Epigenomic dysregulation in schizophrenia: in search of disease etiology and biomarkers

B Khavari, MJ Cairns - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with a complex array of signs and symptoms
that causes very significant disability in young people. While schizophrenia has a strong …

Behavior-related gene regulatory networks: A new level of organization in the brain

S Sinha, BM Jones, IM Traniello… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Neuronal networks are the standard heuristic model today for describing brain activity
associated with animal behavior. Recent studies have revealed an extensive role for a …

Reverse-genetics studies of lncRNAs—what we have learnt and paths forward

F Gao, Y Cai, P Kapranov, D Xu - Genome biology, 2020 - Springer
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent a major fraction of the transcriptome in
multicellular organisms. Although a handful of well-studied lncRNAs are broadly recognized …

Psychiatric disorders and lncRNAs: a synaptic match

F Rusconi, E Battaglioli, M Venturin - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Psychiatric disorders represent a heterogeneous class of multifactorial mental diseases
whose origin entails a pathogenic integration of genetic and environmental influences …

Role of long noncoding RNA Gas5 in cocaine action

H Xu, AN Brown, NJ Waddell, X Liu, GJ Kaplan… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of transcribed RNA
molecules greater than 200 nucleotides in length. Although lncRNAs do not encode …

The potential role of epigenetic drugs in the treatment of anxiety disorders

J Peedicayil - Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
There is increasing evidence that abnormalities in epigenetic mechanisms of gene
expression contribute to the pathogenesis of anxiety disorders (ADs). This article discusses …

Long noncoding RNA PAHAL modulates locust behavioural plasticity through the feedback regulation of dopamine biosynthesis

X Zhang, Y Xu, B Chen, L Kang - PLoS Genetics, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Some long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are specifically expressed in brain cells, implying
their neural and behavioural functions. However, how lncRNAs contribute to neural …

The genetic landscape of crystallins in congenital cataract

V Berry, A Ionides, N Pontikos, M Georgiou… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2020 - Springer
Background The crystalline lens is mainly composed of a large family of soluble proteins
called the crystallins, which are responsible for its development, growth, transparency and …

Long non-coding RNA derived from lncRNA–mRNA co-expression networks modulates the locust phase change

T Li, B Chen, P Yang, D Wang, B Du… - Genomics, Proteomics …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) regulate various biological processes ranging from gene
expression to animal behavior. Although protein-coding genes, microRNAs, and …

Rationale, relevance, and limits of stress-induced psychopathology in rodents as models for psychiatry research: an introductory overview

M Italia, C Forastieri, A Longaretti, E Battaglioli… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Emotional and cognitive information processing represent higher-order brain functions. They
require coordinated interaction of specialized brain areas via a complex spatial and …