Cell type-specific epigenetic links to schizophrenia risk in the brain

I Mendizabal, S Berto, N Usui, K Toriumi, P Chatterjee… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background The importance of cell type-specific epigenetic variation of non-coding regions
in neuropsychiatric disorders is increasingly appreciated, yet data from disease brains are …

Methylomic profiling of human brain tissue supports a neurodevelopmental origin for schizophrenia

R Pidsley, J Viana, E Hannon, H Spiers, C Troakes… - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
Background Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder that is hypothesized to
result from disturbances in early brain development. There is mounting evidence to support …

Mapping DNA methylation across development, genotype and schizophrenia in the human frontal cortex

AE Jaffe, Y Gao, A Deep-Soboslay, R Tao… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
DNA methylation (DNAm) is important in brain development and is potentially important in
schizophrenia. We characterized DNAm in prefrontal cortex from 335 non-psychiatric …

Human brain region-specific variably methylated regions are enriched for heritability of distinct neuropsychiatric traits

LF Rizzardi, PF Hickey, A Idrizi, R Tryggvadóttir… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background DNA methylation dynamics in the brain are associated with normal
development and neuropsychiatric disease and differ across functionally distinct brain …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Epigenetics in schizophrenia: a pilot study of global DNA methylation in different brain regions associated with higher cognitive functions

R Alelú-Paz, FJ Carmona, JV Sanchez-Mut… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Attempts to discover genes that are involved in the pathogenesis of major psychiatric
disorders have been frustrating and often fruitless. Concern is building about the need to …

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 …

Characterization of cross-tissue genetic-epigenetic effects and their patterns in schizophrenia

D Lin, J Chen, N Perrone-Bizzozero, JR Bustillo, Y Du… - Genome medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background One of the major challenges in current psychiatric epigenetic studies is the
tissue specificity of epigenetic changes since access to brain samples is limited. Peripheral …