Patent Publication Number: US-11047009-B2

Title: Blood biomarkers for suicidality

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/194,024 filed on Feb. 28, 2014, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/770,696 filed on Feb. 28, 2013, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties. 
    
    
     STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT 
     This invention was made with government support under OD007363 awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The Government has certain rights in the invention. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     The present disclosure relates generally to blood biomarkers and their use for predicting mental state, and in particular, for predicting a subjects&#39; risk of suicide (also referred to herein as “suicidality”). More particularly, the present disclosure relates to gene expression biomarkers, and to methods of screening for biomarkers, for identifying subjects who are at risk of committing suicide and methods for monitoring response to potential treatments by analyzing biomarkers. 
     Suicides are a leading cause of death in psychiatric patients, and in society at large. Particularly, suicide accounts for one million deaths worldwide each year. There are currently no objective tools to asses and track changes in suicidal risk without asking the subjects directly. Such tools, however, could prove substantially advantageous as the subjects at risk often choose not to share their suicidal ideation or intent with others, for fear of stigma, hospitalization, or that, in fact, their plans will be thwarted. 
     Conventionally, a convergence of methods assessing the subject&#39;s internal subjective feelings and thoughts, along with external, more objective, ratings of actions and behaviors, are used de facto in clinical practice, albeit not in a formalized and systematic way. Accordingly, there exists a need to develop more quantitative and objective ways for predicting and tracking suicidal states. More particularly, it would be advantageous if objective screening methods could be developed for determining expression levels of biomarkers to allow for determining suicidal risk and other psychotic depressed mood states, as well as monitoring a subject&#39;s response to treatments for lessening suicidal risk. 
     SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE 
     The present disclosure relates generally to predicting and tracking suicidality. Particularly, the present disclosure is directed to screening expression levels of biomarkers for predicting and tracking suicidality, and other psychotic depressed mood states, as well as for monitoring response to a treatment for suicidal risk. In one embodiment, the screening methods are useful in determining the suicidal risk of antidepressant treatment in a subject, which has been shown to be rare, but very serious in certain situations. 
     Biomarkers useful for identifying subjects at risk for suicide, as well as useful for monitoring the risk of suicide following treatment have been discovered. Accordingly, the present disclosure is directed to methods of identifying a subject at risk for suicide. The present disclosure is further directed to methods for monitoring response of a subject at risk for suicide to a treatment for suicide risk. 
     By monitoring and tracking changes in suicide state, the present disclosure allows for detection of an increased suicide risk prior to any suicide attempt by a subject, and further allows subjects at risk of suicide and other psychotic depressed mood states to be monitored and treated effectively. Accordingly, in another embodiment, the present disclosure relates to predicting future hospitalization for subjects being at risk for suicide and other psychotic depressed mood states such to provide sufficient monitoring and treatment to the subjects. 
     In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for identifying a subject at risk for suicide. The method includes obtaining a reference expression level of a blood biomarker; and determining an expression level of the blood biomarker in a sample obtained from the subject, wherein a change in the expression level of the blood biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject as compared to the reference expression level indicates a risk for suicide. 
     In another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for monitoring response of a subject to a treatment for suicidal risk. The method includes obtaining an expression level of a biomarker from the subject; administering a treatment for suicidal risk to the subject; and determining an expression level of the biomarker in a sample obtained from the subject after the treatment is administered, wherein a change in the expression level of the biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject after the treatment is administered as compared to the expression level before administration indicates a response to the treatment. 
     In another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for determining suicidal risk of an antidepressant, the method comprising: obtaining an expression level of a biomarker from a subject; administering an antidepressant to the subject; and determining an expression level of the biomarker in a sample obtained from the subject after the antidepressant is administered, wherein a change in the expression level of the biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject after the antidepressant is administered as compared to the expression level of the biomarker before the antidepressant is administered indicates a suicidal risk. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The disclosure will be better understood, and features, aspects and advantages other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such detailed description makes reference to the following drawings, wherein: 
         FIG. 1A  depicts the Discovery Cohort intra-subject and inter-subject analyses as discussed in Example 1. 
         FIG. 1B  depicts the HAMD17 Suicidal Ideation scores as discussed in Example 1. 
         FIG. 2  depicts the convergent functional genomics (CFG) approach for identification and prioritization of genomic biomarkers for suicidality as discussed in Example 1. 
         FIGS. 3A-I  depict the validation of biomarkers in the Validation Cohort (i.e., suicide completers) as discussed in Example 1. 
         FIGS. 4A-F  depict SAT1 expression in the bipolar discovery cohort: relationship with suicidal ideation, mood, psychosis, anxiety, and stress as discussed in Example 1. 
         FIGS. 5A-E  depict SAT1 expression levels versus subsequent hospitalizations due to suicidality as analyzed in Example 2. 
         FIGS. 6A-E  depict SAT1 expression levels versus prediction of future hospitalizations due to suicidality as analyzed in Example 2. 
         FIGS. 7A-C  depict expression levels of PTEN and MAP3K3 versus prediction of future hospitalizations due to suicidality as analyzed in Example 2. 
         FIGS. 8A-8C  depict multi-dimensional prediction of future psychiatric hospitalizations due to suicidality as analyzed in Example 2. Data in each dimension was normalized to a 0-100 scale (with the mood VAS scale inverted, as the assumption was made that depressed mood states would more closely correlate with suicidality). The angle between dimensions was assumed to be 90 degrees, and a simple Pythagorean distance from origin score was calculated. The distribution of this score in the test cohort was used to generate an ROC curve for hospitalizations due to suicidality.  FIG. 8A ). ROC curve.  FIG. 8B ). Detailed results.  FIG. 8C ). 3 D visualization. 
         FIGS. 9A and 9B  depict multi-dimensional prediction of future psychiatric hospitalizations due to suicidality as analyzed in Example 2. Data in each dimension was normalized to a 0-100 scale (with the mood VAS scale inverted, as the assumption was made that depressed mood states would more closely correlate with suicidality). The angle between dimensions was assumed to be 90 degrees, and a simple Pythagorean distance from origin score was calculated. The distribution of this score in the test cohort was used to generate an ROC curve for hospitalizations due to suicidality.  FIG. 9A ). ROC curve.  FIG. 9B ). Detailed results. 
         FIG. 10  depicts the clinical measures used in the multi-modal approach in  FIGS. 8A-8C . 
     
    
    
