Epigenetic mechanisms of major depression: targeting neuronal plasticity

S Uchida, H Yamagata, T Seki… - Psychiatry and clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Major depressive disorder is one of the most common mental illnesses as it affects more
than 350 million people globally. Major depressive disorder is etiologically complex and …

Exploring the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease by whole-genome sequencing identifies association at ADCY7

Y Luo, KM De Lange, L Jostins, L Moutsianas… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
To further resolve the genetic architecture of the inflammatory bowel diseases ulcerative
colitis and Crohn's disease, we sequenced the whole genomes of 4,280 patients at low …

The epigenome in neurodevelopmental disorders

J Reichard, G Zimmer-Bensch - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neurodevelopmental diseases (NDDs), such as autism spectrum disorders, epilepsy, and
schizophrenia, are characterized by diverse facets of neurological and psychiatric …

Rapid genotype imputation from sequence without reference panels

RW Davies, J Flint, S Myers, R Mott - Nature genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Inexpensive genotyping methods are essential for genetic studies requiring large sample
sizes. In human studies, array-based microarrays and high-density haplotype reference …

Genetics of depression: progress at last

N Mullins, CM Lewis - Current psychiatry reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We will describe the success of recent genome-wide
association studies that identify genetic variants associated with depression and outline the …

The genetics of depression: successful genome-wide association studies introduce new challenges

J Ormel, CA Hartman, H Snieder - Translational psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
The recent successful genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for depression have
yielded more than 80 replicated loci and brought back the excitement that had evaporated …

Mood, the circadian system, and melanopsin retinal ganglion cells

L Lazzerini Ospri, G Prusky… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The discovery of a third type of photoreceptors in the mammalian retina, intrinsically
photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), has had a revolutionary impact on …

Genome-wide association study detected novel susceptibility genes for schizophrenia and shared trans-populations/diseases genetic effect

M Ikeda, A Takahashi, Y Kamatani… - Schizophrenia …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified> 100 susceptibility loci for
schizophrenia (SCZ) and demonstrated that SCZ is a polygenic disorder determined by …

Fat mass and obesity-associated protein regulates RNA methylation associated with depression-like behavior in mice

S Liu, J Xiu, C Zhu, K Meng, C Li, R Han, T Du… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Post-transcriptional modifications of RNA, such as RNA methylation, can epigenetically
regulate behavior, for instance learning and memory. However, it is unclear whether RNA …

Genetic heterogeneity and subtypes of major depression

TD Nguyen, A Harder, Y Xiong, K Kowalec… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Major depression (MD) is a heterogeneous disorder; however, the extent to which genetic
factors distinguish MD patient subgroups (genetic heterogeneity) remains uncertain. This …