Diverse types of genetic variation converge on functional gene networks involved in schizophrenia

SR Gilman, J Chang, B Xu, TS Bawa, JA Gogos… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Despite the successful identification of several relevant genomic loci, the underlying
molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia remain largely unclear. We developed a …

Genome-scale neurogenetics: methodology and meaning

SA McCarroll, G Feng, SE Hyman - Nature neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
Genetic analysis is currently offering glimpses into molecular mechanisms underlying such
neuropsychiatric disorders as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism. After years of …

Genome-wide expression profiling of schizophrenia using a large combined cohort

M Mistry, J Gillis, P Pavlidis - Molecular psychiatry, 2013 - nature.com
Numerous studies have examined gene expression profiles in post-mortem human brain
samples from individuals with schizophrenia compared with healthy controls, to gain insight …

Gene expression elucidates functional impact of polygenic risk for schizophrenia

M Fromer, P Roussos, SK Sieberts, JS Johnson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Over 100 genetic loci harbor schizophrenia-associated variants, yet how these variants
confer liability is uncertain. The CommonMind Consortium sequenced RNA from …

Boosting the power of schizophrenia genetics by leveraging new statistical tools

OA Andreassen, WK Thompson… - Schizophrenia …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a large number of gene variants
associated with schizophrenia, but these variants explain only a small portion of the …

Coexpression network analysis of neural tissue reveals perturbations in developmental processes in schizophrenia

A Torkamani, B Dean, NJ Schork… - Genome research, 2010 - genome.cshlp.org
We performed integrated gene coexpression network analysis on two large microarray-
based brain gene expression data sets generated from the prefrontal cortex obtained post …

Mutations associated with neuropsychiatric conditions delineate functional brain connectivity dimensions contributing to autism and schizophrenia

CA Moreau, SGW Urchs, K Kuldeep, P Orban… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract 16p11. 2 and 22q11. 2 Copy Number Variants (CNVs) confer high risk for Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD), schizophrenia (SZ), and Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder …

Mapping genomic loci prioritises genes and implicates synaptic biology in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric … - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder whose pathophysiology is largely unknown. It has a
heritability of 60-80%, much of which is attributable to common risk alleles, suggesting …

Strong synaptic transmission impact by copy number variations in schizophrenia

JT Glessner, MP Reilly, CE Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder with onset in late adolescence and unclear etiology
characterized by both positive and negative symptoms, as well as cognitive deficits. To …

Genetics of schizophrenia

I Escudero, M Johnstone - Current psychiatry reports, 2014 - Springer
The genetic basis of schizophrenia has been a hotly debated research topic for decades, yet
recent studies, especially in the past year, have confirmed genetics as the major cause of …