Chromatin domain alterations linked to 3D genome organization in a large cohort of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder brains

K Girdhar, GE Hoffman, J Bendl, S Rahman… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chromosomal organization, scaling from the 147-base pair (bp) nucleosome to megabase-
ranging domains encompassing multiple transcriptional units, including heritability loci for …

Epigenetic mechanisms expressed in basal ganglia GABAergic neurons differentiate schizophrenia from bipolar disorder

M Veldic, B Kadriu, E Maloku, RC Agis-Balboa… - Schizophrenia …, 2007 - Elsevier
In the cerebral prefrontal cortex (PFC), DNA-methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1), the enzyme that
catalyzes the methylation of cytosine at carbon atoms in position 5 in CpG dinucleotides, is …

Gene expression elucidates functional impact of polygenic risk for schizophrenia

M Fromer, P Roussos, SK Sieberts, JS Johnson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Over 100 genetic loci harbor schizophrenia-associated variants, yet how these variants
confer liability is uncertain. The CommonMind Consortium sequenced RNA from …

Methylomic trajectories across human fetal brain development

H Spiers, E Hannon, LC Schalkwyk, R Smith… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
Epigenetic processes play a key role in orchestrating transcriptional regulation during
development. The importance of DNA methylation in fetal brain development is highlighted …

DNA methylation in peripheral tissue of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a systematic review

N Teroganova, L Girshkin, CM Suter, MJ Green - BMC genetics, 2016 - Springer
Background Increasing evidence suggests the involvement of epigenetic processes in the
development of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and recent reviews have focused on …

Epigenetic aberrations in leukocytes of patients with schizophrenia: association of global DNA methylation with antipsychotic drug treatment and disease onset

PA Melas, M Rogdaki, U Ösby, M Schalling… - The FASEB …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Even though schizophrenia has a strong hereditary component, departures from simple
genetic transmission are prominent. DNA methylation has emerged as an epigenetic …

Gene expression imputation across multiple brain regions provides insights into schizophrenia risk

LM Huckins, A Dobbyn, DM Ruderfer, G Hoffman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Transcriptomic imputation approaches combine eQTL reference panels with large-scale
genotype data in order to test associations between disease and gene expression. These …

Epigenetic mechanisms in schizophrenia

S Akbarian - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Schizophrenia is a major psychiatric disorder that lacks a unifying neuropathology, while
currently available pharmacological treatments provide only limited benefits to many …

Sex-differential DNA methylation and associated regulation networks in human brain implicated in the sex-biased risks of psychiatric disorders

Y Xia, R Dai, K Wang, C Jiao, C Zhang, Y Xu, H Li… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Many psychiatric disorders are characterized by a strong sex difference, but the mechanisms
behind sex-bias are not fully understood. DNA methylation plays important roles in …

Puzzling over schizophrenia: schizophrenia as a pathway disease

PF Sullivan - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
Effective treatment for schizophrenia is still an unmet clinical need. Alleviating problems
associated with cognitive impairment and finding the root of the disease remain priorities for …