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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Schizophrenia-associated differential DNA methylation in brain is distributed across the genome and annotated to MAD1L1, a locus at which DNA methylation and …

BC McKinney, LL McClain, CM Hensler, Y Wei… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation (DNAm), the addition of a methyl group to a cytosine in DNA, plays an
important role in the regulation of gene expression. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms …

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 …

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 …