Retinal transcriptome and eQTL analyses identify genes associated with age-related macular degeneration

R Ratnapriya, OA Sosina, MR Starostik, M Kwicklis… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic variants at 34 loci
contributing to age-related macular degeneration (AMD),–. We generated transcriptional …

Convergent molecular, cellular, and cortical neuroimaging signatures of major depressive disorder

KM Anderson, MA Collins, R Kong… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Major depressive disorder emerges from the complex interactions of biological systems that
span genes and molecules through cells, networks, and behavior. Establishing how …

Glial cells in schizophrenia: a unified hypothesis

AG Dietz, SA Goldman, M Nedergaard - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2020 - thelancet.com
The cellular neurobiology of schizophrenia remains poorly understood. We discuss
neuroimaging studies, pathological findings, and experimental work supporting the idea that …

The polygenic architecture of schizophrenia—rethinking pathogenesis and nosology

OB Smeland, O Frei, AM Dale… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with considerable morbidity and mortality.
Although the past two decades have seen limited improvement in the treatment of …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic control of expression and splicing in developing human brain informs disease mechanisms

RL Walker, G Ramaswami, C Hartl, N Mancuso… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Tissue-specific regulatory regions harbor substantial genetic risk for disease. Because brain
development is a critical epoch for neuropsychiatric disease susceptibility, we characterized …

Neurodevelopmental resilience and susceptibility to maternal immune activation

U Meyer - Trends in neurosciences, 2019 - cell.com
Maternal immune activation (MIA), be it triggered by infectious or noninfectious stimuli, is
implicated in various psychiatric and neurological disorders with developmental etiologies …

A genome-wide association study of shared risk across psychiatric disorders implicates gene regulation during fetal neurodevelopment

AJ Schork, H Won, V Appadurai, R Nudel… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
There is mounting evidence that seemingly diverse psychiatric disorders share genetic
etiology, but the biological substrates mediating this overlap are not well characterized. Here …

Penetrance and pleiotropy of polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia in 106,160 patients across four health care systems

AB Zheutlin, J Dennis… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Individuals at high risk for schizophrenia may benefit from early intervention, but
few validated risk predictors are available. Genetic profiling is one approach to risk …

Pleiotropy and cross-disorder genetics among psychiatric disorders

PH Lee, YCA Feng, JW Smoller - Biological psychiatry, 2021 - Elsevier
Genome-wide analyses of common and rare genetic variations have documented the
heritability of major psychiatric disorders, established their highly polygenic genetic …

Cell type specific transcriptomic differences in depression show similar patterns between males and females but implicate distinct cell types and genes

M Maitra, H Mitsuhashi, R Rahimian, A Chawla… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, heterogenous, and potentially serious
psychiatric illness. Diverse brain cell types have been implicated in MDD etiology …