Single nucleus multi-omics identifies human cortical cell regulatory genome diversity

C Luo, H Liu, F Xie, EJ Armand, K Siletti, TE Bakken… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Single-cell technologies measure unique cellular signatures but are typically limited to a
single modality. Computational approaches allow the fusion of diverse single-cell data …

The ENIGMA Toolbox: multiscale neural contextualization of multisite neuroimaging datasets

S Larivière, C Paquola, B Park, J Royer, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Through harmonized procedures and by sharing site-specific brain metrics (for example,
cortical thickness) or aggregated statistical maps, ENIGMA has set the stage for large-scale …

A computational tool (H-MAGMA) for improved prediction of brain-disorder risk genes by incorporating brain chromatin interaction profiles

NYA Sey, B Hu, W Mah, H Fauni, JC McAfee… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Most risk variants for brain disorders identified by genome-wide association studies reside in
the noncoding genome, which makes deciphering biological mechanisms difficult. A …

GWAS meta-analysis of suicide attempt: identification of 12 genome-wide significant loci and implication of genetic risks for specific health factors

AR Docherty, N Mullins… - American journal of …, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Suicidal behavior is heritable and is a major cause of death worldwide. Two large-
scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs) recently discovered and cross-validated …

The genetic basis of major depression

KM Kendall, E Van Assche, TFM Andlauer… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, debilitating, phenotypically heterogeneous
disorder with heritability ranges from 30% to 50%. Compared to other psychiatric disorders …

Genome-wide DNA methylation comparison between live human brain and peripheral tissues within individuals

PR Braun, S Han, B Hing, Y Nagahama… - Translational …, 2019 - nature.com
Differential DNA methylation in the brain is associated with many psychiatric diseases, but
access to brain tissues is essentially limited to postmortem samples. The use of surrogate …

Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology

W Van Rheenen, RAA Van Der Spek, MK Bakker… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with a lifetime risk
of one in 350 people and an unmet need for disease-modifying therapies. We conducted a …

Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson's disease

J Bryois, NG Skene, TF Hansen, LJA Kogelman… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have discovered hundreds of loci associated with
complex brain disorders, but it remains unclear in which cell types these loci are active. Here …

GWAS of suicide attempt in psychiatric disorders and association with major depression polygenic risk scores

N Mullins, TB Bigdeli, AD Børglum… - American journal of …, 2019 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: More than 90% of people who attempt suicide have a psychiatric diagnosis;
however, twin and family studies suggest that the genetic etiology of suicide attempt is …

CommonMind Consortium provides transcriptomic and epigenomic data for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

GE Hoffman, J Bendl, G Voloudakis, KS Montgomery… - Scientific data, 2019 - nature.com
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are serious mental illnesses that affect more than 2% of
adults. While large-scale genetics studies have identified genomic regions associated with …