[HTML][HTML] Cellular senescence in brain aging

E Sikora, A Bielak-Zmijewska, M Dudkowska… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Aging of the brain can manifest itself as a memory and cognitive decline, which has been
shown to frequently coincide with changes in the structural plasticity of dendritic spines …

Epigenetic modifications in schizophrenia and related disorders: molecular scars of environmental exposures and source of phenotypic variability

J Richetto, U Meyer - Biological Psychiatry, 2021 - Elsevier
Epigenetic modifications are increasingly recognized to play a role in the etiology and
pathophysiology of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders with developmental …

Evolution of DNA methylation in the human brain

H Jeong, I Mendizabal, S Berto, P Chatterjee… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a critical regulatory mechanism implicated in development, learning,
memory, and disease in the human brain. Here we have elucidated DNA methylation …

Recalibrating the epigenetic clock: implications for assessing biological age in the human cortex

GL Shireby, JP Davies, PT Francis, J Burrage… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Human DNA methylation data have been used to develop biomarkers of ageing, referred to
as 'epigenetic clocks', which have been widely used to identify differences between …

Modeling epigenetic lesions that cause gliomas

GJ Rahme, NM Javed, KL Puorro, S Xin, V Hovestadt… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Epigenetic lesions that disrupt regulatory elements represent potential cancer drivers.
However, we lack experimental models for validating their tumorigenic impact. Here, we …

Molecular features driving cellular complexity of human brain evolution

E Caglayan, F Ayhan, Y Liu, RM Vollmer, E Oh… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Human-specific genomic changes contribute to the unique functionalities of the human
brain,,,–. The cellular heterogeneity of the human brain, and the complex regulation of gene …

Integrative omics of schizophrenia: from genetic determinants to clinical classification and risk prediction

F Guan, T Ni, W Zhu, LK Williams, LB Cui, M Li… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a debilitating neuropsychiatric disorder with high heritability and
complex inheritance. In the past decade, successful identification of numerous susceptibility …

DNA methylation and schizophrenia: current literature and future perspective

T Magwai, KB Shangase, FO Oginga, B Chiliza… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Schizophrenia is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by dissociation of thoughts, idea,
identity, and emotions. It has no central pathophysiological mechanism and precise …

Common schizophrenia risk variants are enriched in open chromatin regions of human glutamatergic neurons

ME Hauberg, J Creus-Muncunill, J Bendl… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The chromatin landscape of human brain cells encompasses key information to
understanding brain function. Here we use ATAC-seq to profile the chromatin structure in …

From OPC to oligodendrocyte: an epigenetic journey

A Tiane, M Schepers, B Rombaut, R Hupperts… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Oligodendrocytes provide metabolic and functional support to neuronal cells, rendering
them key players in the functioning of the central nervous system. Oligodendrocytes need to …