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Prioritizing Candidate Genes and Biomarkers for Psychiatric Disorders using Convergent Functional Genomics

Mindscape: A convergent perspective on life, mind, consciousness and happiness.

Niculescu AB, Schork NJ, Salomon DR. Journal of Affective Disorders. Epub 2009 Jul 10.

 

Genetic heterogeneity and complexity.


Coming to Grips With Complex Disorders: Genetic Risk Prediction in Bipolar Disorder Using Panels of Genes Identified Through Convergent Functional Genomics.

Patel SD, Le-Niculescu H, Koller DL, Green SD, Lahiri DK, McMahon F, Nurnberger JI, Niculescu AB. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics). Epub 2010 April 9.

 

Top bipolar candidate genes.


Identification of blood biomarkers for psychosis using convergent functional genomics

SM Kurian, H Le-Niculescu, SD Patel, D Bertram, J Davis, C Dike, N Yehyawi, P Lysaker, J Dustin, M Caligiuri, J Lohr, DK Lahiri, JI Nurnberger Jr, SV Faraone, MA Geyer, MT Tsuang, NJ Schork, DR Salomon and AB Niculescu. Molecular Psychiatry. 2009.

 

Top blood candidate biomarker genes for (a) hallucinations and (b) delusions.
The CFG lines of evidence scoring are depicted on the right side of the pyramid.


Convergent Functional Genomics of Genome-Wide Association Data for Bipolar Disorder: Comprehensive Identification of Candidate Genes, Pathways and Mechanisms

H. Le-Niculescu, S.D. Patel, M. Bhat, R. Kuczenski, S.V. Faraone, M.T. Tsuang, F.J. McMahon, N.J. Schork, J.I. Nurnberger Jr., and A.B. Niculescu III. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics). 2009 Mar 5 150B(2):155-181.

 

Top Candidate Genes for Bipolar Disorder Identified by CFG of GWAS data.


Identifying blood biomarkers for mood disorders using convergent functional genomics

H. Le-Niculescu, S. M. Kurian , N. Yehyawi, C. Dike, S.D. Patel, H.J. Edenberg, M. T. Tsuang, D. R. Salomon, J. I. Nurnberger Jr , A. B. Niculescu. Molecular Psychiatry. 2008.

 

Top Blood Candidate Biomarker Genes for Mood State.


Phenomic, convergent functional genomic and biomarker studies in a stress-reactive genetic animal model of bipolar disorder and co-morbid alcoholism

Le-Niculescu H, McFarland MJ, Ogden CA, Balaraman Y, Patel S , Tan J, Rodd ZA, Paulus M, Geyer M, Edenberg HJ, Glatt SJ, Faraone SV, , Nurnberger JI, Kuczenski R, Tsuang MT and Niculescu AB. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics). 2008 Mar 5;147(2):134-166.

 

Top candidate genes. a) DBP KO NST; b) DBP KO ST.


Towards Understanding the Schizophrenia Code: An Expanded Convergent Functional Genomics Approach.

Le-Niculescu H, Balaraman Y, Patel S, Tan J, Sidhu K, Jerome RE, Edenberg HJ, Kuczenski R, Geyer MA, Nurnberger JI Jr, Faraone SV, Tsuang MT, Niculescu AB. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics). 2007 Mar 5;144(2):129-58

Top Candidate Genes Identified by CFG for Schizophrenia


Candidate genes, pathways and mechanisms for alcoholism: an expanded convergent functional genomics approach.

Z.A.Rodd, B.A.Bertsch, W.N.Strother, H.Le-Niculescu, Y.Balaraman, E.Hayden, R.E.Jerome, L.Lumeng, Ji. Nurnberger Jr., H.J.Edenberg, W.J.McBride, and A.B.Niculescu. The Pharmcogenomics Journal. 2007; 7: 222-56

 

Top Candidate Genes Identified by CFG for Alcoholism


Candidate genes, pathways and mechanisms for bipolar (manic-depressive) and related disorders: an expanded convergent functional genomics approach.

Ogden CA, Rich ME, Schork NJ, Paulus MP, Geyer MA, Lohr JB, Kuczenski R, Niculescu AB. Molecular Psychiatry. 2004; 9:1007-1029

Top Candidate Genes Identified by CFG for Bipolar Disorder