Protein-metabolite interactomics of carbohydrate metabolism reveal regulation of lactate dehydrogenase

KG Hicks, AA Cluntun, HL Schubert, SR Hackett… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Metabolic networks are interconnected and influence diverse cellular processes. The protein-
metabolite interactions that mediate these networks are frequently low affinity and …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons learned from parsing genetic risk for schizophrenia into biological pathways

G Pergola, N Penzel, L Sportelli, A Bertolino - Biological Psychiatry, 2023 - Elsevier
The clinically heterogeneous presentation of schizophrenia is compounded by the
heterogeneity of risk factors and neurobiological correlates of the disorder. Genome-wide …

Comment on: What genes are differentially expressed in individuals with schizophrenia? A systematic review

GE Hoffman, AE Jaffe, MJ Gandal… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Following the recent review by Merikangas et al.[1] summarizing differential gene
expression in schizophrenia, we wanted to provide readers with our perspective on the state …

Consensus molecular environment of schizophrenia risk genes in coexpression networks shifting across age and brain regions

G Pergola, M Parihar, L Sportelli, R Bharadwaj… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental brain disorder whose genetic risk is associated with
shifting clinical phenomena across the life span. We investigated the convergence of …

Transcriptomic profiling of Parkinson's disease brains reveals disease stage specific gene expression changes

C Cappelletti, SP Henriksen, H Geut… - Acta …, 2023 - Springer
Parkinson' s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
both motor and non-motor symptoms. Aggravation of symptoms is mirrored by accumulation …

Pervasive effects of RNA degradation on Nanopore direct RNA sequencing

YDJ Prawer, J Gleeson… - NAR Genomics and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Oxford Nanopore direct RNA sequencing (DRS) is capable of sequencing complete RNA
molecules and accurately measuring gene and isoform expression. However, as DRS is …

Bilineage embryo-like structure from EPS cells can produce live mice with tetraploid trophectoderm

K Liu, X Xu, D Bai, Y Li, Y Zhang, Y Jia, M Guo… - Protein & …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Self-organized blastoids from extended pluripotent stem (EPS) cells possess enormous
potential for investigating postimplantation embryo development and related diseases …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Distinctive Whole-brain Cell-Types Strongly Predict Tissue Damage Patterns in Eleven Neurodegenerative Disorders

V Pak, Q Adewale, D Bzdok, M Dadar, Y Zeighami… - eLife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
For over a century, brain research narrative has mainly centered on neuron cells.
Accordingly, most whole-brain neurodegenerative studies focus on neuronal dysfunction …

Test of the FlashFREEZE unit in tissue samples freezing for biobanking purposes

E Biskup, L Schejbel, DNP de Oliveira… - Cell and Tissue Banking, 2023 - Springer
Availability of molecularly intact biospecimens is essential in genetic diagnostics to obtain
credible results. Integrity of nucleic acids (particularly RNA) may be compromised at various …