     While the disclosure is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described below in detail. It should be understood, however, that the description of specific embodiments is not intended to limit the disclosure to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the disclosure belongs. Although any methods and materials similar to or equivalent to those described herein may be used in the practice or testing of the present disclosure, the preferred materials and methods are described below. 
     In accordance with the present disclosure, biomarkers useful for objectively identifying subjects at risk for suicide, as well as for monitoring the risk of suicide following treatment and determining the risk of suicide following administration of antidepressants have been discovered. In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for identifying a subject at risk for suicide. The method includes obtaining a reference expression level of a blood biomarker; and determining an expression level of the blood biomarker in a sample obtained from the subject. A change in the expression level of the blood biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject as compared to the reference expression level indicates a risk for suicide. In some embodiments, the methods further include obtaining clinical risk factor information and clinical scale data such as for anxiety, mood and/or psychosis from the subject in addition to obtaining blood biomarker expression level in a sample obtained from the subject. This combined clinical data and blood biomarker expression level can further improve predictability of the risk of suicide as shown in  FIGS. 8A-8C and 9A-9B . 
     As used herein, “a subject at risk for suicide” refers to a subject diagnosed by one skilled in the art such as, for example, a clinician, using established protocols and methods for diagnosing suicidality. Such methods can include, for example, rigorous clinical interview using clinical standards for assessing and diagnosing whether a subject is at risk for suicide. Suicidality diagnosis can be established using, for example, questionnaires to identify suicidal ideation. Diagnosis can include diagnostic assessment using psychiatric rating scales including, for example, the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD-17), which includes a suicidal ideation rating item, Beck Scale for suicide ideation, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, and combinations thereof. 
     Particularly suitable subjects are humans. Suitable subjects can also be experimental animals such as, for example, monkeys and rodents, that display a behavioral phenotype associated with suicide, for example, a mood disorder or psychosis. 
     As used herein, “a reference expression level of a biomarker” refers to the expression level of a biomarker established for a subject with no suicidal ideation, expression level of a biomarker in a normal/healthy subject with no suicidal ideation as determined by one skilled in the art using established methods as described herein, and/or a known expression level of a biomarker obtained from literature. As known by those skilled in the art, “suicidal ideation” refers to thoughts, feelings, intent, external actions and behaviors about completing suicide. Suicidal ideation can vary from fleeting thoughts to unsuccessful attempts. 
     As used herein, “expression level of a biomarker” refers to the process by which a gene product is synthesized from a gene encoding the biomarker as known by those skilled in the art. The gene product can be, for example, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and protein. Expression level can be quantitatively measured by methods known by those skilled in the art such as, for example, northern blotting, amplification, polymerase chain reaction, microarray analysis, tag-based technologies (e.g., serial analysis of gene expression and next generation sequencing such as whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing or RNA-Seq), Western blotting, and combinations thereof. 
     Suitable biomarkers found to have a change in expression level include, for example, spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 (SAT1); forkhead box N3 (FOXN3); guanylate binding protein 1 (GBP1); phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 5 (PIK3R5); apolipoprotein L2 (APOL2); ATPase H+ transporting lysosomal 9 kDa, V0 subunit e1 (ATP6V0E1); GRINL1A complex locus (GCOM1); interleukin 1 beta (IL1B); lipoma HMGIC fusion partner (LHFP); lipase A (LIPA); myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate (MARCKS); 6-phosphogluconolactonase (PGLS); phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN); reversion-inducing-cysteine-rich protein with kazal motifs (RECK); tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily member 10 (TNFSF10); ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A (ABC1) member 1 (ABCA1); Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) 40 (ARHGEF4; FLJ10357); cancer susceptibility candidate 1 (CASC1); dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR family) member 9 (DHRS9); disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1); eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2 (EIF2AK2); uncharacterized LOC727820 (LOC727820); mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3 (MAP3K3); mitochondrially encoded NADH dehydrogenase 6 (MT-ND6; ND6); RNA binding motif protein 47 (RBM47); RPTOR independent companion of MTOR complex 2 (RICTOR); sterile alpha motif domain containing 9-like (SAMD9L); scavenger receptor class F member 1 (SCARF1); solute carrier family 36 (proton/amino acid symporter) member 1 (SLC36A1); signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 91 kDa (STAT1); cytochrome c oxidase subunit Vb (COX5B); SWI/SNF related matrix associated actin dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily a member 1 (SMARCA1); ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 6 (UBA6); zinc finger CCCH-type antiviral 1 (ZC3HAV1), CD24, ATP13A2, EPHX1, HTRA1, SPTBN1, MBNL2, OR2J3, RHEB, DBP, and combination thereof. Particularly suitable biomarkers include SAT1, MARCKS, PTEN, MAP3K3, and combinations thereof. 
     As used herein, a “change” in the expression level of the biomarker refers to an increase or a decrease of by about 1.2-fold or greater in the expression level of the biomarker as determined in a sample obtained from the subject as compared to the reference expression level of the biomarker. In one embodiment, the change in expression level is an increase or decrease by about 1.2 fold. 
     In one embodiment, the expression level of the blood biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject is increased as compared to the reference expression level of the biomarker. It has been found that an increase in the expression level of particular blood biomarkers in the sample obtained from the subject as compared to the reference expression level of the biomarker indicates a risk for suicide. Suitable biomarkers that indicate a risk for suicide when the expression level increases can be, for example, spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 (SAT1); forkhead box N3 (FOXN3); guanylate binding protein 1 (GBP1); phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 5 (PIK3R5); apolipoprotein L2 (APOL2); ATPase H+ transporting lysosomal 9 kDa, V0 subunit e1 (ATP6V0E1); GRINL1A complex locus (GCOM1); interleukin 1 beta (IL1B); lipoma HMGIC fusion partner (LHFP); lipase A (LIPA); myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate (MARCKS); 6-phosphogluconolactonase (PGLS); phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN); reversion-inducing-cysteine-rich protein with kazal motifs (RECK); tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily member 10 (TNFSF10); ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A (ABC1) member 1 (ABCA1); Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) 40 (ARHGEF4; FLJ10357); cancer susceptibility candidate 1 (CASC1); dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR family) member 9 (DHRS9); disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1); eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2 (EIF2AK2); uncharacterized LOC727820 (LOC727820); mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3 (MAP3K3); mitochondrially encoded NADH dehydrogenase 6 (MT-ND6; ND6); RNA binding motif protein 47 (RBM47); RPTOR independent companion of MTOR complex 2 (RICTOR); sterile alpha motif domain containing 9-like (SAMD9L); scavenger receptor class F member 1 (SCARF1); solute carrier family 36 (proton/amino acid symporter) member 1 (SLC36A1); signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 91 kDa (STAT1); cytochrome c oxidase subunit Vb (COX5B); SWI/SNF related matrix associated actin dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily a member 1 (SMARCA1); ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 6 (UBA6); zinc finger CCCH-type antiviral 1 (ZC3HAV1); tyrosine kinase, non-receptor 2 (TNK2), and combinations thereof. See, Table 5 for a list of biomarkers identified as showing an increase in expression level. 
     In another embodiment, the expression level of the blood biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject is decreased as compared to the reference expression level of the biomarker. Suitable biomarkers that indicate a risk for suicide when the expression level decreases as compared to the reference expression level have been found to include, for example, cluster 4 antigen (CD24; CD24 molecule); ATPase type 13A2 (ATP13A2); epoxide hydrolase 1, microsomal (xenobiotic) (EPHX1); HtrA serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1); leptin receptor (LEPR); spectrin beta non-erythrocytic 1 (SPTBN1); muscleblind-like 2 (MBNL2); olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily J member 3 (OR2J3); Ras homolog enriched in brain (RHEB); glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate-associated protein 1 (GRINA); D-box binding protein, promyelocytic leukemia (PML), potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 2 (KCNJ2), topoisomerase (DNA) 1 (TOP1) and combinations thereof. See, Table 5 for a list of biomarkers identified as showing a decrease in expression level. 
     In another embodiment, the method includes determining the expression level of a blood biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject that is increased as compared to the reference expression level of the biomarker and determining the expression level of the blood biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject that is decreased as compared to the reference expression level of the biomarker. For example, spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 (SAT1); forkhead box N3 (FOXN3); guanylate binding protein 1 (GBP1); phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 5 (PIK3R5); apolipoprotein L2 (APOL2); ATPase H+ transporting lysosomal 9 kDa, V0 subunit e1 (ATP6V0E1); GRINL1A complex locus (GCOM1); interleukin 1 beta (IL1B); lipoma HMGIC fusion partner (LHFP); lipase A (LIPA); myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate (MARCKS); 6-phosphogluconolactonase (PGLS); phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN); reversion-inducing-cysteine-rich protein with kazal motifs (RECK); tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily member 10 (TNFSF10); ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A (ABC1) member 1 (ABCA1); Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) 40 (ARHGEF4; FLJ10357); cancer susceptibility candidate 1 (CASC1); dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR family) member 9 (DHRS9); disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1); eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2 (EIF2AK2); uncharacterized LOC727820 (LOC727820); mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3 (MAP3K3); mitochondrially encoded NADH dehydrogenase 6 (MT-ND6; ND6); RNA binding motif protein 47 (RBM47); RPTOR independent companion of MTOR complex 2 (RICTOR); sterile alpha motif domain containing 9-like (SAMD9L); scavenger receptor class F member 1 (SCARF1); solute carrier family 36 (proton/amino acid symporter) member 1 (SLC36A1); signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 91 kDa (STAT1); cytochrome c oxidase subunit Vb (COX5B); SWI/SNF related matrix associated actin dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily a member 1 (SMARCA1); ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 6 (UBA6); zinc finger CCCH-type antiviral 1 (ZC3HAV1); tyrosine kinase, non-receptor 2 (TNK2), and combinations thereof in the blood sample of the subject can be increased as compared to the reference expression level, and cluster 4 antigen (CD24; CD24 molecule); ATPase type 13A2 (ATP13A2); epoxide hydrolase 1, microsomal (xenobiotic) (EPHX1); HtrA serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1); leptin receptor (LEPR); spectrin beta non-erythrocytic 1 (SPTBN1); muscleblind-like 2 (MBNL2); olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily J member 3 (OR2J3); Ras homolog enriched in brain (RHEB); glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate-associated protein 1 (GRINA); D-box binding protein, promyelocytic leukemia (PML), potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 2 (KCNJ2), topoisomerase (DNA) 1 (TOP1) and combinations thereof in the blood sample of the subject can be decreased as compared to the reference expression level to indicate an increase in the risk of suicide in a subject. 
     A particularly suitable sample for which the expression level of a biomarker is determined can be, for example, blood, including whole blood, leukocytes, and megakaryocytes. Other suitable samples for which the expression level of a biomarker is determined can be, for example, brain, cerebrospinal fluid, olfactory epithelium cells, fibroblasts from skin biopsies, induced pluripotent stem cells, and neuronal-like cells derived therefrom. 
     While described herein as a change in expression level, in some embodiments, particular levels of one or more of the above-described biomarkers can be useful for objectively identifying subjects at risk for future suicide. For example, it has been found that levels of SAT1 at 2500 Affymetrix microarray fluorescence intensity units (AU) or greater, including 2600 AU or greater, including 2700 AU or greater, including 2800 AU or greater, including 2900 AU or greater, and including 3000 AU or greater, have been found to be at increased risk for future suicide. 
     In another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for monitoring response of a subject to a treatment for suicidal risk. As used herein, “treatment for suicidal risk” refers to a drug, nutritional, pharmaceutical, or the like, and combinations thereof that can modify the likelihood of a subject attempting and/or completing suicide. The method includes obtaining an expression level of a biomarker; administering a treatment for suicidal risk to the subject; and determining the expression level of the biomarker in a sample obtained from the subject after the treatment is administered, wherein a change in the expression level of the biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject after the treatment is administered as compared to the expression level of the biomarker before the treatment is administered indicates a response to the treatment. 
     Administration of the treatment can be by any suitable method known by those skilled in the art such as, for example, topical administration, enteral administration and parenteral administration. Suitable methods of administration can be, for example, transdermal administration, oral administration, and injection. 
     Suitable treatments for suicidal risk can be, for example, clozapine, omega-3 fatty acids (e.g., docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)), lithium, IL-1 trap, canakinumab, nicorandil, amiodarone, arsenic trioxide, vemurafenib, elsamitrucin, T 0128, CT-2106, BN80927, tafluposide, TAS-103, beta-lapachone, irinotecan, topo tecan, 9-amino-20-camptothecin, rubitecan, gimatecan, karenitecin, and combinations thereof. 
     Response to the treatment can be a decrease in the expression level of a biomarker after treatment. Biomarkers for which a decrease in the expression level of the biomarker indicates a response to the treatment can be, for example, spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 (SAT1); forkhead box N3 (FOXN3); guanylate binding protein 1 (GBP1); phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 5 (PIK3R5); apolipoprotein L2 (APOL2); ATPase H+ transporting lysosomal 9 kDa, V0 subunit e1 (ATP6V0E1); GRINL1A complex locus (GCOM1); lipoma HMGIC fusion partner (LHFP); lipase A (LIPA); myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate (MARCKS); 6-phosphogluconolactonase (PGLS); reversion-inducing-cysteine-rich protein with kazal motifs (RECK); tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily member 10 (TNFSF10); ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A (ABC1) member 1 (ABCA1); Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) 40 (ARHGEF4; FLJ10357); cancer susceptibility candidate 1 (CASC1); dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR family) member 9 (DHRS9); disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1); eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2 (EIF2AK2); uncharacterized LOC727820 (LOC727820); mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3 (MAP3K3); mitochondrially encoded NADH dehydrogenase 6 (MT-ND6; ND6); RNA binding motif protein 47 (RBM47); RPTOR independent companion of MTOR complex 2 (RICTOR); sterile alpha motif domain containing 9-like (SAMD9L); scavenger receptor class F member 1 (SCARF1); solute carrier family 36 (proton/amino acid symporter) member 1 (SLC36A1); signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 91 kDa (STAT1); cytochrome c oxidase subunit Vb (COX5B); SWI/SNF related matrix associated actin dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily a member 1 (SMARCA1); ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 6 (UBA6); zinc finger CCCH-type antiviral 1 (ZC3HAV1); tyrosine kinase, non-receptor 2 (TNK2), and combinations thereof. 
     Response to the treatment can alternatively be an increase in the expression level of a biomarker after treatment. Biomarkers for which an increase in the expression level of the biomarker indicates a response to the treatment can be, for example, small cell lung carcinoma cluster 4 antigen (CD24; CD24 molecule); ATPase type 13A2 (ATP13A2); epoxide hydrolase 1, microsomal (xenobiotic) (EPHX1); HtrA serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1); leptin receptor (LEPR); spectrin beta non-erythrocytic 1 (SPTBN1); muscleblind-like 2 (MBNL2); olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily J member 3 (OR2J3); Ras homolog enriched in brain (RHEB); glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate-associated protein 1 (GRINA); D-box binding protein and combinations thereof. 
     Response to the treatment can be a decrease in the expression level of a first biomarker and an increase in a second biomarker. The first biomarker can be, for example, spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 (SAT1); forkhead box N3 (FOXN3); guanylate binding protein 1 (GBP1); phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 5 (PIK3R5); apolipoprotein L2 (APOL2); ATPase H+ transporting lysosomal 9 kDa, V0 subunit e1 (ATP6V0E1); GRINL1A complex locus (GCOM1); lipoma HMGIC fusion partner (LHFP); lipase A (LIPA); myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate (MARCKS); 6-phosphogluconolactonase (PGLS); reversion-inducing-cysteine-rich protein with kazal motifs (RECK); tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily member 10 (TNFSF10); ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A (ABC1) member 1 (ABCA1); Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) 40 (ARHGEF4; FLJ10357); cancer susceptibility candidate 1 (CASC1); dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR family) member 9 (DHRS9); disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1); eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2 (EIF2AK2); uncharacterized LOC727820 (LOC727820); mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3 (MAP3K3); mitochondrially encoded NADH dehydrogenase 6 (MT-ND6; ND6); RNA binding motif protein 47 (RBM47); RPTOR independent companion of MTOR complex 2 (RICTOR); sterile alpha motif domain containing 9-like (SAMD9L); scavenger receptor class F member 1 (SCARF1); solute carrier family 36 (proton/amino acid symporter) member 1 (SLC36A1); signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 91 kDa (STAT1); cytochrome c oxidase subunit Vb (COX5B); SWI/SNF related matrix associated actin dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily a member 1 (SMARCA1); ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 6 (UBA6); zinc finger CCCH-type antiviral 1 (ZC3HAV1); and combinations thereof. The second biomarker can be, for example, cluster 4 antigen (CD24; CD24 molecule); ATPase type 13A2 (ATP13A2); epoxide hydrolase 1, microsomal (xenobiotic) (EPHX1); HtrA serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1); leptin receptor (LEPR); spectrin beta non-erythrocytic 1 (SPTBN1); muscleblind-like 2 (MBNL2); olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily J member 3 (OR2J3); Ras homolog enriched in brain (RHEB); glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate-associated protein 1 (GRINA); D-box binding protein, interleukin 1 beta (IL1B), phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN), promyelocytic leukemia (PML), potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 2 (KCNJ2), topoisomerase (DNA) 1 (TOP1) and combinations thereof. See, Table 5. 
     In another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for determining suicidal risk as a side-effect of an antidepressant. The method includes obtaining an expression level of a biomarker from the subject; administering an antidepressant to the subject; and determining an expression level of the biomarker in a sample obtained from the subject after the antidepressant is administered. A change in the expression level of the biomarker in the sample obtained from the subject after the antidepressant is administered as compared to the expression level of the biomarker before the antidepressant is administered indicates suicidal risk as a side-effect of the antidepressant. 
     It is known that suicide risk is a rare, but very serious side-effect of some drugs. Upon initiation of antidepressant therapy, subjects can sometimes experience a sudden onset of suicidal ideation (e.g., suicidal thoughts and behaviors) that accompanies treatment. Subjects can become suicidal in the first weeks of treatment, upon a dosage change and/or a combination thereof. This has caused the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require manufacturers to place explicit warnings on the label of the drug stating that its use may cause a risk of suicide. 
     Suitable antidepressants can be, for example, bupropion, citalopram, escitalopram, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, mirtazapine, nefazodone, paroxetine, sertraline, and venlafaxine. 
     Suitable biomarkers can be, for example, spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 (SAT1); forkhead box N3 (FOXN3); guanylate binding protein 1 (GBP1); phosphoinositide-3-kinase regulatory subunit 5 (PIK3R5); apolipoprotein L2 (APOL2); ATPase H+ transporting lysosomal 9 kDa, V0 subunit e1 (ATP6V0E1); GRINL1A complex locus (GCOM1); interleukin 1 beta (IL1B); lipoma HMGIC fusion partner (LHFP); lipase A (LIPA); myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate (MARCKS); 6-phosphogluconolactonase (PGLS); phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN); reversion-inducing-cysteine-rich protein with kazal motifs (RECK); tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily member 10 (TNFSF10); ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A (ABC1) member 1 (ABCA1); Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) 40 (ARHGEF4; FLJ10357); cancer susceptibility candidate 1 (CASC1); dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR family) member 9 (DHRS9); disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1); eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 2 (EIF2AK2); uncharacterized LOC727820 (LOC727820); mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3 (MAP3K3); mitochondrially encoded NADH dehydrogenase 6 (MT-ND6; ND6); RNA binding motif protein 47 (RBM47); RPTOR independent companion of MTOR complex 2 (RICTOR); sterile alpha motif domain containing 9-like (SAMD9L); scavenger receptor class F member 1 (SCARF1); solute carrier family 36 (proton/amino acid symporter) member 1 (SLC36A1); signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 91 kDa (STAT1); cytochrome c oxidase subunit Vb (COX5B); SWI/SNF related matrix associated actin dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily a member 1 (SMARCA1); ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 6 (UBA6); zinc finger CCCH-type antiviral 1 (ZC3HAV1); tyrosine kinase, non-receptor 2 (TNK2); cluster 4 antigen (CD24; CD24 molecule); ATPase type 13A2 (ATP13A2); epoxide hydrolase 1, microsomal (xenobiotic) (EPHX1); HtrA serine peptidase 1 (HTRA1); leptin receptor (LEPR); spectrin beta non-erythrocytic 1 (SPTBN1); muscleblind-like 2 (MBNL2); olfactory receptor family 2 subfamily J member 3 (OR2J3); Ras homolog enriched in brain (RHEB); glutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate-associated protein 1 (GRINA); D-box binding protein, promyelocytic leukemia (PML), potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 2 (KCNJ2), topoisomerase (DNA) 1 (TOP1) and combinations thereof. Particularly suitable biomarkers include SAT1, MARCKS, PTEN, MAP3K3, and combinations thereof. 
     In yet another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method of predicting hospitalization of a subject at risk of suicide. The method includes obtaining a first expression level of a blood biomarker in an initial sample obtained from the subject; and determining a second expression level of the blood biomarker in a subsequent sample obtained from the subject, wherein an increase in the expression level of the blood biomarker in the subsequent sample obtained from the subject as compared to the expression level of the initial sample indicates a higher risk of future hospitalizations due to suicidality. 
     Suitable biomarkers can be, for example, spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1 (SAT1); myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate (MARCKS); 6-phosphogluconolactonase (PGLS); phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN); mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3 (MAP3K3); and combinations thereof. 
     EXAMPLES 
     Example 1 
     Materials and Methods 
     In this Example, whole-genome gene expression profiling of blood samples was conducted to identify blood gene expression biomarkers for suicidality. 
     Human subjects. Male Caucasian subjects diagnosed with bipolar disorder (“Discovery Cohort”) were evaluated that had a diametrical change in suicidal ideation scores from no suicidal ideation to high suicidal ideation from visit to visit. The subjects were limited to minimize any potential gender-related and ethnicity-related state effects on gene expression. A demographic breakdown of the Discovery Cohort subjects is shown in Table 1A. 
     A “Validation Cohort”, in which the top biomarker findings from the Discovery Cohort testing were evaluated, consisted of an age-matched cohort of 9 male suicide completers obtained through the Marion County Coroner&#39;s Office (8 Caucasians, 1 African-American) (Table 1B). The subjects in the Validation Cohort were required to have a last observed alive post-mortem interval of 24 hours or less, and had to have completed suicide by means other than overdose, which could affect gene expression. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Demographics (1) Detailed. (2) Aggregate. Diagnosis established by 
               
               
                 comprehensive structured clinical interview (DIGS). NOS—not otherwise specified. 
               
               
                 Suicidal Ideation question is from the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression obtained 
               
               
                 at the time of the blood draw for each subject. 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 (1) A. Discovery Cohort 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicidal 
               
               
                 SubjectID-Visit 
                 Diagnosis 
                 Age 
                 Gender 
                 Ethnicity 
                 Ideation 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 phchp023v1 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 52 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp023v2 
                 Bipolar Disorder  
                 52 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp023v3 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 52 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp093v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 51 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp093v2 
                 Bipolar I 
                 51 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp093v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 52 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp095v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 28 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp095v2 
                 Bipolar I 
                 29 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp095v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 29 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp122v1 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 51 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp122v2 
                 Bipolar Disorder  
                 51 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp128v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 45 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp128v2 
                 Bipolar I 
                 45 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp136v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 41 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp136v2 
                 Bipolar I 
                 41 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp136v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 41 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp153v1 
                 Bipolar II 
                 55 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp153v2 
                 Bipolar II 
                 55 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp153v3 
                 Bipolar II 
                 56 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp179v1 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 36 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp179v2 
                 Bipolar Disorder  
                 37 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp179v3 
                 Bipolar Disorder  
                 37 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp183v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 48 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 phchp183v2 
                 Bipolar I 
                 48 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 B. Validation Cohort 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SubjectID 
                 Psychiatric Diagnosis 
                 Age 
                 Gender 
                 Ethnicity 
                 Suicide 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 INBR009 
                 Bipolar/ 
                 59 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 Hanging 
               
               
                   
                 Schizophrenia 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 INBR011 
                 Depression/ADHD 
                 26 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 GSW to chest 
               
               
                 INBR012 
                 Unknown 
                 39 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 GSW to head 
               
               
                 INBR013 
                 Depression 
                 68 
                 M 
                 African-American 
                 GSW to mouth 
               
               
                 INBR014 
                 None 
                 27 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 Hanging 
               
               
                 INBR015 
                 None 
                 40 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 Hanging 
               
               
                 INBR016 
                 Anxiety/TBI 
                 68 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 GSW to head 
               
               
                 INBR017 
                 Depression 
                 56 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 GSW to chest 
               
               
                 INBR018 
                 None 
                 65 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 Slit wrist 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 (2) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 Discovery 
                   
               
               
                 Cohort 
                 Suicidal Ideation 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SI (score) 
                 No SI (0) 
                 High SI (2-4) 
                 Overall 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Number of 
                 9(14) 
                 9(10) 
                 9(24) 
               
               
                 subjects 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 (number of 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 chips) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 Age mean 
                 46.1 
                 43.8 
                 45.1 
               
               
                 years (SD) 
                 (8.1) 
                 (9.7) 
                 (8.7) 
               
               
                 range 
                 29-56 
                 28-55 
                 28-56 
               
               
                 Ethnicity # 
                 (9/0) 
                 (9/0) 
                 (9/0) 
               
               
                 subjects 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 (Caucasian/ 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 African- 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 American) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 Test 
                 Suicide 
               
               
                 Cohort 
                 Completers 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Number of 
                 9(9) 
               
               
                 subjects (number 
                   
               
               
                 of chips) 
                   
               
               
                 Age mean years 
                 49.8 
               
               
                 (SD) 
                 (17) 
               
               
                 range 
                 26-68 
               
               
                 Ethnicity # 
                 (8/1) 
               
               
                 subjects 
                   
               
               
                 (Caucasian/ 
                   
               
               
                 African- 
                   
               
               
                 American) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The Discovery Cohort subjects were on a variety of different psychiatric medications, including mood stabilizers, antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, and others as listed in Table 2A (Table 2B provides toxicology for subjects in the coroner&#39;s office test cohort-suicide completers). Medications can have a strong influence on gene expression. However, this Example tested differentially expressed genes based at on intra-subject analyses, which factor out not only genetic background, effects but also medication effects. Moreover, there was no consistent pattern found in any particular type of medication, or between any change in medications and suicidal ideation in the rare instances where there were changes in medications between visits. Subjects were excluded, however, if they had significant acute medical or neurological illnesses, or had evidence of active substance abuse or dependence. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2A 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Psychiatric medications of Discovery Cohort subjects. 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 SubjectID-Visit 
                 Psychiatric Medications 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 phchp023v1 
                 FLEXARIL 10 MG FOR SLEEP PRN 
               
               
                   
                 LAMOTRIGINE 200 MG 
               
               
                   
                 ZIPRASIDONE 60 MG 
               
               
                 v2 
                 FLEXARIL 10 MG FOR SLEEP PRN 
               
               
                   
                 LAMOTRIGINE 200 MG 
               
               
                   
                 ZIPRASIDONE 60 MG 
               
               
                 v3 
                 FLEXARIL 10 MG FOR SLEEP PRN 
               
               
                   
