[HTML][HTML] Global discovery of lupus genetic risk variant allelic enhancer activity

X Lu, X Chen, C Forney, O Donmez, D Miller… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) nominate 3073
genetic variants at 91 risk loci. To systematically screen these variants for allelic …

D-cysteine is an endogenous regulator of neural progenitor cell dynamics in the mammalian brain

ER Semenza, MM Harraz… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
d-amino acids are increasingly recognized as important signaling molecules in the
mammalian central nervous system. However, the d-stereoisomer of the amino acid with the …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying genetic modifiers of age-associated penetrance in X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism

BH Laabs, C Klein, J Pozojevic, A Domingo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a founder
retrotransposon insertion, in which a polymorphic hexanucleotide repeat accounts for~ 50 …

Distinct nuclear compartment-associated genome architecture in the developing mammalian brain

SH Ahanger, RN Delgado, E Gil, MA Cole, J Zhao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nuclear compartments are thought to play a role in three-dimensional genome organization
and gene expression. In mammalian brain, the architecture and dynamics of nuclear …

Exosome transplantation from patients with schizophrenia causes schizophrenia-relevant behaviors in mice: an integrative multi-omics data analysis

Y Du, WL Tan, L Chen, ZM Yang, XS Li… - Schizophrenia …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Exosomes are involved in the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric diseases, but the role of
exosomes in schizophrenia (SCZ) is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that transplantation of …

Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of peripheral blood cells derived from patients with first-episode schizophrenia in the Chinese Han population

M Li, Y Li, H Qin, JD Tubbs, M Li, C Qiao, J Lin… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder with core features including
hallucinations, delusions, and cognition deficits. Accumulating evidence has implicated …

[HTML][HTML] How do established developmental risk-factors for schizophrenia change the way the brain develops?

DW Eyles - Translational Psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
The recognition that schizophrenia is a disorder of neurodevelopment is widely accepted.
The original hypothesis was coined more than 30 years ago and the wealth of supportive …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophages with reduced expressions of classical M1 and M2 surface markers in human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid exhibit pro-inflammatory gene …

H Takiguchi, CX Yang, CWT Yang, B Sahin… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The classical M1/M2 polarity of macrophages may not be applicable to inflammatory lung
diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to the complex …

Targeting synaptic plasticity in schizophrenia: insights from genomic studies

AW Mould, NA Hall, I Milosevic… - Trends in molecular …, 2021 - cell.com
Patients with schizophrenia experience cognitive dysfunction and negative symptoms that
do not respond to current drug treatments. Historical evidence is consistent with the …

Massively parallel reporter assays: defining functional psychiatric genetic variants across biological contexts

B Mulvey, T Lagunas Jr, JD Dougherty - Biological psychiatry, 2021 - Elsevier
Neuropsychiatric phenotypes have long been known to be influenced by heritable risk
factors, directly confirmed by the past decade of genetic studies that have revealed specific …