Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. The objective of this paper is to propose a novel method to identify differential pathways in hippocampus AD. Material/Methods: We proposed a combined method by merging existed methods. Firstly, pathways were identified by four known methods (DAVID, the neaGUI package, the pathway-based co-expressed method, and the pathway network approach), and differential pathways were evaluated through setting weight thresholds. Subsequently, we combined all pathways by a rank-based algorithm and called the method the combined method. Finally, common differential pathways across two or more of five methods were selected. Results: Pathways obtained from different methods were also different. The combined method obtained 1639 pathways and 596 differential pathways, which included all pathways gained from the four existing methods; hence, the novel method solved the problem of inconsistent results. Besides, a total of 13 common pathways were identified, such as metabolism, immune system, and cell cycle. Conclusions: We have proposed a novel method by combining four existing methods based on a rank product algorithm, and identified 13 significant differential pathways based on it. These differential pathways might provide insight into treatment and diagnosis of hippocampus AD.
第一作者机构:[1]Tianjin First Cent Hosp, Dept Neurol, Tianjin, Peoples R China;
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通讯机构:[2]Capital Med Univ, Dept Intervent Neuroradiol, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Liu Chun-Han,Liu Lian.A Novel Method to Identify Differential Pathways in Hippocampus Alzheimer's Disease[J].MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR.2017,23:2179-2188.doi:10.12659/MSM.900929.
APA:
Liu, Chun-Han&Liu, Lian.(2017).A Novel Method to Identify Differential Pathways in Hippocampus Alzheimer's Disease.MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR,23,
MLA:
Liu, Chun-Han,et al."A Novel Method to Identify Differential Pathways in Hippocampus Alzheimer's Disease".MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR 23.(2017):2179-2188