[HTML][HTML] Gene-by-environment interactions in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

AR Dunn, KMS O'Connell, CC Kaczorowski - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) arise from
complex interactions of genetic and environmental factors, with genetic variants regulating …

High-diversity mouse populations for complex traits

MC Saul, VM Philip, LG Reinholdt, EJ Chesler - Trends in Genetics, 2019 - cell.com
Contemporary mouse genetic reference populations are a powerful platform to discover
complex disease mechanisms. Advanced high-diversity mouse populations include the …

The collaborative cross: a systems genetics resource for studying host-pathogen interactions

KE Noll, MT Ferris, MT Heise - Cell host & microbe, 2019 - cell.com
Host genetic variation has a major impact on infectious disease susceptibility. The study of
pathogen resistance genes, largely aided by mouse models, has significantly advanced our …

Beyond the looking glass: recent advances in understanding the impact of environmental exposures on neuropsychiatric disease

JA Hollander, DA Cory-Slechta, FN Jacka… - …, 2020 - nature.com
The etiologic pathways leading to neuropsychiatric diseases remain poorly defined. As
genomic technologies have advanced over the past several decades, considerable …

Multitissue multiomics systems biology to dissect complex diseases

X Yang - Trends in molecular medicine, 2020 - cell.com
Most complex diseases involve genetic and environmental risk factors, engage multiple cells
and tissues, and follow a polygenic or omnigenic model depicting numerous genes …

Which mouse multiparental population is right for your study? The Collaborative Cross inbred strains, their F1 hybrids, or the Diversity Outbred population

GR Keele - G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Multiparental populations (MPPs) encompass greater genetic diversity than traditional
experimental crosses of two inbred strains, enabling broader surveys of genetic variation …

Collaborative Cross mice reveal extreme epilepsy phenotypes and genetic loci for seizure susceptibility

B Gu, JR Shorter, LH Williams, TA Bell, P Hock… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Animal studies remain essential for understanding mechanisms of epilepsy and
identifying new therapeutic targets. However, existing animal models of epilepsy do not …

Whole genome sequencing and progress toward full inbreeding of the mouse collaborative cross population

JR Shorter, ML Najarian, TA Bell… - G3: Genes …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Two key features of recombinant inbred panels are well-characterized genomes and
reproducibility. Here we report on the sequenced genomes of six additional Collaborative …

[HTML][HTML] Influences of genomic imprinting on brain function and behavior

O Ho-Shing, C Dulac - Current opinion in behavioral sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Imprinted effects in the brain range from monoallelic to parentally-biased
expression.•Imprinted expression is highly specific to brain region, cell type, and …

Characterization of genetically complex Collaborative Cross mouse strains that model divergent locomotor activating and reinforcing properties of cocaine

SA Schoenrock, P Kumar, A Gómez-A, PE Dickson… - …, 2020 - Springer
Rationale Few effective treatments exist for cocaine use disorders due to gaps in knowledge
about its complex etiology. Genetically defined animal models provide a useful tool for …