210066, Administration Building, Room 601, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0066, USA.,The Scripps Research Institute, 132 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL, 33458, USA
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Translational Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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- Proteomics Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem ter 1., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary. .,Laboratory of Retroviral Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Egyetem ter 1., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary.
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Yang J, Yang T, Wu D, Lin L, Yang F, Zhao J. The integration of weighted human gene association networks based on link prediction. BMC Syst Biol 2017; 11:12. [PMID: 28137253 PMCID: PMC5282786 DOI: 10.1186/s12918-017-0398-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Background Physical and functional interplays between genes or proteins have important biological meaning for cellular functions. Some efforts have been made to construct weighted gene association meta-networks by integrating multiple biological resources, where the weight indicates the confidence of the interaction. However, it is found that these existing human gene association networks share only quite limited overlapped interactions, suggesting their incompleteness and noise. Results Here we proposed a workflow to construct a weighted human gene association network using information of six existing networks, including two weighted specific PPI networks and four gene association meta-networks. We applied link prediction algorithm to predict possible missing links of the networks, cross-validation approach to refine each network and finally integrated the refined networks to get the final integrated network. Conclusions The common information among the refined networks increases notably, suggesting their higher reliability. Our final integrated network owns much more links than most of the original networks, meanwhile its links still keep high functional relevance. Being used as background network in a case study of disease gene prediction, the final integrated network presents good performance, implying its reliability and application significance. Our workflow could be insightful for integrating and refining existing gene association data. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12918-017-0398-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jian Yang
- Department of Mathematics, Logistical Engineering University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Logistical Engineering University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Logistical Engineering University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Logistical Engineering University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Logistical Engineering University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Logistical Engineering University, Chongqing, China. .,Institute of Interdisciplinary Complex Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Ramsahai E, Walkins K, Tripathi V, John M. The use of gene interaction networks to improve the identification of cancer driver genes. PeerJ 2017; 5:e2568. [PMID: 28149674 PMCID: PMC5274523 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Bioinformaticians have implemented different strategies to distinguish cancer driver genes from passenger genes. One of the more recent advances uses a pathway-oriented approach. Methods that employ this strategy are highly dependent on the quality and size of the pathway interaction network employed, and require a powerful statistical environment for analyses. A number of genomic libraries are available in R. DriverNet and DawnRank employ pathway-based methods that use gene interaction graphs in matrix form. We investigated the benefit of combining data from 3 different sources on the prediction outcome of cancer driver genes by DriverNet and DawnRank. An enriched dataset was derived comprising 13,862 genes with 372,250 interactions, which increased its accuracy by 17% and 28%, respectively, compared to their original networks. The study identified 33 new candidate driver genes. Our study highlights the potential of combining networks and weighting edges to provide greater accuracy in the identification of cancer driver genes.
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- Emilie Ramsahai
- Department of Mathematics & Statistics, The Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus , Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Preclinical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine , Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Mathematics & Statistics, The Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus , Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Preclinical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine , Trinidad and Tobago
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Polygenic scores are useful for examining the joint associations of genetic markers. However, because traditional methods involve summing weighted allele counts, they may fail to capture the complex nature of biology. Here we describe a network-based method, which we call weighted SNP correlation network analysis (WSCNA), and demonstrate how it could be used to generate meaningful polygenic scores. Using data on human height in a US population of non-Hispanic whites, we illustrate how this method can be used to identify SNP networks from GWAS data, create network-specific polygenic scores, examine network topology to identify hub SNPs, and gain biological insights into complex traits. In our example, we show that this method explains a larger proportion of the variance in human height than traditional polygenic score methods. We also identify hub genes and pathways that have previously been identified as influencing human height. In moving forward, this method may be useful for generating genetic susceptibility measures for other health related traits, examining genetic pleiotropy, identifying at-risk individuals, examining gene score by environmental effects, and gaining a deeper understanding of the underlying biology of complex traits.
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- Morgan E Levine
- Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Box 708822, 695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
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- Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Box 708822, 695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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