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Multiscale causal networks identify VGF as a key regulator of Alzheimer’s disease

Authors :
Noam D. Beckmann
Wei-Jye Lin
Minghui Wang
Ariella T. Cohain
Alexander W. Charney
Pei Wang
Weiping Ma
Ying-Chih Wang
Cheng Jiang
Mickael Audrain
Phillip H. Comella
Amanda K. Fakira
Siddharth P. Hariharan
Gillian M. Belbin
Kiran Girdhar
Allan I. Levey
Nicholas T. Seyfried
Eric B. Dammer
Duc Duong
James J. Lah
Jean-Vianney Haure-Mirande
Ben Shackleton
Tomas Fanutza
Robert Blitzer
Eimear Kenny
Jun Zhu
Vahram Haroutunian
Pavel Katsel
Sam Gandy
Zhidong Tu
Michelle E. Ehrlich
Bin Zhang
Stephen R. Salton
Eric E. Schadt
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-19 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

To investigate the molecular foundation of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Beckmann et al. constructed multiscale causal networks on a large human AD multi-omics dataset, detecting AD-associated networks and their top predicted regulator, VGF, with extensive validation in the 5xFAD mouse model.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f3a49830ea0b40449d13d63b2ea4d0a8
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17405-z