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. 2011 Apr 26;1(4):e4. doi: 10.1038/tp.2011.1

Table 4. Brain–blood concordant biomarkers modulated by DHA in (a) female mice and (b) male mice.

(a) Females
Gene symbol (name) AMY and blood change Animal brain evidence Animal blood evidence Animal genetic evidence Human brain evidence Human blood evidence Human genetic evidence CFG score
RAB27b (member RAS oncogene family)
D
(I) Alcohol154
 
 
 
 
18q21.2 (linkage) BP144 MDD119
1.0
Gene symbol (name)
HIP and blood change
Animal brain evidence
Animal blood evidence
Animal genetic evidence
Human brain evidence
Human blood evidence
Human genetic evidence
CFG score
KLF9 (Kruppel-like factor 9) D BP AMY, CP29 Alcohol NAC116   (QTL) Abnormal circadian rhythm (D) Alcohol180   9q21.12 (linkage) BP147, 215 Alcohol137, 199 3.0
CAP1 (adenylate cyclase-associated protein 1) D (D) Depression216     (D) BP216 (D) MDD117 (I) MDD79   1p34.2 (linkage) Alcohol161 BP217 2.0
SSX2IP (synovial sarcoma, X breakpoint 2 interacting protein) D       (D) Alcohol180   1p22.3 (linkage) BP217 Alcohol134, 199 Alcohol/depression218 1.5
NDUGA5 (NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) Fe-S protein 5) I Alcohol NAC116           1.0
VPS13A (vacuolar protein sorting 13A) D (I) DBP-ST PFC22 (I) Depression102           1.0
CAPZB (capping protein (actin filament) muscle Z-line, β) D (I) Alcohol154           0.5
GNG2 (guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), γ 2)
D
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.0
                 
(b) Males
Gene symbol (name)
PFC and blood change
Animal brain evidence
Animal blood evidence
Animal genetic evidence
Human brain evidence
Human blood evidence
Human genetic evidence
CFG score
TFRC (transferrin receptor)
I
Alcohol CP, HIP116
 
 
 
 
3q29 (linkage) BP219 BP/SZ220 SZ, SZA, BP144 Alcohol161
1.5
Gene symbol (name)
AMY and blood change
Animal brain evidence
Animal blood evidence
Animal genetic evidence
Human brain evidence
Human blood evidence
Human genetic evidence
CFG score
CD24A (CD24a antigen) I (D) DBP-ST AMY22 BP30         2.0
FTL1 (ferritin light chain 1)
I
(D) DBP-ST AMY; (D) DBP-ST PFC22 Alcohol NAC116
 
 
 
 
 
1.0
Gene symbol (name)
HIP and blood change
Animal brain evidence
Animal blood evidence
Animal genetic evidence
Human brain evidence
Human blood evidence
Human genetic evidence
CFG score
GLUL (glutamate-ammonia ligase) I (I) Stress158 BP PFC, VT29 Alcohol AMY, NAC116 BP30 (QTL) Abnormal emotion/affect behavior, addiction/drug abuse (D) MDD159, 160 (D) Suicide-MDD41, 143   1q25.3 (linkage) Alcohol161 4.0
LIMD2 (LIM domain containing 2) D   BP30         1.0
TTR (transthyretin) D BP CP29 (I) Anxiety/depression148 (I) Anxiety49, 142 (I) Depression221           1.0
PSME4 (proteasome (prosome, macropain) activator subunit 4) I             0.0

Abbreviations: AMY, amygdala; BP, bipolar; CFG, convergent functional genomics; CP, caudate putamen; D, decreased in expression; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; HIP, hippocampus; I, increased in expression; MDD, major depressive disorder; NAC, nucleus acumbens; NST, non-stressed; PFC, prefrontal cortex; PPD, postpartum depression; QTL, quantitative trait locus; ST, stressed; SZ, schizophrenia; SZA, schizoaffective disorder; VT, ventral tegmentum.