                 LAMOTRIGINE 200 MG 
               
               
                   
                 ZIPRASIDONE 60 MG 
               
               
                 Phchp093v1  
                 CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 40 MG TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 ONE-HALF TABLET ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                   
                 VALPROIC ACID 500 MG 24 HR (ER) SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 THREE TABLETS ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 QUETIAPINE FUMARATE 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 GABAPENTIN 300 MG CAP TAKE ONE CAPSULE 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME FOR 3 DAYS, THEN TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 ONE CAPSULE, TWICE A DAY 
               
               
                   
                 QUETIAPINE FUMARATE 25 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY EVERY DAY AS NEEDED 
               
               
                 v2 
                 CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 40 MG TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 ONE-HALF TABLET ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                   
                 VALPROIC ACID 500 MG 24 HR (ER) SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 THREE TABLETS ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 DOXEPIN HCL 10 MG CAP TAKE ONE CAPSULE 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 GABAPENTIN 300 MG CAP TAKE TWO CAPSULES 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY TWICE A DAY AND TAKE THREE 
               
               
                   
                 CAPSULES AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 QUETIAPINE FUMARATE 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 QUETIAPINE FUMARATE 25 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                 v3 
                 CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 40 MG TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 ONE-HALF TABLET ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                   
                 VALPROIC ACID 500 MG 24 HR (ER) SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 THREE TABLETS ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 DOXEPIN HCL 10 MG CAP TAKE ONE CAPSULE 
               
               
                   
                 OLLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 GABAPENTIN 300 MG CAP TAKE TWO CAPSULES 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY TWICE A DAY WITH FOOD 
               
               
                   
                 QUETIAPINE FUMARATE 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY PENDING AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 QUETIAPINE FUMARATE 25 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                 Phchp095v1 
                 VALPROIC ACID 250 MG 24 HR (ER) SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 SEVEN TABLETS ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 RISPERIDONE 2 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                   
                 SERTRALILNE HCL 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                 v2 
                 VALPROIC ACID 250 MG 24 HR (ER) SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 SEVEN TABLETS ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 RISPERIDONE 2 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                   
                 SERTRALINE HCL 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                 v3 
                 BENZTROPINE MESYLATE ORAL 1 MG TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 ONE TABLET ORALLY TWICE A DAY 
               
               
                   
                 TRAZODONE 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 RISPERIDONE 4 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                   
                 LORAZEPAM INJ IM Q4H PRN 2 MG/1 ML 
               
               
                   
                 LORAZEPAM TAB PO Q6H PRN 2 MG 
               
               
                 Phchp122v1 
                 AMITRIPTYLINE HCL 10 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY THREE TIMES DAILY AT 10AM, 
               
               
                   
                 2PM AND 10PM 
               
               
                   
                 LEVETIRACETAM 500 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY TWICE A DAY 
               
               
                   
                 LORAZEPAM 0.5 MG TAB TAKE 1 TABLET ORALLY 
               
               
                   
                 TWICE A DAY 
               
               
                   
                 LUBRICATING (PF) OPH OINT APPLY ½ INCH 
               
               
                   
                 RIBBON IN BOTH EYES AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 RISPERIDONE 4 MG TAB TAKE ONE-HALF TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 TOPIRAMATE 25 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY TWICE A DAY; INCREASE AS DIRECTED 
               
               
                   
                 TO TWO TABLETS TWICE A DAY 
               
               
                   
                 TRAZODONE 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME AS NEEDED FOR INSOMNIA 
               
               
                 v2 
                 VALPROIC ACID 500 MG 24 HR (ER) SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 TWO TABLETS ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 LORAZEPAM 1 MG TAB TAKE TWO TABLETS 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME AS NEEDED FOR INSOMNIA 
               
               
                   
                 MIRTAZAPINE 30 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 PRAZOSIN 2 MG CAP TAKE ONE CAPSULE 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY TWICE A DAY. TAKE SECOND DOSE 
               
               
                   
                 AT BEDTIME. 
               
               
                   
                 VENLAFAXINE HCL 150 MG 24 HR SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 ONE TABLET ORALLY TWICE A DAY (BREAKFAST 
               
               
                   
                 AND LUNCH) 
               
               
                   
                 ZIPRASIDON 80 MG CAP TAKE TWO CAPSULES 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY EVENING WITH DINNER 
               
               
                 phchpl28vl 
                 DISULFIRAM 250 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                   
                 VALPROIC ACID 500 MG 24 HR (ER) SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 THREE TABLETS ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 TRAZODONE 50 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME AS NEEDED FOR INSOMNIA 
               
               
                 V2 
                 DISULFIRAM 250 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                   
                 VALPROIC ACID 500 MG 24 HR (ER) SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 THREE TABLETS ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 TRAZODONE 50 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME AS NEEDED FOR INSOMNIA 
               
               
                 PHCHP136V1 
                 BENZTROPINE MESYLATE ORAL MESYLATE 1 MG 
               
               
                   
                 TAB TAKE ONE TABLET ORALLY TWICE A DAY 
               
               
                   
                 CHLORPROMAZINE 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 HALOPERIDOL DECANOATE 5 ML(100 MG/ML) INJ 
               
               
                   
                 INJECT 200 MG HOLD(2 ML) INTRAMUSCULAR 
               
               
                   
                 EVERY 4 WEEKS 
               
               
                   
                 OXCARBAZEPINE 300 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY MORNING AND TAKE THREE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLETS AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 FISH OIL CAP/TAB 
               
               
                 v2 
                 BENZTROPINE MESYLATE ORAL MESYLATE 2 MG 
               
               
                   
                 TAB TAKE ONE TABLET ORALLY TWICE A DAY 
               
               
                   
                 CHLORPROMAZINE 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 HALOPERIDOL DECANOATE 5 ML(100 MG/ML) NJ 
               
               
                   
                 INJECT 200 MG HOLD (2 ML) INTRAMUSCULAR 
               
               
                   
                 EVERY 4 WEEKS 
               
               
                   
                 OXCARBAZEPINE 300 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY MORNING AND TAKE THREE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLETS AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                 v3 
                 BENZTROPINE MESYLATE ORAL MESYLATE 2 MG 
               
               
                   
                 TAB TAKE ONE TABLET ORALLY TWICE A DAY 
               
               
                   
                 CHLORPROMAZINE 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLET ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 HALOPERIDOL DECANOATE 5 ML(100 MG/ML) INJ 
               
               
                   
                 INJECT 200 MG HOLD(2 ML) INTRAMUSCULAR 
               
               
                   
                 EVERY 4 WEEKS 
               
               
                   
                 OXCARBAZEPINE 300 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY MORNING AND TAKE THREE 
               
               
                   
                 TABLETS AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                 Phchp153v1 
                 TRAZODONE 50 MG TAB TAKE ONE TO ONE AND 
               
               
                   
                 ONE-HALF TABLETS ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 VENLAFAXINE HCL 225 MG 24 HR SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 ONE TABLET ORALLY EVERY DAY WITH 
               
               
                   
                 BREAKFAST 
               
               
                 v2 
                 TRAZODONE 100 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY AT BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 VENLAFAXINE HCL 225 MG 24 HR SA TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 ONE TABLET ORALLY EVERY DAY WITH 
               
               
                   
                 BREAKFAST 
               
               
                 v3 
                 VENLAFAXINE HCL 150 MG 24 HR SA TAB-1X PER 
               
               
                   
                 DAY 
               
               
                   
                 TRAZADONE HCL 50 MG-1X PER DAY 
               
               
                 Phchp179v1 
                 LISDEXAMFETAMINE (40 MG) 
               
               
                   
                 QUETIAPINE (600 MG) 
               
               
                   
                 PAROXETINE (30 MG) 
               
               
                   
                 ALPRAZOLAM (½ MG PER NIGHT) 
               
               
                   
                 ZOLPIDEM (10 MG PER NIGHT) 
               
               
                 v2 
                 No Psychiatric Medication 
               
               
                 v3 
                 QUETIAPINE 100 MG-IS BEING TAPERED OFF 
               
               
                   
                 ZIPRASIDONE 120 MG 
               
               
                   
                 PAROXETINE 30 MG 
               
               
                   
                 ALPRAZOLAM unknown dosage, PRN 
               
               
                   
                 LISDEXAMFETAMINE 50 MG 
               
               
                 PHCHP183V1 
                 ARIPIPRAZOLE TAB 20 MG PO DAILY 
               
               
                   
                 BENZTROPINE MESYLATE ORAL TAB 1 MG PO 
               
               
                   
                 Q4H PRN 
               
               
                   
                 VALPROIC ACID TAB, SA, 24 HR (EXPENDED 
               
               
                   
                 2000 MG PO BEDTIME 
               
               
                   
                 HALOPERIDOL INJ, SOLN 5 MG IM Q4H PRN 
               
               
                   
                 HALOPERIDOL TAB 5 MG PO Q4H PRN 
               
               
                   
                 HYDROXYZINE PAMOATE CAP, ORAL 25 MG PO 
               
               
                   
                 Q6H PRN 
               
               
                   
                 LORAZEPAM INJ 2 MG/1 ML IM Q4H PRN 
               
               
                   
                 RISPERIDONE TAB 1 MG PO BID 
               
               
                   
                 HYDROXYZINE PAMOATE 25 MG CAP TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 CAPSULE ORALLY EVERY 6 HOURS AS NEEDED 
               
               
                   
                 FOR ANXIETY 
               
               
                   
                 RISPERIDONE 1 MG TAB TAKE ONE-HALF TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY TWICE A DAY 
               
               
                   
                 FISH OIL CAP/TAB ORALLY 
               
               
                 v2 
                 ARIPIPRAZOLE 20 MG TAB TAKE ONE TABLET 
               
               
                   
                 ORALLY EVERY DAY 
               
               
                   
                 HYDROXYZINE PAMOATE 25 MG CAP TAKE ONE 
               
               
                   
                 CAPSULE ORALLY EVERY 6 HOURS AS NEEDED 
               
               
                   
                 FOR ANXIETY 
               
               
                   
                 CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE 10 MG TAB TAKE 
               
               
                   
                 ONE-HALF TABLET ORALLY EVERY MORNING 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2B 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Toxicology for subject in the coroner&#39;s office test cohort- 
               
               
                 suicide completers 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 SubjectID 
                 Toxicology 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 INBR009 
                   
               
               
                   
                 INBR011 
                 ALPRAZOLAM 3.2 NG/ML 
               
               
                   
                   
                 TRAMADOL 331 NG/ML 
               
               
                   
                   
                 NORTRAMADOL 179 NG/ML 
               
               
                   
                   
                 BUPROPION 136 NG/ML 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CITALOPRAM/ESCITALOPRAM 229 NG/ML 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CAFFEINE POSITIVE 
               
               
                   
                   
                 COTININE POSITIVE 
               
               
                   
                 INBR012 
                 Not Available 
               
               
                   
                 INBR013 
                 CAFFEINE POSITIVE 
               
               
                   
                 INBR014 
                 ETHANOL 0.15% (W/V) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CAFFEINE 
               
               
                   
                 INBR015 
                 ETHANOL 0.119% (W/V) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CAFFEINE 
               
               
                   
                 INBR016 
                 Not Available 
               
               
                   
                 INBR017 
                 Not Available 
               
               
                   
                 INBR018 
                 ETHANOL 0.057% (W/V) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 AMIODARONE 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CAFFEINE 
               
               
                   
                   
                 COTININE 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The subjects were subjected to diagnostic assessments using Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies, which is the scale used by the Genetics Initiative Consortia for both bipolar disorder and major depression, at a baseline visit, followed by up to three testing visits, three to six months apart. Particularly, six subjects were subjected to three follow-up testing visits and three subjects were subjected to two follow-up testing visits, resulting in a total of 24 blood samples for subsequent microarray studies as discussed herein. At each testing visit, the subjects received a series of psychiatric rating scales, including the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD-17), which includes a suicidal ideation rating item ( FIG. 1B ), and blood was drawn. The suicidal ideation scores varied during the visits from no ideation to high suicidal ideation. 
     Gene Expression Analysis 
     Using the nine subjects with multiple visits, corresponding to 24 chips, from the Discovery Cohort a differential analysis was run using Partek Genomic Suites 6.6 software package (Partek Incorporated, St. Louis, Mo.). Normalization was performed on all 24 chips by robust multi-array analysis (RMA), background corrected with quartile normalization and a median polish probe set summarization of all 24 chips to obtain the normalized expression levels of all probe sets for each chip. Two analyses, an intra-subject analysis and an inter-subject analysis, were conducted to establish a list of differentially expressed probe sets. 
     RNA extraction. During each visit, from about 2.5 ml to about 5.0 ml of whole blood was collected from the subjects separately into two PaxGene tubes, treated to stabilize RNA, by routine venipuncture. The cells from the whole blood were concentrated by centrifugation, the pellet washed, resuspended and incubated in buffers containing proteinase K for protein digestion. A second centrifugation step was conducted to remove residual cell debris. Ethanol was added. After ethanol addition, the supernatant was applied to a silica-gel membrane/column. The column was centrifuged and contaminants were removed in three wash steps. RNA bound to the membrane was then eluted using DEPC-treated water. 
     Globin reduction. To remove globin mRNA, total RNA from the whole blood was mixed with a biotinylated Capture Oligo Mix that is specific for human globin mRNA. The mixture was then incubated for 15 minutes to allow the biotinylated oligonucleotides to hybridize with the globin mRNA. Streptavidin magnetic beads were then added, and the mixture was incubated for 30 minutes. During this incubation, streptavidin binds to the biotinylated oligonucleotides, thereby capturing the globin mRNA on the magnetic beads. The streptavidin magnetic beads were then pulled to the side of the tube with a magnet, and the RNA, depleted of the globin mRNA, was transferred to a fresh tube. The treated RNA was further purified using a rapid magnetic bead-based purification method consisting of adding an RNA binding bead suspension to the samples and using magnetic capture to wash and elute the globin-clear RNA. 
     Sample labeling. Samples were labeled using an Ambion MessageAmp II-BiotinEnhanced antisense RNA (aRNA) amplification kit. The procedure involved the following steps:
         1) Reverse transcription to synthesize first strand cDNA was primed with T7 Oligo(dT) primer to synthesize cDNA containing a T7 promoter sequence.   2) Second strand cDNA synthesis converted the single-stranded cDNA into a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) template for transcription. The reaction employed DNA polymerase and RNase H to simultaneously degrade the RNA and synthesize second strand cDNA.   3) cDNA purification removed RNA, primers, enzymes, and salts that would inhibit in vitro transcription.   4) In vitro transcription to synthesize aRNA with biotin-NTP mix generated multiple copies of biotin-modified aRNA from the double-stranded cDNA templates; this was the amplification step.   5) aRNA purification removed unincorporated NTPs, salts, enzymes, and inorganic phosphate to improve the stability of the biotin-modified aRNA.   6) aRNA fragmentation in a reaction that employs a metal-induced hydrolysis. The fragmented labeled aRNA is then ready for hybridization to the Affymetrix microarray chip.       

