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Temporal Changes in Functional Gene Group Expression Occur Early in Alzheimer`s Disease Progression. Shahar Barbash And Prof Hermona Soreq. Research question. Disease processes. Early events. Disease progression. Late events. Which events are late and which events are early?.
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Temporal Changes in Functional Gene Group Expression Occur Early in Alzheimer`s Disease Progression ShaharBarbashAnd Prof HermonaSoreq
Research question Disease processes Early events Disease progression Late events Which events are late and which events are early? Barbash & Soreq
Research question What would be a relevant disease event - single key transcripts or gene groups? 1 Which events are late and which events are early? 2 Barbash & Soreq
Analyzed Data Sets Hip Incipient, 20<MMSE<25 Moderate, 15<MMSE<20 Severe, MMSE<15 Hip, EC, PVC Barbash & Soreq
Analysis Approach Small number of large changes Large number of small changes Barbash & Soreq
What would be a relevant disease event – single transcripts or gene groups? 1 Barbash & Soreq
What is a Relevant Disease Event? IGD: Inter-group Dissimilarity LCM: Laser-captured Micro- dissection Barbash & Soreq
Cognitive State Identifies Gradual Shifts in: cell type and sub-cellular specific transcripts biological processes Barbash & Soreq
Gene groups reflect hippocampal alterations in AD better than single genes What is a relevant disease event? 1 Change in gene group expression. Which are late events and which are early events? 2 Barbash & Soreq
Different Hippocampcal Processes Show Distinct AD Dynamics Barbash & Soreq
Conclusions • Gene groups reflect hippocampal alterations in AD better than single genes • Some processes are altered early while some are altered late in the disease Barbash & Soreq
Acknowledgments PhD Supervisor: Prof Hermona Soreq Lab members: Dr. David Greenberg Dr. Estelle R. Bennett Keren Ailon Mor Hanan Geula Hanin Nir Waiskopf Lilach Soreq Yael Goll Uriya Bekenstein Nadav Yayon The Eric Roland Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Distribution comparisons • Global expression ratio between AD and control. • Down regulated functional group. • Up regulated functional group. • Tightly regulated functional group. Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) Barbash & Soreq
AD involves alterations in gene groupsbut not single genes Barbash & Soreq
Cognitive measure identified gradual shifts in microRNAs population mirRor:Friedman Y et al, Bioinformatics,2010 Barbash & Soreq