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Table 6 The top-20 ranked AD candidate genes gathered by our method

From: A novel method for gathering and prioritizing disease candidate genes based on construction of a set of disease-related MeSH® terms

Score

Gene

Description

1477.54

App

Amyloid beta (A4) precursor protein

1469.69

Apoe

Apolipoprotein E

794.48

Mapt

Microtubule-associated protein tau

560.37

Psen1

Presenilin 1

150.82

Bace1

Beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1

105.30

Psen2

Presenilin 2

66.48

Snca

Synuclein, alpha (non A4 component of amyloid precursor)

62.84

Gsk3b

Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta

58.73

Prnp

Prion protein

52.96

Bdnf

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor

46.54

Aplp2

Amyloid beta (A4) precursor-like protein 2

45.49

Serpine2

Serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade E (nexin, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1), member 2

43.20

Mme

Membrane metallo-endopeptidase

39.21

Ide

Insulin degrading enzyme

38.82

Ncstn

Nicastrin

37.61

Cdk5

Cyclin-dependent kinase 5

37.08

Sorl1

Sortilin-related receptor, LDLR class A repeats-containing

36.96

Ace

Angiotensin I converting enzyme

35.06

Apbb1

Amyloid beta (A4) precursor protein-binding, family B, member 1 (Fe65)

32.46

Clu

Clusterin