     Microarrays. Biotin-labeled aRNA was then hybridized to Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus 2.0 GeneChips (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, Calif.) with over 40,000 genes and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) according to manufacturer&#39;s protocols (www.affymetrix.com/support/technical/manual/expression_manual.affx). All GAPDH 3′/5′ ratios should be less than 2.0 and backgrounds under 50. Arrays were stained using standard Affymetrix protocols for antibody signal amplification and scanned on an Affymetrix GeneArray 2500 scanner with a target intensity set at 250. Present/absent calls were determined using GCOS software with thresholds set at default values. Quality control measures including 30/50 ratios for glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and b-actin, scale factors, background and Q values were within acceptable limits. 
     Analysis. Each subject&#39;s suicidal ideation (SI) scores at time of blood collection (0—no SI compared to 2 and above—high SI) were used for analysis. Particularly, gene expression differences between the no SI and the high SI states using both an intra-subject and an inter-subject design as shown in  FIG. 1A  were analyzed. 
     An intra-subject analysis using a fold change in expression of at least 1.2 between high and no suicidal ideation visits within each subject was performed. There were in total 15 comparisons. Probe sets that had a 1.2 fold change were then assigned either a 1 (increased in high suicidal ideation) or a −1 (decreased in high suicidal ideation) in each comparison. These values were then summed for each probe set across the 15 comparisons, yielding a range of scores between −11 and 12. Probe sets in the top 5% (1,269 probe sets, &lt;5% of 54,675 total probe sets) had an absolute value of 7 and greater, receiving an internal Convergent Functional Genomics (CFG) score of 1 point. Those probe sets in the top 0.1% (24 probe sets, &lt;0.1% of 54,675 total probe sets) had a total absolute value of 11 and greater and received an internal CFG score of 3 points. 
     Additionally, an inter-subject analysis using t-test (2-tailed, unequal variance) was performed to find probes differentially expressed between high suicidal ideation and no suicidal ideation chips ( FIG. 1A ), resulting in 648 probe sets with P&lt;0.05. Probe sets with a P&lt;0.05 received an internal CFG score of 1 point, while probe sets with P&lt;0.001 received 3 points. 
     Results were then further filtered by only selecting probe sets that overlapped between the intra-subject and the inter-subject analyses, resulting in 279 probe sets corresponding to 246 unique genes. Gene names for the probe sets were identified using Partek as well as NetAffyx (Affymetrix) for Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus 2.0 GeneChips, followed by GeneCards to confirm the primary gene symbol. In addition, for those probe sets that were not assigned a gene name by Partek or NetAffyx, the UCSC Genome Browser on Human February 2009 (GRCh37/hg19) was used to directly map them to known genes. Genes were then scored using manually curated CFG databases as described below and shown in  FIG. 2 . 
     Convergent Functional Genomics (CFG) Databases 
     Manually curated databases were created in the Laboratory of Neurophenomics, Indiana University School of Medicine (www.neurophenomics.info) of all the human gene expression (postmortem brain, blood, cell cultures), human genetic (association, CNVs, linkage) and animal model gene expression and genetic studies published to date on psychiatric disorders. Only the findings deemed significant in the primary publication, by the study authors, using their particular experimental design and thresholds, were included in the databases. The databases included only primary literature data and did not include review papers or other secondary data integration analyses to avoid redundancy and circularity. These large and constantly updated databases have been used in previous CFG cross-validation and prioritization studies. 
     Human Postmortem Brain Gene Expression Evidence. Information about genes was obtained and imported in the databases searching the primary literature with PubMed (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed), using various combinations of keywords (e.g., gene name and suicide and human brain). Postmortem convergence was deemed to occur for a gene if there were published reports of human postmortem data showing changes in expression of that gene in brains from patients who died from suicide. 
     Human Genetic Evidence Association and Linkage. To designate convergence for a particular gene, the gene had to have independent published evidence of association or linkage for suicide. For linkage, the location of each gene was obtained through GeneCards (www.genecards.org), and the sex averaged cM location of the start of the gene was then obtained through compgen.rutgers.edu/old/map-interpolator/. For linkage convergence, the start of the gene had to map within 5cM of the location of a marker linked to the disorder. 
     CFG Scoring. For CFG analysis, two external cross-validating lines of evidence were weighed such that findings in human postmortem brain tissue, the target organ, were prioritized over genetic findings. Human brain expression evidence was given 4 points, while human genetic evidence was given a maximum of 2 points for association, and 1 point for linkage. Each line of evidence was capped in such a way that any positive findings within that line of evidence resulted in maximum points regardless of how many different studies support that single line of evidence, to avoid potential popularity biases. 
     In addition to the above external CFG score, genes based upon the initial differential expression analyses used to identify them were also prioritized. Probe sets identified by differential expression analyses could receive a maximum of 6 points (1 or 3 points from intra-subject analyses, and 1 or 3 points from inter-subject analyses). Thus, the maximum possible total CFG score for each gene was 12 points (6 points for internal score+6 points for external score). 
     The above-described scoring system provided a good separation of genes based on differential expression and on independent cross-validating evidence in the field ( FIG. 2 ). 
     Pathway Analyses 
     IPA 9.0 (Ingenuity Systems, www.ingenuity.com, Redwood City, Calif.) was used to analyze the biological roles, including top canonical pathways and diseases, of the candidate genes resulting from the above findings (Table 3), as well as used to identify genes in the data sets that were the target of existing drugs (Table 4). Pathways were identified from the IPA library of canonical pathways that were most significantly associated with genes in the data set. The significance of the association between the data set and the canonical pathway was measured in two ways: 1) a ratio of the number of molecules from the data set that map to the pathway divided by the total number of molecules that map to the canonical pathway is displayed; and 2) Fisher&#39;s exact test was used to calculate a p-value determining the probability that the association between the genes in the data set and the canonical pathway was explained by chance alone. A KEGG pathway analysis through the Partek Genomic Suites 6.6 software package was also conducted. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 3 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ingenuity Pathway Analyses. 
               
               
                 A. Pathways. 
               
               
                 B. Disease and Disorders. 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 A. 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 INGENUITY Pathways 
                 KEGG Pathways 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 Top Canonical 
                   
                   
                 Pathway 
                 Enrichment 
                 Enrichment 
               
               
                   
                 # 
                 Pathways 
                 P-Value 
                 Ratio 
                 Name 
                 Score 
                 p-value 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 CFG 
                 1 
                 Role of Tissue 
                 2.63E−04 
                 3/115 
                 Apoptosis 
                 6.69102 
                 0.001242 
               
               
                 score &gt;= 6.0 
                   
                 Factor in Cancer 
                   
                 (0.026) 
               
               
                 N = 21 genes 
                 2 
                 Dendritic Cell 
                 9.83E−04 
                 3/207 
                 Measles 
                 6.06369 
                 0.002326 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Maturation 
                   
                 (0.014) 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 Melanoma 
                 1.13E−03 
                 2/46 
                 Endometrial 
                 4.96787 
                 0.006958 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Signaling 
                   
                 (0.043) 
                 cancer 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                 Docosahexaenoic 
                 1.18E−03 
                 2/49 
                 Influenza 
                 4.90223 
                 0.00743 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Acid (DHA) 
                   
                 (0.041) 
                 A 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Signaling 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                 Endometrial 
                 1.69E−03 
                 2/57 
                 Phosphatidyl- 
                 4.85448 
                 0.007793 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Cancer Signaling 
                   
                 (0.035) 
                 inositol 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 signaling 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 system 
               
               
                 CFG 
                 1 
                 NF-kB Signaling 
                 4.42E−04 
                 4/175 
                 Measles 
                 8.7667 
                 0.000156 
               
               
                 score &gt;= 4.0 
                   
                   
                   
                 (0.023) 
               
               
                 N = 41 genes 
                 2 
                 Dendritic Cell 
                 5.38E−04 
                 4/207 
                 Influenza 
                 6.87308 
                 0.001035 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Maturation 
                   
                 (0.019) 
                 A 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 PDGF Signaling 
                  7.5E−04 
                 3/85 
                 mTOR 
                 6.34986 
                 0.001747 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (0.035) 
                 signaling 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                 Role of Pattern 
                 1.14E−03 
                 3/106 
                 Apoptosis 
                 4.75687 
                 0.008592 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Recognition 
                   
                 (0.028) 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Receptors in 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Recognition of 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Bacteria and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Viruses 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                 Role of Tissue 
                 1.78E−03 
                 3/115 
                 Toll-like 
                 4.37269 
                 0.012617 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Factor in Cancer 
                   
                 (0.026) 
                 receptor 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 signaling 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 pathway 
               
               
                 All genes 
                 1 
                 Retinoic acid 
                 1.12E−03 
                 5/69 
                 Ubiquitin 
                 4.80416 
                 0.0081956 
               
               
                 differentially 
                   
                 Mediated 
                   
                 (0.072) 
                 mediated 
               
               
                 expressed 
                   
                 Apoptosis 
                   
                   
                 proteolysis 
               
               
                 N = 246 genes 
                   
                 Signaling 
               
               
                 (279 probe 
                 2 
                 Role of PKR in 
                 1.19E−03 
                 4/46 
                 Herpes 
                 4.14288 
                 0.0158771 
               
               
                 sets) 
                   
                 Interferon 
                   
                 (0.087) 
                 simplex 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Induction and 
                   
                   
                 infection 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Antiviral 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Response 
               
               
                   
                 3 
                 UVA-induced 
                 3.90E−03 
                 5/92 
                 Phagosome 
                 4.0301 
                 0.0177725 
               
               
                   
                   
                 MAPK Signaling 
                   
                 (0.054) 
               
               
                   
                 4 
                 Dendritic Cell 
                 4.71E−03 
                 7/207 
                 Measles 
                 3.72158 
                 0.0241958 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Maturation 
                   
                 (0.034) 
               
               
                   
                 5 
                 Role of Pattern 
                 5.38E−03 
                 5/106 
                 Influenza 
                 5.03358 
                 0.0065155 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Recognition 
                   
                 (0.047) 
                 A 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Receptors in 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Recognition of 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Bacteria and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Viruses 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 B. 
               
               
                   
                   
                 INGENUITY 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 # 
                 Diseases and Disorders 
                 P-Value 
                 # Molecules 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 CFG 
                 1 
                 Cancer 
                 1.22E−06-4.54E−03 
                 14 
               
               
                   
                 score &gt;= 6.0 
                 2 
                 Connective Tissue 
                 2.19E−04-3.41E−03 
                 8 
               
               
                   
                 N = 21 genes 
                   
                 Disorders 
               
               
                   
                   
                 3 
                 Inflammatory Disease 
                 2.19E−04-4.54E−03 
                 8 
               
               
                   
                   
                 4 
                 Skeletal and Muscular 
                 2.19E−04-4.42E−03 
                 9 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Disorders 
               
               
                   
                   
                 5 
                 Gastrointestinal Disease 
                 2.22E−04-4.54E−03 
                 12 
               
               
                   
                 CFG 
                 1 
                 Cancer 
                 4.51E−06-6.45E−03 
                 20 
               
               
                   
                 score &gt;= 4.0 
                 2 
                 Inflammatory Response 
                 2.70E−05-6.45E−03 
                 12 
               
               
                   
                 N = 41 genes 
                 3 
                 Antimicrobial Response 
                 9.95E−05-6.45E−03 
                 4 
               
               
                   
                   
                 4 
                 Infectious Disease 
                 1.25E−04-5.52E−03 
                 6 
               
               
                   
                   
                 5 
                 Connective Tissue 
                 1.53E−04-6.45E−03 
                 11 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                 Disorders 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
                     TABLE 4                  Ingenuity drug targets analysis. Repositioning of existing drugs for       treating suicidality.                                         CFG   Direction                       Score   of change   Location   Type(s)   Drug(s)                                             IL1B   8   I   Extracellular   cytokine   IL-1 trap,       interleukin 1, beta           Space       canakinumab       KCNJ2   4   I   Plasma   ion channel   nicorandil,       potassium inwardly-rectifying           Membrane       amiodarone       channel, subfamily J, member                           2                           PML   4   I   Nucleus   transcription   arsenic trioxide       promyelocytic leukemia               regulator           TNK2   4   D   Cytoplasm   kinase   vemurafenib       tyrosine kinase, non-receptor,                           2                           TOP1   2   I   Nucleus   enzyme   elsamitrucin, T       topoisomerase (DNA) I                   0128,CT-2106, BN                           80927,                           tafluposide, TAS-                           103, beta-                           lapachone,                           irinotecan,                           topotecan, 9-                           amino-20-                           camptothecin,                           rubitecan,                           gimatecan,                           karenitecin                    
Validation Analyses
 
     The nine Affymetrix microarray data files from the Validation Cohort was imported as .cel files into Partek Genomic Suites 6.6 software package (Partek Incorporated St. Louis, Mo.). A robust multi-array analysis (RMA), background corrected with quartile normalization and a median polish probe set summarization of all 24+9=33 chips was conducted to obtain the normalized expression levels of all probe sets for each chip. Partek normalizes expression data into a log base of 2 for visualization. The data was non-log by taking 2 to the power of the transformed expression value. The non-log transformed expression data was then used to compare expression levels of SAT1 and CD24 in the different groups ( FIG. 3G ). 
     Further, testing of the top candidate biomarkers for suicidality were conduct (see  FIGS. 3H and 3I ). As shown, thirteen of the 41 CFG-top scoring biomarkers from Table 5 below showed step-wise significant change from no suicide ideation to high suicide ideation, to the validation suicide completers group. Six of them (15%) remained significant after strict Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. The top CFG scoring biomarker, SAT1, remained the top biomarker after validation. 
     Results 
     Whole-genome gene expression profiling in blood samples from a longitudinally-followed homogeneous cohort of male subjects with a major mood disorder (bipolar disorder) that predisposes to suicidality was conducted. The samples were collected at repeated visits, 3 to 6 months apart. State information about suicidal ideation was collected from a questionnaire administered at the time of each blood draw. An intra-subject design was used to analyze data from 9 subjects that switched from no suicidal ideation to high suicidal ideation at different visits, which factors out genetic variability, as well as some medications, lifestyle and demographic variability. An inter-subject case-case analysis was also used to identify genes differentially expressed in the blood in no suicidal ideation states versus high suicidal ideation states. The top 0.1% and 5% of the gene expression probe sets distributions were considered and differentially scored. Overlap between the intra-subject and inter-subject analyses of gene expression changes was required. Such a restrictive approach was used as a way of minimizing false positives, even at the risk of having false negatives. For example, there were genes on each of the two lists, from intra- and inter-subject analyses, that had clear prior evidence for involvement in suicidality, such as MT1E (Sequeira A. et al., Gene expression changes in the prefrontral cortex, anterior cingulate cortex and nucleus accumbens of mood disorders subjects that committed suicide, PioS one 7, e35367, doi:10,1371/journal.pone.0035367 (2012)), respectively GSK3B (Karege F. et al., Alteration in kinase activity but not in protein levels of protein kinase B and glycogen synthase kinase-3beta in ventral prefrontal cortex of depressed suicide victims. Biol Psychiatry 61, 240-245, doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.04.036 (2007)), but were not included in the subsequent analyses because they were not in the overlap. 
     A CFG approach was then used to cross-match the list of 246 overlapping top differentially expressed genes from the blood samples with other key lines of evidence (human postmortem brain data, human genetic data) implicating them in suicidality, as a way of identifying and prioritizing disease-relevant genomic biomarkers, extracting generalizable signal out of potential cohort-specific residual noise and genetic heterogeneity. Manually curated databases of the psychiatric genomic and proteomic literature to date was created and used in the CFG analyses. The CFG approach was thus a de facto field-wide collaboration. In essence, in a Bayesian fashion, the whole body of knowledge in the field was used to leverage findings from the Discovery Cohort data sets. Unlike the use of CFG in previous studies, no human peripheral tissue evidence from the literature was used as there was none directly matching the instant genes, reflecting perhaps the dearth of peripheral gene expression work done so far on suicides, and the need for a study like the instant Example. Animal model evidence was also not used as there were to date no clear studies in animal models of self-harm or suicidality. SAT1 (spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase 1) was the top blood biomarker increased in suicidal states (i.e. the top risk marker), and CD24 (CD24 molecule; small cell lung carcinoma cluster 4 antigen) was the top blood biomarker decreased in suicidal states (i.e. the top protective marker) ( FIG. 2  and Table 5). 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 5 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Top gene expression biomarkers for suicidality 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 Change 
                 Differential 
                 Prior Human 
                 Prior Human 
                 Total 
               
               
                 Gene Symbol/ 
                   
                 (I = Increase) 
                 Expression 
                 Genetic 
                 Brain Expression 
                 CFG 
               
               
                 Gene name 
                 Probe-sets 
                 (D = Decrease) 
                 Score 
                 Evidence 
                 Evidence 
                 Score 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SAT1 
                 203455_s_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (Assoc) 
                 Suicide in 
                 8 
               
               
                 spermidine/spermine N1- 
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide 
                 Depression (D) 
               
               
                 acetyltransferase 1 
                   
                   
                   
                 attempt 
                 PFC (Chen. Fiori 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Fiori. 
                 et al., 2010) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Wanner 
                 Suicide(D) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al. 
                 AMY, PFC, HIP, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2010). 
                 THAL 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide 
                 (Fiori, Bureau et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Sequeira, 
                 al. 2011) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Gwadry 
                 Suicide(D) PFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al. 
                 (Flori and 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2006) 
                 Turacki 2011) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide (D) PFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Fiori, Mechawar 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al. 2009) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide (D) PFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Fiori, Zouk et al. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2011) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide(D) PFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Guipponi, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Deutsch et al. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2009) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide(D)PFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Klempan, T. A. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al 2009) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide(D)PFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Sequeira, A. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2006) 
               
               
                 CD24 
                 209772_s_at 
                 D 
                 4 
                   
                 Suicide in mood 
                 8 
               
               
                 CD24 molecule 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 disorder)(D)NAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Sequeira A. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2012) 
               
               
                 FOXN3 
                 230790_x_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (Assoc) 
                 Suicide 
                 8 
               
               
                 forkhead box N3 
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide 
                 (I) PFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Galfalvy, 
                 (Galfalvy, H. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 H. et al. 
                 al. 2011) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2011) 
               
               
                 GBP1 
                 231577_x_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                 Suicide in mood 
                 8 
               
               
                 guanylate binding protein 
                 202269_x_at 
                   
                 2 
                   
                 disorders (D) 
                 6 
               
               
                 1, interferon-inducible, 
                 202270_at 
                   
                 2 
                   
                 NAC (Karege, F. 
                 6 
               
               
                 67 kDa 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al. 2007). 
               
