Discussion on the discipline construction about National Clinical Research Center for mental disorders / 中华医学科研管理杂志

Objective:To provide reference for domestic colleagues by introducing the contents of the discipline construction of the National Clinical Research Center for mental disorders.Methods:By reviewing the original intention of the construction of the National Clinical Research Centers initiated by many ministries and departments, taking into account of the actual construction practice at hospital level in the field of mental disorders, this paper discusses the discipline construction of the National Clinical Research Center.Results:From the aspects of construction goals, purposes, overall operation modes, construction of collaborative innovation research network, the paper clarifies the concrete measures of the construction of the center.Conclusions:Through the evaluation of the current situation, the National Clinical Research Center for mental disorders has defined the focus of the construction: to build a management platform and two professional platforms, in order to provide support for the development of high-quality and high-level clinical research, and provide support for the transformation of clinical medicine.

Prioritization of candidate genes for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by computational analysis of multiple data sources

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common, highly heritable psychiatric disorder characterized by hyperactivity, inattention and increased impulsivity. In recent years, a large number of genetic studies for ADHD have been published and related genetic data has been accumulated dramatically. To provide researchers a comprehensive ADHD genetic resource, we previously developed the first genetic database for ADHD (ADHDgene). The abundant genetic data provides novel candidates for further study. Meanwhile, it also brings new challenge for selecting promising candidate genes for replication and verification research. In this study, we surveyed the computational tools for candidate gene prioritization and selected five tools, which integrate multiple data sources for gene prioritization, to prioritize ADHD candidate genes in ADHDgene. The prioritization analysis resulted in 16 prioritized candidate genes, which are mainly involved in several major neurotransmitter systems or in nervous system development pathways. Among these genes, nervous system development related genes, especially SNAP25, STX1A and the gene-gene interactions related with each of them deserve further investigations. Our results may provide new insight for further verification study and facilitate the exploration of pathogenesis mechanism of ADHD.