[HTML][HTML] The central nervous system and the gut microbiome

G Sharon, TR Sampson, DH Geschwind… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Neurodevelopment is a complex process governed by both intrinsic and extrinsic signals.
While historically studied by researching the brain, inputs from the periphery impact many …

[HTML][HTML] Defining the genetic, genomic, cellular, and diagnostic architectures of psychiatric disorders

PF Sullivan, DH Geschwind - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Studies of the genetics of psychiatric disorders have become one of the most exciting and
fast-moving areas in human genetics. A decade ago, there were few reproducible findings …

The contributions of rare inherited and polygenic risk to ASD in multiplex families

M Cirnigliaro, TS Chang, SA Arteaga… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has a complex genetic architecture involving contributions
from both de novo and inherited variation. Few studies have been designed to address the …

Transcriptome-wide isoform-level dysregulation in ASD, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder

MJ Gandal, P Zhang, E Hadjimichael, RL Walker… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Our understanding of the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders,
including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), schizophrenia (SCZ), and bipolar disorder (BD) …

Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

AF Pardiñas, P Holmans, AJ Pocklington… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric condition often associated with poor quality of life
and decreased life expectancy. Lack of progress in improving treatment outcomes has been …

Inherited and de novo genetic risk for autism impacts shared networks

EK Ruzzo, L Pérez-Cano, JY Jung, L Wang… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
We performed a comprehensive assessment of rare inherited variation in autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) by analyzing whole-genome sequences of 2,308 individuals from families …

Shared molecular neuropathology across major psychiatric disorders parallels polygenic overlap

MJ Gandal, JR Haney, NN Parikshak, V Leppa… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The predisposition to neuropsychiatric disease involves a complex, polygenic, and
pleiotropic genetic architecture. However, little is known about how genetic variants impart …

A logical network-based drug-screening platform for Alzheimer's disease representing pathological features of human brain organoids

JC Park, SY Jang, D Lee, J Lee, U Kang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Developing effective drugs for Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of
dementia, has been difficult because of complicated pathogenesis. Here, we report an …

Common brain disorders are associated with heritable patterns of apparent aging of the brain

T Kaufmann, D van der Meer, NT Doan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Common risk factors for psychiatric and other brain disorders are likely to converge on
biological pathways influencing the development and maintenance of brain structure and …

Autism genetics: opportunities and challenges for clinical translation

JAS Vorstman, JR Parr, D Moreno-De-Luca… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Genetic studies have revealed the involvement of hundreds of gene variants in autism. Their
risk effects are highly variable, and they are frequently related to other conditions besides …