               
                 PIK3R5 
                 227553_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                 Suicide in mood 
                 8 
               
               
                 Phosphoinositide-3- 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 disorder (D) PFC 
               
               
                 kinase, regulatory 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Seqeira, Morgan 
               
               
                 subunit5 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al. 2012) 
               
               
                 APOL2 
                 221653_x_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide 
                 6 
               
               
                 Apolipoprotein L2 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 PFC (I) (Kekesi, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K. A. et al. 2012) 
               
               
                 ATP13A2 
                 218608_at 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide(D) 
                 6 
               
               
                 ATPase type 13A2 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Sequeira, A. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2012) 
               
               
                 ATP6V0E1 
                 214149_s_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide(D)PFC 
                 6 
               
               
                 ATPase, H+ transporting, 
                 214244_s_at 
                   
                   
                   
                 (Sequeira A. et 
               
               
                 lysosomal 9 kDa, 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2006) 
               
               
                 V0 subunit e1 
               
               
                 EPHX1 
                 202017_at 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide in 
                 6 
               
               
                 epoxide hydrolase 1, 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Schizophrenia 
               
               
                 microsomal (xenobiotic) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (D) PFC (Kim, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Choi et al. 2007) 
               
               
                 GCOM1 
                 239099_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide in 
                 6 
               
               
                 GRINL1A complex locus 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Depression (D) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Klempan T A, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2009 
               
               
                 HTRA1 
                 201185_at 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide(I) 
                 6 
               
               
                 HtrA serine peptidase 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Sequeria, A. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2012) 
               
               
                 IL1B 
                 39402_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide(1) PFC 
                 6 
               
               
                 interleukin 1, beta 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Pandey, G. N. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al., 2012) 
               
               
                 LEPR 
                 211354_s_at 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide(D) PFC 
                 6 
               
               
                 leptin receptor 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Klempan, T. A. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al. 2009) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide(D) PFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Lalovic, 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Klempen et al. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2010) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide(D) HIP 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Sequeria, A. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2007) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide in 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Depression (I) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 PFC (Zhurov V. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al. 2012) 
               
               
                 LHFP 
                 218656_s_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide in mood 
                 6 
               
               
                 lipoma HMGIC fusion 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 disorder (I) NAC 
               
               
                 partner 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Sequeria, A. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2012) 
               
               
                 LIPA 
                 236156_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Violent Suicide 
                 6 
               
               
                 lipase A 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (I) PFC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Freemantle, E et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2013) 
               
               
                 MARCKS 
                 213002_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide in 
                 6 
               
               
                 myristoylated alanine- 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Depression (I) 
               
               
                 rich protein kinase C 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Pandey, G. N. et 
               
               
                 substrate 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2003) 
               
               
                 PGLS 
                 230699_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide 
                 6 
               
               
                 6-Phosphogluconolactonase 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 PFC (D) (Kekesi 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 K. A. et al. 2012) 
               
               
                 PTEN 
                 222176_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide 
                 6 
               
               
                 phosphatase and tensin 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 PFC, HIP (I) 
               
               
                 homolog 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Dwivedi Y. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2010) 
               
               
                 RECK 
                 216153_x_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide 
                 6 
               
               
                 reversion-inducing- 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (I) PFC (Sequeira 
               
               
                 cysteine-rich protein with 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 A. et al. 2012) 
               
               
                 kazal motifs 
               
               
                 SPTBN1 
                 200671_s_at 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide in mood 
                 6 
               
               
                 spectrin, beta, non- 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 disorders 
               
               
                 erythrocytic 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (I) NAC 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (Sequeira A. et 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 al. 2012) 
               
               
                 TNFSF10 
                 202688_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 Suicide in 
                 6 
               
               
                 tumor necrosis factor 
                 202687_s_at 
                   
                   
                   
                 Schizophrenia 
               
               
                 (ligand) superfamily, 
                 214329_x_at 
                   
                   
                   
                 (I)PFC (Kim, S. 
               
               
                 member 10 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al. 2007) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide in 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Depression (I) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 PFC (Zhurov V. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 et al. 2012) 
               
               
                 ABCA1 
                 203504_s_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 ATP-binding cassette, 
               
               
                 sub-family A (ABC1), 
               
               
                 member 1 
               
               
                 ARHGEF40 
                 241631_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 (FLJ10357) 
               
               
                 Rho guanine nucleotide 
               
               
                 exchange factor (GEF) 
               
               
                 40 
               
               
                 CASC1 
                 220168_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 cancer susceptibility 
               
               
                 candidate 1 
               
               
                 DHRS9 
                 219799_s_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 dehydrogenase/reductase 
               
               
                 (SDR family) member 9 
               
               
                 DISC1 
                 244642_at 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (Assoc) 
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 disrupted in 
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide 
               
               
                 schizophrenia 1 
                   
                   
                   
                 (Galfalvy 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 H. et al. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2011) 
               
               
                 EIF2AK2 
                 204211_x_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 eukaryotic translation 
               
               
                 initiation factor 2-alpha 
               
               
                 kinase 2 
               
               
                 LOC727820 
                 231247_s_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 uncharacterized 
                 LOC727820 
               
               
                 LOC727820 
               
               
                 MAP3K3 
                 242117_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 mitogen-activated protein 
               
               
                 kinase kinase kinase 3 
               
               
                 MBNL2 
                 205017_s_at 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (Assoc) 
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 muscleblind-like 2 
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide 
               
               
                 ( Drosophila ) 
                   
                   
                   
                 (Galfalvy 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 H. et al. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2011) 
               
               
                 MT-ND6 (ND6) 
                 1553575_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 mitochondrially encoded 
               
               
                 NADH dehydrogenase 6 
               
               
                 OR2J3 
                 217334_at 
                 D 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 olfactory receptor, family 
               
               
                 2, subfamily J, member 3 
               
               
                 RBM47 
                 1565597_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 RNA binding motif 
               
               
                 protein 47 
               
               
                 RHEB 
                 227633_at 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (Assoc) 
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 Ras homolog enriched in 
                   
                   
                   
                 Suicide 
               
               
                 brain 
                   
                   
                   
                 (Menke 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 A. et al. 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 2012) 
               
               
                 RICTOR 
                 228248_at 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 RPTOR independent 
               
               
                 companion of MTOR, 
               
               
                 complex 2 
               
               
                 SAMD9L 
                 243271_at; 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
                   
                 4 
               
               
                 sterile alpha motif 
                 230036_at 
               
               
                 domain containing 9-like 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     In order to validate the Discovery Cohort findings in the most stringent way possible, SAT1 levels in blood samples from the Validation Cohort of 9 consecutive male suicide completers obtained from the coroner&#39;s office were evaluated. SAT1 gene expression levels were found to be elevated in 9 out of 9 (100%) subjects who committed suicide. In each suicide completer, the increase in SAT1 was at least three standard deviations above the average levels in high suicidal ideation subjects. The results were further strengthened by using a panel of the two markers (SAT1 and CD24) ( FIGS. 3A-C ). As shown in  FIGS. 3A-3C , risk marker SAT1 expression was significantly increased (p=0.0057) between subjects with high suicidal ideation (SI) (mean=3413.37) and those reporting no suicidal ideation (mean=2642.97). In the Validation Cohort of suicide completers (mean=7171.51), a significantly greater expression of SAT1 was found as compared to both high suicide ideation (p=7.27e-07) and no suicide ideation (p=1.51e-07) groups from the Discovery Cohort ( FIG. 3A ). Further, suicide risk score was calculated by scoring the standard deviation band a subject fell within as derived from the high suicide ideation Discovery Cohort, starting from the mean of the high suicide ideation Discovery Cohort ( FIG. 3B ). 0 indicates the subject fell between the means of the high and low suicide ideation subjects in the Discovery Cohort. A score of 1 means between the mean of the high suicide ideation and the first standard deviation above it, score of 2 between the first and second standard deviation, score of 3 between the second and third standard deviation, and so on. 
     As shown in  FIGS. 3D-3F , protective marker CD 24 expression was significantly decreased (p=0.0044) within the Discovery Cohort between subjects reporting high suicide ideation (mean=73.01) and no suicide ideation (mean=108.634). The Validation Cohort of suicide completers (mean=71.61) was also significantly decreased (p=0.0031) when compared to subjects reporting no suicide ideation ( FIG. 3D ). Suicide risk score was defined as the standard deviation band in which the subject expression fell below the mean of the high suicide ideation Discovery Cohort ( FIG. 3E ). 
       FIG. 3G  shows the sum of standard deviation suicide risk scores for both biomarkers (SAT1 and CD24) in the Validation Cohort (i.e., suicide completers). 
     One of the other biomarkers identified to be decreased in high suicidal states in the current Example was the circadian clock gene DBP (D-box binding protein). Serendipitously, previous work showed that mice engineered to lack DBP were stress-reactive and displayed a behavioral phenotype similar to bipolar disorder and co-morbid alcoholism (Le-Niculescu H. et al., “Phenomic, convergent functional genomic, and biomarker studies in a stress-reactive genetic animal model of bipolar disorder and co-morbid alcoholism,” American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics: the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 147B, 134-166, doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.30707 (2008)). In addition to bipolar disorder, alcoholism is known to increase the risk for suicide. Treatment with omega-3 fatty acids normalized the phenotype of those mice. Low omega-3 levels have been previously correlated with increased suicidality in human epidemiological studies (see Sublette M. et al., “Omega-3 polyunsaturated essential fatty acid status as a predictor of future suicide risk,” Am J Psychiatry 163, 1100-1102, doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.163.6.110 (2006); Lewis M. D. et al., “Suicide deaths of active-duty US military and omega-3 fatty-acid status: a case-control comparison,” J Clin Psychiatry 72, 1585-1590, doi:10.4088/JCP.11m06879 (2011)). Pathway analyses of the instant suicidality biomarker data identified among the top pathways the omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) signaling pathway. Several of the biomarkers from this Example (those bolded in Table 6 in “Modulated by DHA” column)) were changed in expression by omega-3 treatment in the blood of the DBP mouse model in opposite direction to our human suicidality data (Table 6). PTEN, a biomarker increased in suicidality in the current Example in the blood, as well as in the brain of suicide completers, was also increased in the amygdala and decreased in the pre-frontal cortex of DBP knock-out mice subjected to stress. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 6 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Genes in our dataset modulated by Clozapine and Omega-3 Fatty Acids 
               
               
                 (DHA).  
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 Direction 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 Gene 
                   
                 of 
                 CFG 
                 Modulated by 
                 Modulated by 
               
               
                 Symbol 
                 Gene Name 
                 Change 
                 score 
                 Clozapine 
                 DHA 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 
                   SAT1 
                 
                 
                   spermidine/spermine N1- 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   8 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   acetyl transferase 1 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   GBP1 
                 
                 
                   guanylate nucleotide binding 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   8 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   protein 1 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 ATP13A2 
                 ATPase type 13A2 
                 D 
                 6 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                 EPHX1 
                 epoxide hydrolase 1, 
                 D 
                 6 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 microsomal 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   IL1B 
                 
                 
                   interleukin 1 beta 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   6 
                 
                 (I) Blood 
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                 
                   LHFP 
                 
                 
                   lipoma HMGIC fusion 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   6 
                 
                 (I) Blood, VT 
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   partner 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 MARCKS 
                 myristoylated alanine rich 
                 I 
                 6 
                   
                 (I) HIP 
               
               
                   
                 protein kinase C substrate 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 PTEN 
                 phosphatase and tensin 
                 I 
                 6 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 homolog 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   SPTBN1 
                 
                 
                   spectrin, beta, non- 
                 
                 
                   D 
                 
                 
                   6 
                 
                 
                   (I) Blood, VT 
                 
                 (D) Blood 
               
               
                   
                 
                   erythrocytic 1 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 ABCA1 
                 ATP-binding cassette, sub- 
                 I 
                 4 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 family A (ABC1), member 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   MAP3K3 
                 
                 
                   mitogen-activated protein 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   4 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   kinase kinase kinase 3 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   MBNL2 
                 
                 
                   muscleblind-like 2 
                 
                 
                   D 
                 
                 
                   4 
                 
                 
                   (I) Blood 
                 
                 (D) Blood 
               
               
                 
                   ATG3 
                 
                 
                   autophagy-related 3 (yeast) 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                 ATXN2 
                 ataxin 2 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                 
                   CCR1 
                 
                 
                   chemokine (C-C motif) 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   receptor 1 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 CCRN4L 
                 CCR4 carbon catabolite 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 (I) Blood 
               
               
                   
                 repression 4-like 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   CD84 
                 
                 
                   CD84 antigen 
                 
                 
                   D 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                 
                   (I) Blood 
                 
                 (D) Blood 
               
               
                 
                   CEACAM1 
                 
                 
                   CEA-related cell adhesion 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   molecule 1 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 CELA1 
                 chymotrypsin-like elastase 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
                 (D) Blood 
               
               
                   
                 family, member 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   CLEC4E 
                 
                 
                   C-type lectin domain family 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   4, member e 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   CLEC7A 
                 
                 
                   C-type lectin domain family 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   7, member a 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 CORO1C 
                 coronin, actin binding protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 1C 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 DLGAP1 
                 discs, large ( Drosophila ) 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 homolog-associated protein 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 DOCK1 
                 dedicator of cytokinesis 1 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                 DOCK4 
                 dedicator of cytokinesis 4 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (D) HIP 
                   
               
               
                 FABP3 
                 fatty acid binding protein 3, 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 muscle and heart 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 FNIP1 
                 folliculin interacting protein 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                 FOXK2 
                 forkhead box K2 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                 
                   FZR1 
                 
                 
                   fizzy/cell division cycle 20 
                 
                 
                   D 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                 
                   (I) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   related 1 ( 
                   
                   ) 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 GBP2 
                 guanylate nucleotide binding 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 protein 2 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 GREM1 
                 gremlin 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 (D) HIP 
               
               
                 
                   IFIT2 
                 
                 
                   interferon-induced protein 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                 (I) Blood 
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   with tetratricopeptide repeats 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 IFIT3 
                 interferon-induced protein with 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 (D) NAC 
               
               
                   
                 tetratricopeptide repeats 3 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 IL1RAP 
                 interleukin 1 receptor accessory 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 protein 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 KLHDC3 
                 kelch domain containing 3 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                 KPNA3 
                 karyopherin (importin) alpha 3 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                 LARP4 
                 La ribonucleoprotein domain 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 family, member 4 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 LONRF1 
                 LON peptidase N-terminal 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 domain and ring finger 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 MCTP1 
                 multiple C2 domains, 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 (I) HIP 
               
               
                   
                 transmembrane 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   MDM4 
                 
                 
                   transformed mouse 3T3 cell 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   double minute 4 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 NUB1 
                 negative regulator of ubiquitin- 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 like proteins 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   NUDT3 
                 
                 
                   nudix (nucleotide 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   diphosphate linked moiety 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 
                   X)-type motif 3 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 OGT 
                 O-linked N-acetylglucosamine 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) Blood 
                 (D) HIP; (I) 
               
               
                   
                 (GlcNAc) transferase 
                   
                   
                   
                 NAC 
               
               
                 PELI1 
                 pellino 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) AMY 
                 (I) HIP 
               
               
                 PKN2 
                 protein kinase N2 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 (I) Blood 
               
               
                 R3HDM1 
                 
                   R3H domain 1 (binds single- 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                 
                   (I) VT 
                 
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   stranded nucleic acids) 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 RAI14 
                 retinoic acid induced 14 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
                 (I) HIP 
               
               
                 
                   RASSF3 
                 
                 
                   Ras association (RaIGDS/AF- 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                 
                   (I) VT 
                 
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   6) domain family member 3 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 RPL37A 
                 ribosomal protein L37a 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 (I) Blood 
               
               
                 RPLP2 
                 ribosomal protein, large P2 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 (I) Blood 
               
               
                 RSAD2 
                 radical S-adenosyl methionine 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) Blood 
                 (I) Blood 
               
               
                   
                 domain containing 2 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   S100A8 
                 
                 
                   S100 calcium binding protein 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                   
                 
                   A8 (calgranulin A) 
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 SFRP2 
                 secreted frizzled-related protein 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 2 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 SLC25A37 
                 solute carrier family 25, 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                 (I) Blood 
               
               
                   
                 member 37 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 SLC2A13 
                 solute carrier family 2 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 (facilitated glucose 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 transporter), member 13 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 SPOCK2 
                 sparc/osteonectin, cwcv and 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 kazal-like domains 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 proteoglycan 2 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 TAOK1 
                 TAO kinase 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                 (D) PFC; (I) 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 HIP 
               
               
                 TB1X 
                 transducin (beta)-like 1 X- 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 linked 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 TCEA1 
                 transcription elongation factor 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
                 (I) Blood 
               
               
                   
                 A (SII) 1 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 
                   TMEM140 
                 
                 
                   transmembrane protein 140 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                 
                   (I) Blood 
                 
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                 
                   TMEM154 
                 
                 
                   transmembrane protein 154 
                 
                 
                   I 
                 
                 
                   2 
                 
                   
                 
                   (D) Blood 
                 
               
               
                 TNFAIP6 
                 tumor necrosis factor alpha 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) AMY 
                   
               
               
                   
                 induced protein 6 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 TNK2 
                 tyrosine kinase, non-receptor, 2 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
                   
               
               
                 TOP1 
                 topoisomerase (DNA) I 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                 (I) Blood 
               
               
                 TRIP12 
                 thyroid hormone receptor 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) VT 
                   
               
               
                   
                 interactor 12 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 TRPM7 
                 transient receptor potential 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
                 (D) AMY 
               
               
                   
                 cation channel, subfamily M, 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 member 7 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 UBE2B 
                 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 
                 I 
                 2 
                 (I) Blood, 
                 (I) Blood 
               
               
                   
                 E2B, RAD6 homology ( S . 
                   
