Analysis of gene expression in the postmortem brain of neurotypical Black Americans reveals contributions of genetic ancestry

KJM Benjamin, Q Chen, NJ Eagles… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ancestral differences in genomic variation affect the regulation of gene expression; however,
most gene expression studies have been limited to European ancestry samples or adjusted …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and environmental contributions to ancestry differences in gene expression in the human brain

KJM Benjamin, Q Chen, NJ Eagles, LA Huuki-Myers… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ancestral differences in genomic variation are determining factors in gene regulation;
however, most gene expression studies have been limited to European ancestry samples or …

Cell subtype-specific effects of genetic variation in the Alzheimer's disease brain

M Fujita, Z Gao, L Zeng, C McCabe, CC White, B Ng… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The relationship between genetic variation and gene expression in brain cell types and
subtypes remains understudied. Here, we generated single-nucleus RNA sequencing data …

The end game: respecting major sources of population diversity

J Kopal, LQ Uddin, D Bzdok - Nature Methods, 2023 - nature.com
Human neuroscience is enjoying burgeoning population data resources: large-scale cohorts
with thousands of participant profiles of gene expression, brain scanning and …

Cell-subtype specific effects of genetic variation in the aging and Alzheimer cortex

M Fujita, Z Gao, L Zeng, C McCabe, CC White, B Ng… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The relationship between genetic variation and gene expression in individual brain cell
types and subtypes has remained elusive. Here, we generated single-nucleus RNA …

Immune and inflammatory pathways implicated by whole blood transcriptomic analysis in a diverse ancestry Alzheimer's disease cohort

AJ Griswold, SK Sivasankaran… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Background: Significant work has identified genetic variants conferring risk and protection
for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but functional effects of these variants is lacking, particularly in …

The Caribbean-Hispanic Alzheimer's brain transcriptome reveals ancestry-specific disease mechanisms

D Felsky, S Sariya, I Santa-Maria, L French… - Biorxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Ethnicity impacts Alzheimer's disease risk, especially among Caribbean-Hispanics. We
report the first RNA-sequencing analysis of brain tissue from 45 Alzheimer's disease and …

Whole-genome analyses of whole-brain data: working within an expanded search space

SE Medland, N Jahanshad, BM Neale… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Large-scale comparisons of patients and healthy controls have unearthed genetic risk
factors associated with a range of neurological and psychiatric illnesses. Meanwhile, brain …

Single-cell epigenomic analyses implicate candidate causal variants at inherited risk loci for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

MR Corces, A Shcherbina, S Kundu, MJ Gloudemans… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies of neurological diseases have identified thousands of
variants associated with disease phenotypes. However, most of these variants do not alter …

[HTML][HTML] The Caribbean-Hispanic Alzheimer's disease brain transcriptome reveals ancestry-specific disease mechanisms

D Felsky, I Santa-Maria, MI Cosacak, L French… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying ancestry-specific molecular profiles of late-onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD) in
brain tissue is crucial to understand novel mechanisms and develop effective interventions …