Global population attributable fraction of potentially modifiable risk factors for mental disorders: a meta-umbrella systematic review

E Dragioti, J Radua, M Solmi, C Arango, D Oliver… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Numerous risk factors for mental disorders have been identified. However, we do not know
how many disorders we could prevent and to what extent by modifying these risk factors …

Analysis of the caudate nucleus transcriptome in individuals with schizophrenia highlights effects of antipsychotics and new risk genes

KJM Benjamin, Q Chen, AE Jaffe, JM Stolz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Most studies of gene expression in the brains of individuals with schizophrenia have
focused on cortical regions, but subcortical nuclei such as the striatum are prominently …

[PDF][PDF] Meta-analysis fine-mapping is often miscalibrated at single-variant resolution

M Kanai, R Elzur, W Zhou, KHH Wu, H Rasheed… - Cell Genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Meta-analysis is pervasively used to combine multiple genome-wide association studies
(GWASs). Fine-mapping of meta-analysis studies is typically performed as in a single-cohort …

Dimensional and transdiagnostic phenotypes in psychiatric genome-wide association studies

MA Waszczuk, KG Jonas, M Bornovalova, G Breen… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide biological insights into disease onset
and progression and have potential to produce clinically useful biomarkers. A growing body …

Cell subtype-specific effects of genetic variation in the Alzheimer's disease brain

M Fujita, Z Gao, L Zeng, C McCabe, CC White, B Ng… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The relationship between genetic variation and gene expression in brain cell types and
subtypes remains understudied. Here, we generated single-nucleus RNA sequencing data …

Schizophrenia risk conferred by rare protein-truncating variants is conserved across diverse human populations

D Liu, D Meyer, B Fennessy, C Feng, E Cheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a chronic mental illness and among the most debilitating conditions
encountered in medical practice. A recent landmark SCZ study of the protein-coding regions …

Glutamatergic dysfunction in Schizophrenia

AO Kruse, JR Bustillo - Translational Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
The NMDA-R hypofunction model of schizophrenia started with the clinical observation of
the precipitation of psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia exposed to PCP or …

Multi-ancestry study of the genetics of problematic alcohol use in over 1 million individuals

H Zhou, RL Kember, JD Deak, H Xu, S Toikumo… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Problematic alcohol use (PAU), a trait that combines alcohol use disorder and alcohol-
related problems assessed with a questionnaire, is a leading cause of death and morbidity …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia: Insights from human genetics

Z Farsi, M Sheng - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that affects millions of people worldwide;
however, its etiology is poorly understood at the molecular and neurobiological levels. A …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical considerations for precision psychiatry: a roadmap for research and clinical practice

P Fusar-Poli, M Manchia, N Koutsouleris… - European …, 2022 - Elsevier
Precision psychiatry is an emerging field with transformative opportunities for mental health.
However, the use of clinical prediction models carries unprecedented ethical challenges …