                   
                 AMY, PFC 
                   
               
               
                   
                   cerevisiae ) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 WDR77 
                 WD repeat domain 77 
                 D 
                 2 
                 (D) VT 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Bold are genes that are changed in opposite direction to suicidal ideation by one or both of the treatments. 
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Other circadian clock-modulated genes identified as biomarkers for suicidality were PIK3R5, MARCKS, IL1B, CASC1, CCRN4L, H3F3B, RBCK1, TNK2, and UBE2B. Additionally, biomarkers, as bolded in Table 6 in the “Modulated by Clozapine” column, provided evidence for modulation by clozapine in blood in opposite direction to the human suicidality data in previous independent animal model pharmacogenomics studies (Table 6). Clozapine is the only FDA approved treatment for suicidality. Thus, the convergent evidence for the instant biomarkers is strong in translational ways beyond those used for their discovery and selection. S100A8 may be a key biomarker to monitor in terms of response to treatment with classic (clozapine) and complementary (omega-3) agents. Other potential drugs to be studied for modulating suicidality were revealed by the above analyses (Tables 4 and 6). 
     SAT1, FOXN3, DISC1, MBNL2 and RHEB had genetic association evidence for suicidality, suggesting that they are not only state biomarkers but also trait factors influencing suicidal risk. DISC1 is also one of the top candidate genes for schizophrenia based on a large scale CFG analysis of schizophrenia GWAS recently conducted (Ayalew M. et al., “Convergent functional genomics of schizophrenia: from comprehensive understanding to genetic risk prediction,” Molecular Psychiatry 17, 887-905, doi:10.1038/mp.2012.37 (2012)), while DISC1 and MBNL2 are also among the top candidate genes for bipolar disorder based on a large scale CFG analysis of bipolar disorder GWAS (Patel S. D. et al., “Coming to grips with complex disorders: genetic risk prediction in bipolar disorder using panels of genes identified through convergence functional genomics,” American Journal of Medical Genetics Part b, Neuropsychiatric genetics: the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric genetics 153B, 850-877, doi:10.1pp2/ajmg.b.31087 (2010)). Additionally, DISC1 has clear animal model data for the role of its interaction with environmental stress in the pathophysiology of psychotic depression. DISC1 and MBNL2 may thus be key state and trait factors for suicidality risk in psychotic mood disorder subjects, and an indication for clozapine treatment in such subjects. 
     Suicide biomarkers that were identified in this study were overlapped with biomarkers identified as mood biomarkers (Le-Niculescu H. et al., “Identifying blood biomarkers for mood disorders using convergent functional genomics,” Molecular Psychiatry 14, 156-174, doi:10.1111/ele.12064 (2009)) and psychosis biomarkers (Kurian S. M. et al., “Identification of blood biomarkers for psychosis using convergent functional genomics,” Molecular Psychiatry 16, 37-58, doi:10.1038/mp.2009.117 (2011)) (Table 7). DOCK5 and 4 other biomarkers (as bolded in Table 7 in the “Direction of change in Mood” column were changed in high suicidal states in opposite direction to their change in high mood states, and DOCK5 and 6 other biomarkers (as bolded in Table 7 in the “Direction of change in Hallucination” or “Direction of change in Delusions” columns) were changed in the same direction as their change in high psychosis states, suggesting that suicidality can indeed be viewed as a psychotic depressed state, and that DOCK5 may be an additional key biomarker reflecting that state. 
                     TABLE 7                  Genes with evidence as mood and/or psychosis blood biomarkers.                                                 CFG   Direction of   Direction of   Direction of   Direction of               score in   change in   change in   change in   change in       Gene Symbol   Gene Name   SI   SI   Mood   Hallucination   Delusions                 LEPR       leptin receptor       6       D     ( I )               CD84   CD84 molecule   2   D           (I)         DOCK5       dedicator of       2       I     ( D )   ( I )             cytokinesis 5           EPM2A       epilepsy,       2       D             ( D )             progressive               myoclonus type               2A, Lafora disease             ( laforin )       ERICH1   glutamate-rich 1   2   I       (D)   (D)         FKBP7       FK506 binding       2       D             ( D )             protein 7         IDH1   isocitrate   2   I           (D)           dehydrogenase 1           (NADP+), soluble         KIAA0494       KIAA0494       2       I     ( D )       LARP4   La   2   D   (D)           ribonucleoprotein           domain family,           member 4         MXD1       MAX dimerization       2       I             ( I )             protein 1           PID1       phosphotyrosine       2       D             ( D )             interaction domain               containing 1           PML       promyelocytic       2       I             ( I )             leukemia           PPP2R1B       protein       2       D             ( D )             phosphatase 2,               regulatory subunit               A, beta           SLC2A13       solute carrier       2       I     ( D )             family 2             ( facilitated glucose               transporter ) ,               member 13           TRIM6       tripartite motif       2       I     ( D )             containing 6         TRPM7   transient receptor   2   I   (I)           potential cation           channel, subfamily           M, member 7                    
Discussion
 
     This Example shows overlap at a gene and pathway level with cancer and apoptosis (Table 3, Table 8). SAT1, for example, is a key catabolic enzyme for polyamines Polyamine levels within cells control cell viability, and significant decreases in polyamine levels can result in apoptosis. They appear to reflect an endowment for cellular and organismal activity and growth, key characteristics of mood. SAT1, which increased in suicidal subjects of this Example, is highly inducible by a variety of stimuli, including toxins, cytokines, heat shock, ischemia, and other stresses. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 8 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Complete list of genes differentially expressed in the discovery cohort overlapping  
               
               
                 between the intra-subject and inter-subject analyses (n = 246). 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Evidence or possible roles in 
               
               
                 Probe set ID 
                 Gene Symbol 
                 Gene Name 
                 Change 
                 Total CFG Score 
                 apoptosis 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 203455_s_at 
                 SAT1 
                 spermidine/spermine N1- 
                 I 
                 8 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 acetyltransferase 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 209772_s_at 
                 CD24 
                 CD24 molecule 
                 D 
                 8 
                 yes 
               
               
                 230790_x_at 
                 FOXN3 
                 forkhead box N3 
                 I 
                 8 
                   
               
               
                 231577_s_at; 
                 GBP1 
                 guanylate binding protein 1, 
                 I 
                 8 
                 yes 
               
               
                 202269_x_at; 
                   
                 interferon-inducible 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 202270_at 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 227553_at 
                 PIK3R5 
                 phosphoinositide-3-kinase, 
                 I 
                 8 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 regulatory subunit 5 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 221653_x_at 
                 APOL2 
                 apolipoprotein L, 2 
                 I 
                 6 
                   
               
               
                 218608_at 
                 ATP13A2 
                 ATPase type 13A2 
                 D 
                 6 
                   
               
               
                 214149_s_at 
                 ATP6V0E1 
                 ATPase, H+ transporting, 
                 I 
                 6 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 lysosomal 9 kDa, V0 subunit e1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 202017_at 
                 EPHX1 
                 epoxide hydrolase 1, microsomal 
                 D 
                 6 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (xenobiotic) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 239099_at 
                 GCOM1 
                 GRINL1A complex locus 1 
                 I 
                 6 
                   
               
               
                 201185_at 
                 HTRA1 
                 HtrA serine peptidase 1 
                 D 
                 6 
                 yes 
               
               
                 39402_at 
                 IL1B 
                 interleukin 1, beta 
                 I 
                 6 
                 yes 
               
               
                 211354_s_at 
                 LEPR 
                 leptin receptor 
                 D 
                 6 
                 yes 
               
               
                 218656_s_at 
                 LHFP 
                 lipoma HMGIC fusion partner 
                 I 
                 6 
                   
               
               
                 236156_at 
                 LIPA 
                 lipase A, lysosomal acid, 
                 I 
                 6 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 cholesterol esterase 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 213002_at 
                 MARCKS 
                 myristoylated alanine-rich 
                 I 
                 6 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 protein kinase C substrate 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 230699_at 
                 PGLS 
                 6-phosphogluconolactonase 
                 I 
                 6 
                   
               
               
                 222176_at 
                 PTEN 
                 phosphatase and tensin homolog 
                 I 
                 6 
                 yes 
               
               
                 216153_x_at 
                 RECK 
                 reversion-inducing-cysteine-rich 
                 I 
                 6 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 protein with kazal motifs 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 200671_s_at 
                 SPTBN1 
                 spectrin, beta, non-erythrocytic 1 
                 D 
                 6 
                 yes 
               
               
                 202688_at 
                 TNFSF10 
                 tumor necrosis factor (ligand) 
                 I 
                 6 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 superfamily, member 10 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 203504_s_at; 
                 ABCA1 
                 ATP-binding cassette, sub-family 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                 203505_at 
                   
                 A (ABC1), member 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 241631_at 
                 ARHGEF40 
                 Rho guanine nucleotide exchange 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 factor (GEF) 40 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 220168_at 
                 CASC1 
                 cancer susceptibility candidate 1 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                 219799_s_at 
                 DHRS9 
                 dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 family) member 9 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 244642_at 
                 DISC1 
                 disrupted in schizophrenia 1 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                 204211_x_at 
                 EIF2AK2 
                 eukaryotic translation initiation 
                 I 
                 4 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 factor 2-alpha kinase 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 231247_s_at 
                 LOC727820 
                 uncharacterized LOC727820 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                 242117_at 
                 MAP3K3 
                 mitogen-activated protein kinase 
                 I 
                 4 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 kinase kinase 3 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 205017_s_at 
                 MBNL2 
                 muscleblind-like splicing 
                 D 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 regulator 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1553575_at 
                 MT-ND6 
                 mitochondrially encoded NADH 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 dehydrogenase 6 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 217334_at 
                 OR2J3 
                 olfactory receptor, family 2, 
                 D 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 subfamily J, member 3 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1565597_at 
                 RBM47 
                 RNA binding motif protein 47 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                 227633_at 
                 RHEB 
                 Ras homolog enriched in brain 
                 D 
                 4 
                 yes 
               
               
                 228248_at 
                 RICTOR 
                 RPTOR independent companion 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 of MTOR, complex 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 243271_at; 
                 SAMD9L 
                 sterile alpha motif domain 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                 230036_at 
                   
                 containing 9-like 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 206995_x_at 
                 SCARF1 
                 scavenger receptor class F, 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 member 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 213119_at 
                 SLC36A1 
                 solute carrier family 36 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (proton/amino acid symporter), 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 member 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 232375_at 
                 STAT1 
                 signal transducer and activator of 
                 I 
                 4 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 transcription 1, 91 kDa 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 236879_at 
                 UBA6 
                 ubiquitin-like modifier activating 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 enzyme 6 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1563075_s_at 
                 ZC3HAV1 
                 zinc finger CCCH-type, antiviral 
                 I 
                 4 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 213736_at 
                 COX5B 
                 cytochrome c oxidase subunit Vb 
                 I 
                 3 
                   
               
               
                 203874_s_at 
                 SMARCA1 
                 SWI/SNF related, matrix 
                 I 
                 3 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 associated, actin dependent 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 regulator of chromatin, subfamily 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 a, member 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 229577_at 
                 AGPAT6 
                 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O- 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 acyltransferase 6 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (lysophosphatidic acid 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 acyltransferase, zeta) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 206513_at 
                 AIM2 
                 absent in melanoma 2 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 227438_at 
                 ALPK1 
                 alpha-kinase 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 210873_x_at 
                 APOBEC3A 
                 apolipoprotein B mRNA editing 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 3A 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 239002_at 
                 ASPM 
                 asp (abnormal spindle) homolog, 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 microcephaly associated 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 ( Drosophila ) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 222840_at 
                 ATG2B 
                 autophagy related 2B 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 220237_at 
                 ATG3 
                 autophagy related 3 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 211852_s_at 
                 ATRN 
                 attractin 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 243839_s_at 
                 ATXN2 
                 ataxin 2 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 204516_at 
                 ATXN7 
                 ataxin 7 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 203140_at; 
                 BCL6 
                 B-cell CLL/lymphoma 6 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 228758_at 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 219072_at 
                 BCL7C 
                 B-cell CLL/lymphoma 7C 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 214068_at 
                 BEAN1 
                 brain expressed, associated with 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 NEDD4, 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 212563_at 
                 BOP1 
                 block of proliferation 1 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 233809_at 
                 C15orf63 
                 chromosome 15 open reading 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 frame 63 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 221954_at 
                 C20orf111 
                 chromosome 20 open reading 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 frame 111 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1564276_at 
                 C5orf56 
                 chromosome 5 open reading 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 frame 56 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1553329_at 
                 C7orf45 
                 chromosome 7 open reading 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 frame 45 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 227364_at 
                 CAPZA1 
                 capping protein (actin filament) 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 muscle Z-line, alpha 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 213596_at 
                 CASP4 
                 caspase 4, apoptosis-related 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 cysteine peptidase 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 207500_at 
                 CASP5 
                 caspase 5, apoptosis-related 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 cysteine peptidase 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 205099_s_at 
                 CCR1 
                 chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1554283_at 
                 CCRN4L 
                 CCR4 carbon catabolite 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 repression 4-like ( S. cerevisiae ) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 206485_at 
                 CD5 
                 CD5 molecule 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 243931_at 
                 CD58 
                 CD58 molecule 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 211189_x_at 
                 CD84 
                 CD84 molecule 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 234255_at 
                 CDC42SE2 
                 CDC42 small effector 2 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 209498_at 
                 CEACAM1 
                 carcinoembryonic antigen-related 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 cell adhesion molecule 1 (biliary 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 glycoprotein) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 224198_at 
                 CELA1 
                 chymotrypsin-like elastase 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 family, member 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 210069_at 
                 CHKB-CPT1B 
                 CHKB-CPT1B readthrough 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (non-protein coding) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 222174_at 
                 CHURC1- 
                 CHURC1-FNTB readthrough 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                 FNTB 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 209571_at 
                 CIR1 
                 corepressor interacting with 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 RBPJ, 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 219859_at 
                 CLEC4E 
                 C-type lectin domain family 4, 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 member E 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 221698_s_at 
                 CLEC7A 
                 C-type lectin domain family 7, 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 member A 
                   
