Human forebrain organoid-based multi-omics analyses of PCCB as a schizophrenia associated gene linked to GABAergic pathways

W Zhang, M Zhang, Z Xu, H Yan, H Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Identifying genes whose expression is associated with schizophrenia (SCZ) risk by
transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) facilitates downstream experimental studies …

Decoding shared versus divergent transcriptomic signatures across cortico-amygdala circuitry in PTSD and depressive disorders

AE Jaffe, R Tao, SC Page, KR Maynard… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating neuropsychiatric disease
that is highly comorbid with major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder. The …

Analysis of gene expression in the postmortem brain of neurotypical Black Americans reveals contributions of genetic ancestry

KJM Benjamin, Q Chen, NJ Eagles… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ancestral differences in genomic variation affect the regulation of gene expression; however,
most gene expression studies have been limited to European ancestry samples or adjusted …

A genetics perspective on the role of the (neuro) immune system in schizophrenia

R Birnbaum, DR Weinberger - Schizophrenia research, 2020 - Elsevier
The immune system has long been hypothesized to play a role in schizophrenia
pathogenesis based on data from diverse disciplines. Recent reports of the identification of …

Diagnosis-and cell type-specific mitochondrial functional pathway signatures in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

JR Glausier, JF Enwright III… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The shared risk factors and clinical features in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
may be linked via mitochondrial dysfunction. However, the severity of mitochondrial …

Massively parallel reporter assays: defining functional psychiatric genetic variants across biological contexts

B Mulvey, T Lagunas Jr, JD Dougherty - Biological psychiatry, 2021 - Elsevier
Neuropsychiatric phenotypes have long been known to be influenced by heritable risk
factors, directly confirmed by the past decade of genetic studies that have revealed specific …

The association between schizophrenia and the immune system: Review of the evidence from unbiased 'omic-studies'

HC van Mierlo, A Schot, MPM Boks, LD de Witte - Schizophrenia research, 2020 - Elsevier
A role for immune processes in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia has been suggested by
genetic and epidemiological studies, as well as cross-sectional studies on blood and brain …

Enhancing discoveries of molecular QTL studies with small sample size using summary statistic imputation

T Wang, Y Liu, Q Yin, J Geng, J Chen… - Briefings in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses of multiomic molecular traits, such as gene
transcription (eQTL), DNA methylation (mQTL) and histone modification (haQTL), have been …

The genesis of schizophrenia: an origin story

R Birnbaum, DR Weinberger - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2024 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Schizophrenia is routinely referred to as a neurodevelopmental disorder, but the role of
brain development in a disorder typically diagnosed during early adult life is enigmatic. The …

[PDF][PDF] The miR-124-AMPAR pathway connects polygenic risks with behavioral changes shared between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

H Namkung, H Yukitake, D Fukudome, BJ Lee, M Tian… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
Schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP) are highly heritable major psychiatric
disorders that share a substantial portion of genetic risk as well as their clinical …