Objective Based on previous studies, this paper applies data fusion arithmetic to extract the potential susceptible genes and signaling pathway related to schizophrenia, which proves that data fusion algorithm is an effective method to filter schizophrenia susceptible genes. Methods By making use of Endeavour tool which is based on data fusion method, the candidate genes were ranked according to their similarity with the training genes. Then DAVID database was used to implement the functional annotation and enrichment analysis for the extracted genes. Results Compared with previous studies, the second NRG3 and third AKT1 which are obtained from higher ranking candidate genes, are closely related to schizophrenia. Other higher ranking genes could be used as potential disease-susceptibility genes to provide reference for the research of schizophrenia. Conclusions Data fusion arithmetic can help to detect the potential schizophrenia candidate genes objectively and correctly, and this method is a powerful tool for identifying schizophrenia susceptible genes.
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