                   
                 yes 
               
               
                 200861_at 
                 CNOT1 
                 CCR4-NOT transcription 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 complex, subunit 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 211141_s_at 
                 CNOT3 
                 CCR4-NOT transcription 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 complex, subunit 3 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1569703_a_at 
                 CORO1C 
                 coronin, actin binding protein, 1C 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 205624_at 
                 CPA3 
                 carboxypeptidase A3 (mast cell) 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 203532_x_at 
                 CUL5 
                 cullin 5 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 202434_s_at 
                 CYP1B1 
                 cytochrome P450, family 1, 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 subfamily B, polypeptide 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 208281_x_at 
                 DAZ1 
                 deleted in azoospermia 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 209782_s_at 
                 DBP 
                 D site of albumin promoter 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (albumin D-box) binding protein 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 218943_s_at 
                 DDX58 
                 DEAD box polypeptide 58 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 240358_at 
                 DENND3 
                 DENN/MADD domain 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 containing 3 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1556769_a_at 
                 DLGAP1 
                 discs, large ( Drosophila ) 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 homolog-associated protein 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 233052_at 
                 DNAH8 
                 dynein, axonemal, heavy chain 8 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 223371_s_at 
                 DNAJC4 
                 DnaJ (Hsp40) homolog, 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 subfamily C, member 4 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 237311_at 
                 DOCK1 
                 dedicator of cytokinesis 1 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 244840_x_at 
                 DOCK4 
                 dedicator of cytokinesis 4 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 230207_s_at 
                 DOCK5 
                 dedicator of cytokinesis 5 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 225415_at 
                 DTX3L 
                 deltex 3-like ( Drosophila ) 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 210525_x_at 
                 EFCAB11 
                 EF-hand calcium binding domain 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 11 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 214313_s_at 
                 EIF5B 
                 eukaryotic translation initiation 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 factor 5B 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 224727_at 
                 EMC10 
                 ER membrane protein complex 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 subunit 10 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 217245_at 
                 EPAG 
                 early lymphoid activation protein 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 220874_at 
                 EPB41 
                 erythrocyte membrane protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 band 4.1 (elliptocytosis 1, RH- 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 linked) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 210870_s_at 
                 EPM2A 
                 epilepsy, progressive myoclonus 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 type 2A, Lafora disease (laforin) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 239979_at 
                 EPSTI1 
                 epithelial stromal interaction 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (breast) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1570371_a_at 
                 EPT1 
                 ethanolaminephosphotransferase 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 1 (CDP-ethanolamine-specific) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 227016_at 
                 ERICH1 
                 glutamate-rich 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 225764_at 
                 ETV6 
                 ets variant 6 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 214285_at 
                 FABP3 
                 fatty acid binding protein 3, 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 muscle and heart (mammary- 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 derived growth inhibitor) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1557385_at 
                 FAM161A 
                 family with sequence similarity 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 161, member A 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 229543_at 
                 FAM26F 
                 family with sequence similarity 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 26, member F 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 216950_s_at 
                 FCGR1A 
                 Fc fragment of IgG, high affinity 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 Ia, receptor (CD64) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1554360_at; 
                 FCHSD2 
                 FCH and double SH3 domains 2 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 231302_at 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1553906_s_at 
                 FGD2 
                 FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 containing 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 224002_s_at 
                 FKBP7 
                 FK506 binding protein 7 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 211454_x_at; 
                 FKSG49 
                 FKSG49 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 224288_x_at 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 226419_s_at 
                 FLJ44342 
                 uncharacterized LOC645460 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 228768_at 
                 FNIP1 
                 folliculin interacting protein 1  
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1556667_at 
                 FONG 
                 uncharacterized LOC348751 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 242938_s_at 
                 FOXK2 
                 forkhead box K2 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 230645_at 
                 FRMD3 
                 FERM domain containing 3 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 230744_at 
                 FSTL1 
                 follistatin-like 1 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1563509_at; 
                 FYB 
                 FYN binding protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 224148_at 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 209416_s_at 
                 FZR1 
                 fizzy/cell division cycle 20 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 related 1 ( Drosophila ) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 202748_at; 
                 GBP2 
                 guanylate binding protein 2, 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 242907_at 
                   
                 interferon-inducible 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 229625_at 
                 GBP5 
                 guanylate binding protein 5 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 211060_x_at 
                 GPAA1 
                 glycosylphosphatidylinositol 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 anchor attachment protein 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 homolog (yeast) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 237690_at 
                 GPR115 
                 G protein-coupled receptor 115 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 218468_s_at 
                 GREM1 
                 gremlin 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 235957_at 
                 GRIP1 
                 glutamate receptor interacting 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 protein 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 213826_s_at 
                 H3F3B 
                 H3 histone, family 3B (H3.3B) 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 205221_at 
                 HGD 
                 homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 227614_at 
                 HKDC1 
                 hexokinase domain containing 1 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 210747_at 
                 HLA-DQB1 
                 major histocompatibility 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 complex, class II, DQ beta 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 242001_at 
                 IDH1 
                 isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (NADP+), soluble 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 226757_at 
                 IFIT2 
                 interferon-induced protein with 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 tetratricopeptide repeats 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 229450_at 
                 IFIT3 
                 interferon-induced protein with 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 tetratricopeptide repeats 3 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 230128_at 
                 IGLL5 
                 immunoglobulin lambda-like 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 polypeptide 5 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 225025_at 
                 IGSF8 
                 immunoglobulin superfamily, 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 member 8 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1562468_at 
                 IL1RAP 
                 interleukin 1 receptor accessory 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 protein 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 207688_s_at 
                 INHBC 
                 inhibin, beta C 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 238725_at 
                 IRF1 
                 interferon regulatory factor 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 210119_at; 
                 KCNJ15 
                 potassium inwardly-rectifying 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 216782_at 
                   
                 channel, subfamily J, member 15 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 231513_at; 
                 KCNJ2 
                 potassium inwardly-rectifying 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 206765_at 
                   
                 channel, subfamily J, member 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1559023_a_at 
                 KIAA0494 
                 KIAA0494 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 225193_at 
                 KIAA1967 
                 KIAA1967 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 208784_s_at 
                 KLHDC3 
                 kelch domain containing 3 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1565690_at 
                 KPNA3 
                 karyopherin alpha 3 (importin 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 alpha 4) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 208974_x_at 
                 KPNB1 
                 karyopherin (importin) beta 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 1555384_a_at 
                 LARP4 
                 La ribonucleoprotein domain 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 family, member 4 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 215229_at 
                 LOC100129973 
                 uncharacterized LOC100129973 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1569746_s_at 
                 LOC100505783 
                 uncharacterized LOC100505783 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 215322_at 
                 LONRF1 
                 LON peptidase N-terminal 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 domain and ring finger 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 233818_at 
                 LTN1 
                 listerin E3 ubiquitin protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 ligase 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 232283_at 
                 LYSMD1 
                 LysM, putative peptidoglycan- 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 binding, domain containing 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 215902_at 
                 MARCH 6 
                 membrane-associated ring finger 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (C3HC4) 6, E3 ubiquitin protein 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 ligase 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1554730_at 
                 MCTP1 
                 multiple C2 domains, 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 transmembrane 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 235589_s_at 
                 MDM4 
                 Mdm4 p53 binding protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 homolog (mouse) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 222567_s_at 
                 MEX3C 
                 mex-3 homolog C ( C. elegans ) 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 241541_at 
                 MIB2 
                 mindbomb E3 ubiquitin protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 ligase 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 225826_at 
                 MMAB 
                 methylmalonic aciduria 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (cobalamin deficiency) cblB type  
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 239273_s_at 
                 MMP28 
                 matrix metallopeptidase 28 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 221995_s_at 
                 MRP63 
                 mitochondrial ribosomal protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 63 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 228846_at 
                 MXD1 
                 MAX dimerization protein 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 211010_s_at 
                 NCR3 
                 natural cytotoxicity triggering 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 receptor 3 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 243357_at 
                 NEGR1 
                 neuronal growth regulator 1 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 223218_s_at 
                 NFKBIZ 
                 nuclear factor of kappa light 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 polypeptide gene enhancer in B- 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 cells inhibitor, zeta 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 214101_s_at 
                 NPEPPS 
                 aminopeptidase puromycin 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 sensitive 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1557071_s_at 
                 NUB1 
                 negative regulator of ubiquitin- 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 like proteins 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1561847_at 
                 NUDT17 
                 nudix (nucleoside diphosphate 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 linked moiety X)-type motif 17 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1569990_at 
                 NUDT3 
                 nudix (nucleoside diphosphate 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 linked moiety X)-type motif 3 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 243934_at 
                 ODF3B 
                 outer dense fiber of sperm tails 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 3B 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 229787_s_at 
                 OGT 
                 O-linked N-acetylglucosamine 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 (GlcNAc) transferase 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1569617_at 
                 OSBP2 
                 oxysterol binding protein 2 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 243287_s_at 
                 OSTM1 
                 osteopetrosis associated 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 transmembrane protein 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 231838_at 
                 PABPC1L 
                 poly(A) binding protein, 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 cytoplasmic 1-like 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 235157_at 
                 PARP14 
                 poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 family, member 14 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 227807_at 
                 PARP9 
                 poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 family, member 9 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 241956_at 
                 PCGF5 
                 polycomb group ring finger 5 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 222045_s_at 
                 PCIF1 
                 PDX1 C-terminal inhibiting 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 factor 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 217695_x_at 
                 PELI1 
                 pellino E3 ubiquitin protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 ligase 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 225958_at 
                 PHC1 
                 polyhomeotic homolog 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 ( Drosophila ) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 237867_s_at 
                 PID1 
                 phosphotyrosine interaction 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 domain containing 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 216112_at 
                 PKN2 
                 protein kinase N2 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 241916_at 
                 PLSCR1 
                 phospholipid scramblase 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 235508_at 
                 PML 
                 promyelocytic leukemia 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 202884_s_at 
                 PPP2R1B 
                 protein phosphatase 2, regulatory 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 subunit A, beta 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1559119_at 
                 PPP6R3 
                 protein phosphatase 6, regulatory 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 subunit 3 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 221270_s_at 
                 QTRT1 
                 queuine tRNA-ribosyltransferase 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 241320_at 
                 R3HDM1 
                 R3H domain containing 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1553285_s_at 
                 RAD9B 
                 RAD9 homolog B ( S. pombe ) 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 202052_s_at 
                 RAI14 
                 retinoic acid induced 14 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 230466_s_at 
                 RASSF3 
                 Ras association (RalGDS/AF-6) 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 domain family member 3 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 204927_at 
                 RASSF7 
                 Ras association (RalGDS/AF-6) 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 domain family (N-terminal) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 member 7 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 237626_at 
                 RB1CC1 
                 RB1-inducible coiled-coil 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 232150_at 
                 RBCK1 
                 RanBP-type and C3HC4-type 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 zinc finger containing 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1560340_s_at 
                 RP9P 
                 retinitis pigmentosa 9 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 pseudogene 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 214041_x_at 
                 RPL37A 
                 ribosomal protein L37a 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 200908_s_at 
                 RPLP2 
                 ribosomal protein, large, P2 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 242625_at 
                 RSAD2 
                 radical S-adenosyl methionine 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 domain containing 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 214370_at 
                 S100A8 
                 S100 calcium binding protein A8 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 242190_at 
                 SDAD1 
                 SDA1 domain containing 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 214257_s_at 
                 SEC22B 
                 SEC22 vesicle trafficking protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 homolog B ( S. cerevisiae ) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (gene/pseudogene) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 223121_s_at 
                 SFRP2 
                 secreted frizzled-related protein 2  
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 35626_at 
                 SGSH 
                 N-sulfoglucosamine 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 sulfohydrolase 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 228527_s_at 
                 SLC25A37 
                 solute carrier family 25 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (mitochondrial iron transporter), 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 member 37 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 234268_at 
                 SLC2A13 
                 solute carrier family 2 (facilitated 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 glucose transporter), member 13 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 235536_at 
                 SNORD89 
                 small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 89 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 208012_x_at; 
                 SP110 
                 SP110 nuclear body protein 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 209762_x_at 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 228975_at 
                 SP6 
                 Sp6 transcription factor 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1557593_at 
                 SPAG17 
                 sperm associated antigen 17 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 202523_s_at 
                 SPOCK2 
                 sparc/osteonectin, cwcv and 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 kazal-like domains proteoglycan 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (testican) 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 243522_at 
                 SPPL3 
                 signal peptide peptidase like 3 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 213562_s_at 
                 SQLE 
                 squalene epoxidase 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 219055_at 
                 SRBD1 
                 S1 RNA binding domain 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1565566_a_at 
                 STX7 
                 syntaxin 7 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1557305_at 
                 TACC1 
                 transforming, acidic coiled-coil 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 containing protein 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 216226_at 
                 TAF4B 
                 TAF4b RNA polymerase II, 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 TATA box binding protein 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (TBP)-associated factor, 105 kDa 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 231193_s_at 
                 TAOK1 
                 TAO kinase 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 225973_at 
                 TAP2 
                 transporter 2, ATP-binding 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 cassette, sub-family B 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (MDR/TAP) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 221398_at 
                 TAS2R8 
                 taste receptor, type 2, member 8  
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 213401_s_at 
                 TBL1X 
                 transducin (beta)-like 1X-linked  
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1566208_at 
                 TCEA1 
                 transcription elongation factor A 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 (SII), 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1552804_a_at 
                 TIRAP 
                 toll-interleukin 1 receptor (TIR) 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 domain containing adaptor protein 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 224321_at 
                 TMEFF2 
                 transmembrane protein with 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 EGF-like and two follistatin-like 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 domains 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 235159_at 
                 TMEM140; 
                 transmembrane protein 140 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                 243465_at 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 238063_at 
                 TMEM154 
                 transmembrane protein 154 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 227386_s_at 
                 TMEM200B 
                 transmembrane protein 200B 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1554206_at 
                 TMLHE 
                 trimethyllysine hydroxylase, 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 epsilon 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 206025_s_at; 
                 TNFAIP6 
                 tumor necrosis factor, alpha- 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 206026_s_at 
                   
                 induced protein 6 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1555557_a_at 
                 TNK2 
                 tyrosine kinase, non-receptor, 2  
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1558354_s_at 
                 TOP1 
                 topoisomerase (DNA) I 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 231978_at 
                 TPCN2 
                 two pore segment channel 2 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 223599_at 
                 TRIM6 
                 tripartite motif containing 6 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 242688_at 
                 TRIP12 
                 thyroid hormone receptor 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 interactor 12 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1565887_at 
                 TRPM7 
                 transient receptor potential cation 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 channel, subfamily M, member 7 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 215107_s_at 
                 TTC22 
                 tetratricopeptide repeat domain 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 22 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 202476_s_at 
                 TUBGCP2 
                 tubulin, gamma complex 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 associated protein 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 228588_s_at 
                 UBE2B 
                 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 E2B 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1568903_at 
                 UBR5 
                 ubiquitin protein ligase E3 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 component n-recognin 5 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 205586_x_at 
                 VGF 
                 VGF nerve growth factor 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 inducible 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 242390_at 
                 WDFY1 
                 WD repeat and FYVE domain 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 containing 1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 201421_s_at 
                 WDR77 
                 WD repeat domain 77 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                 1569428_at 
                 WIBG 
                 within bgcn homolog 
                 D 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                   
                   
                 ( Drosophila ) 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 213734_at 
                 WSB2 
                 WD repeat and SOCS box 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 containing 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 228617_at 
                 XAF1 
                 XIAP associated factor 1 
                 I 
                 2 
                 yes 
               
               
                 1554037_a_at 
                 ZBTB24 
                 zinc finger and BTB domain 
                 D 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 containing 24 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 219062_s_at 
                 ZCCHC2 
                 zinc finger, CCHC domain 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 containing 2 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 1555982_at 
                 ZFYVE16 
                 zinc finger, FYVE domain 
                 I 
                 2 
                   
               
               
                   
                   
                 containing 16 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 228864_at 
                 ZNF653 
                 zinc finger protein 653 
                 D 
                 2 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     CD24, the top biomarker decreased in suicidal subjects of this Example, also has roles in apoptosis. Mice lacking CD24 show an increased rate of apoptosis (Duckworth C. A. et al., “CD24 is expressed in gastric parietal cells and regulates apoptosis and the response to  Helicobacter felis  infection in the murine stomach,” American Journal of Physiology, Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 303, G915-926, doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00068.2012 (2012)). It could be that simpler mechanisms related to cellular survival and programed cell-death decision have been recruited by evolution for higher mental functions such as thoughts and behaviors leading to suicidality. In that sense, suicidality could be viewed as whole-organism self-poptosis. Interestingly, lithium, a medication with clinical evidence for preventing suicidality in bipolar disorder, has anti-apoptotic effects at a cellular level. Imaging studies have shown reduced gray matter volume in the brain of individuals with bipolar disorder and history of suicide attempts. Long-term lithium treatment was associated with increased gray matter volumes in the same areas where suicide was associated with decreased gray matter. 
     Taken together, the results of this Example have implications for the understanding of suicide, as well as for the development of objective laboratory tests and tools to diagnose and track suicidal risk and to monitor response to treatment. 
     More particularly, it was found that suicidality may be associated with dysphoric mood, as well as increased psychosis, anxiety and stress. SAT1 blood gene expression levels, in particular, showed a trend towards increase in low mood, high psychosis, high anxiety, and high stress in the bipolar subjects (see  FIGS. 4A-4F ). 
     Example 2 
     In this Example, SAT1 was validated by analyzing subsequent hospitalizations with and without suicidality and to previous hospitalizations with and without suicidality in two live follow-up cohorts, one bipolar (n=42) and one psychosis (schizophrenia/schizoaffective; n=46). 
     Particularly, the bipolar follow-up cohort (Table 9A) consisted of male Caucasian subjects in which whole-genome blood gene expression data, including levels of SAT1, were obtained at the testing visits as described in Example 1. If the subjects had multiple testing visits, the visit with the highest SAT1 level was selected for this analysis. The subjects&#39; subsequent number of hospitalizations with or without suicidality was tabulated from electronic medical records. 
     The psychosis (schizophrenia/schizoaffective) follow-up cohort (n=46) (Table 9B) similarly consisted of Caucasian subjects in which whole-genome blood gene expression data, including levels of SAT1, were obtained at testing visits as described for the bipolar follow-up cohort. If the subjects had multiple testing visits, the visit with the highest SAT1 level was selected for this analysis. The subjects&#39; subsequent number of hospitalizations with or without suicidality was tabulated from electronic medical records. A hospitalization was deemed to be without suicidality if suicidality was not listed as a reason for admission, and no suicidal ideation was described in the admission and discharge medical notes. Conversely, a hospitalization was deemed to be due to suicidality if suicidal acts or intent was listed as a reason for admission, and suicidal ideation was described in the admission and discharge medical notes. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 9A 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Demographic Data for Live Bipolar Cohort (n = 42) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Frequency 
                 Frequency 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Years 
                 Future 
                 Future 
                 of Future 
                 of Future 
               
