Association of DNA methylation differences with schizophrenia in an epigenome-wide association study

C Montano, MA Taub, A Jaffe, E Briem… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance DNA methylation may play an important role in schizophrenia (SZ), either
directly as a mechanism of pathogenesis or as a biomarker of risk. Objective To scan …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation meta-analysis reveals cellular alterations in psychosis and markers of treatment-resistant schizophrenia

E Hannon, EL Dempster, G Mansell, J Burrage, N Bass… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
We performed a systematic analysis of blood DNA methylation profiles from 4483
participants from seven independent cohorts identifying differentially methylated positions …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated genetic-epigenetic analysis of schizophrenia: evidence for co-localization of genetic associations and differential DNA methylation

E Hannon, E Dempster, J Viana, J Burrage, AR Smith… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Schizophrenia is a highly heritable, neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by
episodic psychosis and altered cognitive function. Despite success in identifying genetic …

Methylome-wide association study of schizophrenia: identifying blood biomarker signatures of environmental insults

KA Aberg, JL McClay, S Nerella, S Clark… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Epigenetic studies present unique opportunities to advance schizophrenia
research because they can potentially account for many of its clinical features and suggest …

Schizophrenia-associated methylomic variation: molecular signatures of disease and polygenic risk burden across multiple brain regions

J Viana, E Hannon, E Dempster… - Human molecular …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Genetic association studies provide evidence for a substantial polygenic component to
schizophrenia, although the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the disorder remain …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide sequencing-based identification of methylation quantitative trait loci and their role in schizophrenia risk

KA Perzel Mandell, NJ Eagles, R Wilton… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation (DNAm) is an epigenetic regulator of gene expression and a hallmark of
gene-environment interaction. Using whole-genome bisulfite sequencing, we have surveyed …

Association of a reproducible epigenetic risk profile for schizophrenia with brain methylation and function

J Chen, Z Zang, U Braun, K Schwarz, A Harneit… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder in which epigenetic mechanisms may
contribute to illness risk. Epigenetic profiles can be derived from blood cells, but to our …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of schizophrenia-associated loci by combining DNA methylation and gene expression data from whole blood

KR Van Eijk, S De Jong, E Strengman… - European Journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Emerging evidence suggests that schizophrenia (SZ) susceptibility involves variation at
genetic, epigenetic and transcriptome levels. We describe an integrated approach that …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation in schizophrenia: progress and challenges of epigenetic studies

M Nishioka, M Bundo, K Kasai, K Iwamoto - Genome medicine, 2012 - Springer
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disease affecting about 1% of the world's population,
with significant effects on patients and society. Genetic studies have identified several …

DNA methylation signatures of peripheral leukocytes in schizophrenia

M Kinoshita, S Numata, A Tajima, S Shimodera… - Neuromolecular …, 2013 - Springer
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a complex psychiatric disease with a lifetime morbidity rate of 0.5–
1.0%. To date, aberrant DNA methylation in SCZ has been reported in several studies …