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Purpose: The aim of this study was to predict key genes and their relationships for anxiety and nociceptive sensitivity related to Comt1 genetype. Methods: The raw data of E-GEOD-20160 related anxiety and nociceptive sensitivity were obtained. Pearson correlation coefficient of interaction in PPI was calculated. Topological analysis was processed for PPI network, and genes in this network were ranked based on their degrees. Ego genes were identified and models were searching and refined. Total 1000 randomized test were processed for ego networks. The classification accuracy of each ego network was obtained in this process. Results: The interactions with genes in gene expression profiles were extracted and PPI was constructed. The PPI included 4639 genes and 43837 relationships. Differential co-expression network was constructed and 74 ego genes were obtained. Thereinto, top 5 ego genes were ADCY2, GRM8, S1PR3, ADCY6 and ANXA1. After module searching and refinement, total o 11 candidate modules were obtained, including module 14, module 51 and module 9. In addition, these 11 modules were confirmed to be with significance. Module 14 contained 10 genes, such as HRH3, DRD2 and CXCR3. Similarly, module 51 included 6 genes, such as HELZ2, NCOA3 and MED30. Conclusions: Ego-network analysis was a useful and comprehensive method for biomarkers screening. Several modules such as module 3 and module 36 were important sub-network. Potential genes in these modules including ADCYs, GNAI1, DRD2, PNOC, CCR2, DRD2, and LPAR1 might be important genes for anxiety and nociceptive sensitivity researching.

Background and Purpose-White matter hyperintensities (WMH) of presumed vascular origin increase the risk of stroke and dementia. Despite strong WMH heritability, few gene associations have been identified. Relevant experimental models may be informative. Methods-We tested the associations between genes that were differentially expressed in brains of young spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats and human WMH (using volume and visual score) in 621 subjects from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (LBC1936). We then attempted replication in 9361 subjects from the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE). We also tested the subjects from LBC1936 for previous genome-wide WMH associations found in subjects from CHARGE. Results-Of 126 spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rat genes, 10 were nominally associated with WMH volume or score in subjects from LBC1936, of which 5 (AFP, ALB, GNAI1, RBM8a, and MRPL18) were associated with both WMH volume and score (P<0.05); 2 of the 10 (XPNPEP1, P=6.7x10(-5); FARP1, P=0.024) plus another spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rat gene (USMG5, P=0.00014), on chromosomes 10, 13, and 10 respectively, were associated with WMH in subjects from CHARGE. Gene set enrichment showed significant associations for downregulated spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rat genes with WMH in humans. In subjects from LBC1936, we replicated CHARGE's genome-wide WMH associations on chromosomes 17 (TRIM65 and TRIM47) and, for the first time, 1 (PMF1). Conclusions-Despite not passing multiple testing thresholds individually, these genes collectively are relevant to known WMH associations, proposed WMH mechanisms, or dementia: associations with Alzheimer's disease, late-life depression, ATP production, osmotic regulation, neurodevelopmental abnormalities, and cognitive impairment. If replicated further, they suggest a multifactorial nature for WMH and argue for more consideration of vascular contributions to dementia.