               
                 SubjectID- 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 SAT1 
                 since 
                 Hosp. w/o 
                 Hosp. due 
                 Hosp. w/o 
                 Hosp. due 
               
               
                 Visit 
                 Diagnosis 
                 Age 
                 Gender 
                 Ethnicity 
                 Levels 
                 testing 
                 suicidality 
                 to suicidality 
                 suicidality 
                 to suicidality 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 phchp234v1 
                 Bipolar II 
                 44 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 1955.2 
                 0.83 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp053v2 
                 Bipolar I 
                 58 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2178.3 
                 5.67 
                 4 
                 0 
                 0.71 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp152v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 45 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2178.8 
                 2.33 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp122v1 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 51 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2245.6 
                 0.58 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp190v3 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 50 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2300.6 
                 1.25 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp020v3 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 63 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2342.6 
                 4.08 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp113v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 37 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2437.4 
                 3.00 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp132v2 
                 Bipolar I 
                 51 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2558.9 
                 2.33 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp184v3 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 64 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2575.4 
                 1.33 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp039v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 52 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2580.1 
                 5.75 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp147v1 
                 Bipolar II 
                 38 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2582.8 
                 2.25 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp178v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 49 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2616.8 
                 1.0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp136v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 41 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2635.9 
                 2.0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp045v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 36 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2721.0 
                 5.42 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp224v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 59 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2748.1 
                 1.08 
                 1 
                 1 
                 0.92 
                 0.92 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp183v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 48 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2750.9 
                 0.42 
                 2 
                 1 
                 4.80 
                 2.40 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp171v2 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 36 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2795.7 
                 1.50 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp166v1 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 56 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2829.6 
                 1.92 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp253v1 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 25 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2888.5 
                 1.0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp186v1 
                 Bipolar II 
                 43 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2901.5 
                 1.67 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp079v2 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 44 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3053.2 
                 4.50 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp128v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 45 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3118.6 
                 2.67 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp080v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 44 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3153.6 
                 5.00 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp088v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 44 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3194.1 
                 4.58 
                 0 
                 10 
                 0 
                 2.18 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp109v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 22 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3200.8 
                 3.00 
                 1 
                 2 
                 0.33 
                 0.67 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp134v3 
                 Bipolar II 
                 59 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3202.3 
                 1.92 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp153v1 
                 Bipolar II 
                 55 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3304.9 
                 2.0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp274v2 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 48 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3349.0 
                 0.50 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp140v3 
                 Bipolar II 
                 38 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3393.8 
                 1.92 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp030v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 49 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3395.2 
                 5.92 
                 0 
                 3 
                 0 
                 0.51 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp124v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 53 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3660.9 
                 2.50 
                 0 
                 6 
                 0 
                 2.40 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp095v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 29 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3695.4 
                 0.33 
                 0 
                 1 
                 0 
                 3.00 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp100v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 28 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3767.8 
                 1.58 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp210v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 44 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3844.6 
                 0.50 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp219v1 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 61 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3845.1 
                 1.17 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp031v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 52 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4080.7 
                 4.08 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.24 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp093v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 52 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4137.4 
                 2.67 
                 0 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.38 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp067v1 
                 Bipolar II 
                 39 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4214.7 
                 5.58 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp142v3 
                 Bipolar I 
                 55 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4310.7 
                 1.92 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp112v2 
                 Bipolar I 
                 46 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4410.4 
                 1.33 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp149v2 
                 Bipolar Disorder 
                 45 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4586.9 
                 2.00 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.5 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 NOS 
               
               
                 phchp117v1 
                 Bipolar I 
                 43 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 6531.1 
                 3.00 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 9B 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Demographic Data for Live Psychosis Cohort (n = 46) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Frequency 
                 Frequency 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 Years 
                 Future 
                 Future 
                 of Future 
                 of Future 
               
               
                 SubjectID- 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 SAT1 
                 since 
                 Hosp. w/o 
                 Hosp. due 
                 Hosp. w/o 
                 Hosp. due 
               
               
                 Visit 
                 Diagnosis 
                 Age 
                 Gender 
                 Ethnicity 
                 Levels 
                 testing 
                 suicidality 
                 to suicidality 
                 suicidality 
                 to suicidality 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 phchp222v2 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 60 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 1410.6 
                 0.67 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp175v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 42 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 1773.9 
                 2.08 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp139v1 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 24 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 1774.6 
                 0.25 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp025v1 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 42 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2004.6 
                 6.83 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp051v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 52 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2083.8 
                 5.83 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp148v1 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 25 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2254.7 
                 2.17 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.46 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp133v1 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 55 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2286 
                 2.75 
                 0 
                 2 
                 0 
                 0.73 
               
               
                 phchp033v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 48 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2291.4 
                 2.58 
                 0 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.39 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp027v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 40 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2406.3 
                 6.67 
                 3 
                 0 
                 0.45 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp012v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 55 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2458.1 
                 5.17 
                 1 
                 1 
                 0.19 
                 0.19 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp089v2 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 33 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2545.3 
                 4.42 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp060v1 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 62 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2589.2 
                 3.50 
                 2 
                 0 
                 0.57 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp046v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 45 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2732.3 
                 6.17 
                 0 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.16 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp103v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 61 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2763.7 
                 2.58 
                 1 
                 2 
                 0.39 
                 0.77 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp010v2 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 45 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2778.5 
                 6.92 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp005v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 45 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2797.8 
                 7.33 
                 1 
                 1 
                 0.14 
                 0.14 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp022v1 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 48 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2846.6 
                 6.83 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp195v3 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 53 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2846.6 
                 1.17 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp129v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 22 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2871.5 
                 2.83 
                 5 
                 1 
                 1.76 
                 0.35 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp120v1 
                 Delusional 
                 51 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2877.9 
                 3.00 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp211v1 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 62 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2879.9 
                 1.25 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp277v2 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 50 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2904.8 
                 0.58 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp101v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 74 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2923.7 
                 3.67 
                 0 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.27 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp116v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 47 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2962.1 
                 0.50 
                 0 
                 1 
                 0 
                 2.00 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp052v1 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 60 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 2989.9 
                 0.83 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp090v3 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 24 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3046.4 
                 1.00 
                 0 
                 2 
                 0 
                 2.00 
               
               
                 phchp197v1 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 56 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3046.6 
                 1.67 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.60 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp061v3 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 50 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3115.6 
                 4.92 
                 1 
                 6 
                 0.20 
                 1.22 
               
               
                 phchp057v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 47 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3233.8 
                 5.92 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp105v2 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 59 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3297.6 
                 2.83 
                 2 
                 0 
                 0.71 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disoder per chip 
               
               
                 phchp087v3 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 66 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3523.5 
                 4.25 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp091v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 55 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3534.5 
                 4.75 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp069v3 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 48 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3819.8 
                 5.25 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp062v3 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 57 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3878.8 
                 5.42 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp099v2 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 49 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 3993.4 
                 3.58 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp049v1 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 46 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4012.3 
                 6.08 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp040v3 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 50 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4019.2 
                 5.25 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.19 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp042v3 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 44 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4124.5 
                 5.50 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp075v3 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 58 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4127.1 
                 4.83 
                 1 
                 5 
                 0.21 
                 1.03 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp108v2 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 42 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4231.9 
                 3.17 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp085v3 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 57 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4335.9 
                 4.50 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp151v3 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 24 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4390.9 
                 2.00 
                 1 
                 1 
                 0.50 
                 0.50 
               
               
                 phchp065v3 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 62 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4439.2 
                 5.25 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp086v3 
                 Schizophrenia 
                 49 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4545.4 
                 4.25 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 phchp073v3 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 65 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 4874.4 
                 4.92 
                 0 
                 12 
                 0 
                 2.44 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                 phchp072v3 
                 Schizoaffective 
                 60 
                 M 
                 Caucasian 
                 5911.1 
                 5.08 
                 0 
                 1 
                 0 
                 0.20 
               
               
                   
                 Disorder 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     For future hospitalization analyses, robust multi-array analysis (RMA) as described in Example 1 was conducted and normalized for each cohort, prior to looking at biomarker levels in individual subjects. One-tail t-tests with equal variance were used for statistical comparisons. ROC curves were calculated using SPSS software for each of the four-dimensional analyses, predicting the state variable of hospitalizations due to suicidality. 
     Higher SAT1 levels compared to lower SAT1 levels at time of testing differentiated future as well as past hospitalizations due to suicidality in the bipolar disorder subjects ( FIGS. 5A-5E ). A similar, but weaker, pattern was exhibited in the psychosis (schizophrenia/schizoaffective) subjects ( FIGS. 6A-6E ). Remarkably, besides SAT1, three other biomarkers (PTEN, MARCKS and MAP3K3) of the six biomarkers that survived Bonferroni correction in the suicide completers cohort validation step also showed similar but weaker results (Table 10 and  FIGS. 7A-7C ). 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 10 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Prospective and Retrospective Differentiation of Hospitalizations and Suicidality 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 Psychosis (n = 46) 
               
               
                   
                 Bipolar Disorder (n = 42) 
                 Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Future 
                 Past 
                 Future 
                 Past 
               
               
                   
                 Hospitalizations 
                 Hospitalizations 
                 Hospitalizations 
                 Hospitalizations 
               
               
                   
                 (since testing) 
                 (prior to testing) 
                 (since testing) 
                 (prior to testing) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                   
                 With 
                   
                 With 
                   
                 With 
                   
                 With 
               
               
                   
                 Without 
                 Suicidality 
                 Without 
                 Suicidality 
                 Without 
                 Suicidality 
                 Without 
                 Suicidality 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SAT1 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.1195 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.0743 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.0274 
               
               
                   
                   
                 T: 0.0484 
                   
                 T: 0.0363 
                   
                 (H: 0.0519) 
                   
                 T: 0.0742 
               
               
                 PTEN 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.0271 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.0598 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
               
               
                   
                   
                 T: 0.0324 
                   
                 T: 0.0491 
               
               
                 MARCKS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.0227 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 T: 0.0242 
               
               
                 MAP3K3 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.2052 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 T: 0.0273 
               
               
                 UBA6 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
               
               
                 MT-ND6 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
               
               
                 Panel of 3 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.0184 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.04905 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
               
               
                 (SAT1, PTEN, 
                   
                 T: 0.0530 
                   
                 T: 0.04914 
               
               
                 MAP3K3) 
               
               
                 Panel of 6 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.1501 
                 NS 
                 H: 0.0728 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
                 NS 
               
               
                 (SAT1, PTEN, 
                   
                 T: 0.0159 
                   
                 T: 0.0101 
               
               
                 MAP3K3, UBA6, 
               
               
                 MARCK, MT-ND6) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Taken together, the prospective and retrospective hospitalization data suggests SAT1, PTEN, MARCKS and MAP3K3 may be not only a state marker but perhaps a trait marker as well. 
     A multi-dimensional approach was also conducted to predict future hospitalizations, by adding data about mood, anxiety, and psychosis to the data about SAT1 expression levels ( FIGS. 8A-8C ). The ROC curve improved in a step-wise fashion, from an AUC of 0.640 with SAT1 alone, to an AUC of 0.798 with SAT1 and anxiety, an AUC of 0.813 with SAT1, anxiety and mood, and an AUC of 0.835 with SAT1, anxiety, mood and psychosis. Levels of SAT1 were identified that provided different levels of sensitivity and specificity (Table 11). The anxiety and mood information was obtained from simple visual analog scales, previously described in Niculescu, et al., “PhenoChipping of psychotic disorders: a novel approach for deconstructing and quantitating psychiatric phenotypes.  American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics: the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics  141B, 653-662, doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.30404 (2006). 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 11 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 SAT1 Expression Level Cut-offs from the ROC Curve (FIGS. 8A-8C) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 SAT1 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Expression 
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 Cut-off 
                 Levels 
                 Sensitivity 
                 Specificity 
                 Accuracy 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Higher 
                 2723.512 
                 100.00% 
                 41.18% 
                 70.59% 
               
               
                 Sensitivity 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 Intermediate 
                 3173.874 
                  75.00% 
                 61.76% 
                 68.38% 
               
               
                 Higher 
                 3394.539 
                  50.00% 
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     The multi-dimensional approach described above for SAT1 was also conducted to predict future hospitalizations, by adding data about mood, anxiety, and psychosis to the data about the six top biomarkers&#39; expression levels (BioM 6, including the biomarkers SAT1, PTEN, MARCKS, MAP3K3, UBA6, and MT-ND6;  FIGS. 9A-9B ). 
     These results demonstrate that combining clinical scale data for anxiety and mood with the blood biomarker date improves predictability of increased suicide ideation and/or future hospitalization. 
     The psychosis information was based on combining of the scores on the hallucinations and delusions in the PANSS ( FIG. 10 ). Of note, this simple clinical-genomic approach did not directly ask about suicidal ideation, which some individuals may deny or choose not to share with clinicians. 
     Using discovery in live subjects and validation in suicide completers, possible biomarkers for suicidality were found. The top biomarker finding, SAT1, as well as PTEN, MARCKS and MAP3K3, were additionally validated by prospective and retrospective analyses in live subjects, looking at ability to predict and differentiate future and past hospitalizations due to suicidality in bipolar disorder and psychosis (schizophrenia/schizoaffective) (Table 10). 
     Beyond predictions, as a window into the biology of suicidality, the current Examples show overlap at a gene and pathway level with apoptosis. SAT1, for example, is a key catabolic enzyme for polyamines Polyamine levels within cells control cell viability, and significant decreases in polyamine levels can result in apoptosis. They seem to reflect an endowment for cellular and organismal activity and growth, key characteristics of mood. SAT1, which is increased in live suicidal ideation subjects and in suicide completers in the Examples, is highly inducible by a variety of stimuli, including toxins, cytokines, heat shock, ischemia, and other stresses. SAT1 overexpressing mice had alterations in their polyamine pool, hair loss, infertility and weight loss (Pietila et al., Activation of polyamine catabolism profoundly alters tissue polyamine pools and affects hair growth and female fertility in transgenic mice overexpressing spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase. J Biol. Chem. 272, 18746-18751 (1997); Min et al., Altered levels of growth-related and novel gene transcripts in reproductive and other tissues of female mice overexpressing spermidien/spermine N1-actyltransferase (SSAT). J. Biol. Chem. 277, 3647-3657, doi:10.1074/jbc.M100751200 (2002)). Turecki and colleagues have provided compelling evidence for changes in the polyamine system in the brain of suicide completers (Fiori et al., Global gene expression profiling of the polyamine system in suicide completers. Int. J. Neuropsychopharmacol. 14, 595-605, doi:10.1017/S1461145710001574 (2011)). 
     CD24, the top biomarker found to decrease in suicidal subjects, also has roles in apoptosis. Specifically, mice lacking CD24 showed an increased rate of apoptosis (Duckworth et al. CD24 is expressed in gastric parietal cells and regulates apoptosis and the response to  Helicobacter felis  infection in the murine stomach. American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology 303, G915-926, doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00068.2012 (2012)). 
     It could be that simpler mechanisms related to cellular survival and programed cell-death decision have been recruited by evolution for higher mental functions such as feelings, thoughts, actions and behaviors leading to suicidality. In that sense, suicidality could be viewed as whole-organism self-apoptosis. Apoptosis mechanisms have previously been implicated in mood disorders, and their inhibition in affective resilience (Malkesman et al. Targeting the BH3-interacting domain death agonist to develop mechanistically unique antidepressants. Mol. Psychiatry 17, 770-780, doi:10.1038/mp.2011.77 (2012)). Interestingly, lithium, a medication with clinical evidence for preventing suicidality in bipolar disorder, has anti-apoptotic effects at a cellular level (Lowthert et al., Increased ratio of anti-apoptotic to pro-apoptotic BcI2 gene-family members in lithium-responders one month after treatment initiation. Biology of Mood &amp; Anxiety Disorders 2, 15, doi:10.1186/2045-5380-2-15 (2012)). Imaging studies have shown reduced gray matter volume in the brain of individuals with bipolar disorder and history of suicide attempts. Long-term lithium treatment was associated with increased gray matter volumes in the same areas where suicide was associated with decreased gray matter (Benedetti et al., Opposite effects of suicidality and lithium on gray matter volumes in bipolar depression. J Affect Disord 135, 139-147, doi:10.1016/j.jad.2011.07.006 (2011)). 
     In view of the above, it will be seen that the several advantages of the disclosure are achieved and other advantageous results attained. As various changes could be made in the above methods without departing from the scope of the disclosure, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description and shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 
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