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Tong Ni^1,2, Yu Sun³, Zefeng Li¹

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Researchers identified 184 disease-responsive essential genes (DREGs) crucial for understanding schizophrenia (SCZ). These DREGs, involved in key neural functions, improve SCZ molecular characterization and diagnostic potential.

Keywords:

characterization machine learning molecular signatures schizophrenia transcriptome

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Neuroscience
Genetics
Psychiatry

Background:

Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a complex psychiatric disorder with challenging molecular characterization.
Identifying key genes involved in SCZ pathogenesis is crucial for advancing diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify and evaluate disease-responsive essential genes (DREGs) for enhanced molecular characterization of SCZ.
To develop and validate a machine-learning model based on DREGs for SCZ classification.

Main Methods:

Analysis of RNA-sequencing data from large patient cohorts (PsychENCODE) and peripheral blood transcriptomes.
Utilized three algorithms for differential gene expression analysis and SVM-based recursive feature elimination to identify DREGs.
Examined biological relevance via network analysis, pathway enrichment, polygenic scoring, and validated in SCZ animal models.

Main Results:

Identified 184 DREGs forming a network implicated in synaptic plasticity, inflammation, neuronal development, and neurotransmission.
DREGs showed distinct expression patterns in SCZ-related brain regions and animal models, with genetic contributions comparable to polygenic risk scores.
A DREGs-based SVM model achieved high performance (AUC 85% for SCZ characterization, 79% for specificity).

Conclusions:

The identified DREGs offer novel insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying SCZ.
DREGs hold significant potential for improving the molecular characterization and diagnostic accuracy of schizophrenia.