Genomic insights into schizophrenia

MJ Owen - Royal Society Open Science, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Schizophrenia is a common, complex, heterogeneous psychiatric syndrome which can have
profound impacts on affected individuals and imposes significant burdens on society …

Genome-wide analysis of schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis identifies shared genomic loci with mixed direction of effects

M Ahangari, E Everest, TH Nguyen, BC Verrelli… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Common genetic variants identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) show
varying degrees of genetic pleiotropy across complex human disorders. Clinical studies of …

Integrated post-GWAS analysis sheds new light on the disease mechanisms of schizophrenia

JR Lin, Y Cai, Q Zhang, W Zhang… - Genetics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder with a large genetic component. Recent genome-
wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many schizophrenia-associated common …

Specific glial functions contribute to schizophrenia susceptibility

A Goudriaan, C de Leeuw, S Ripke… - Schizophrenia …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Schizophrenia is a highly polygenic brain disorder. The main hypothesis for disease etiology
in schizophrenia primarily focuses on the role of dysfunctional synaptic transmission …

Recent genetic findings in schizophrenia and their therapeutic relevance

PJ Harrison - Journal of psychopharmacology, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Over 100 loci are now associated with schizophrenia risk as identified by single nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) in genome-wide association studies. These findings mean that …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of expression quantitative trait loci associated with schizophrenia and affective disorders in normal brain tissue

OG Bhalala, AP Nath… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Schizophrenia and the affective disorders, here comprising bipolar disorder and major
depressive disorder, are psychiatric illnesses that lead to significant morbidity and mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Convergent functional genomics of schizophrenia: from comprehensive understanding to genetic risk prediction

M Ayalew, H Le-Niculescu, DF Levey, N Jain… - Molecular …, 2012 - nature.com
We have used a translational convergent functional genomics (CFG) approach to identify
and prioritize genes involved in schizophrenia, by gene-level integration of genome-wide …

Genome-wide association analysis of Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia reveals shared genetic architecture and identifies novel risk loci

OB Smeland, A Shadrin, S Bahrami, I Broce, M Tesli… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) and schizophrenia (SCZ) are heritable brain
disorders that involve dysregulation of the dopaminergic system. Epidemiological studies …

Genome-wide association studies suggest limited immune gene enrichment in schizophrenia compared to 5 autoimmune diseases

JG Pouget, VF Gonçalves… - Schizophrenia …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
There has been intense debate over the immunological basis of schizophrenia, and the
potential utility of adjunct immunotherapies. The major histocompatibility complex is …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of chromatin accessibility in prefrontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia

J Bryois, ME Garrett, L Song, A Safi… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Schizophrenia genome-wide association studies have identified> 150 regions of the
genome associated with disease risk, yet there is little evidence that coding mutations …