5. Collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism: functional genomics

I Gameiro‐Ros, D Popova, I Prytkova… - Genes, Brain and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Alcohol Use Disorder is a complex genetic disorder, involving genetic, neural, and
environmental factors, and their interactions. The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of …

Bridging the translational gap: what can synaptopathies tell us about autism?

CJ Molloy, J Cooke, NJF Gatford… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Multiple molecular pathways and cellular processes have been implicated in the
neurobiology of autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. There is a current focus …

Schizophrenia-associated NRXN1 deletions induce developmental-timing- and cell-type-specific vulnerabilities in human brain organoids

R Sebastian, K Jin, N Pavon, R Bansal, A Potter… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
De novo mutations and copy number deletions in NRXN1 (2p16. 3) pose a significant risk for
schizophrenia (SCZ). It is unclear how NRXN1 deletions impact cortical development in a …

[HTML][HTML] The missing hallmark of health: psychosocial adaptation

C López-Otín, G Kroemer - Cell Stress, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The eight biological hallmarks of health that we initially postulated (Cell. 2021 Jan 7; 184 (1):
33-63) include features of spatial compartmentalization (integrity of barriers, containment of …

Polygenic risk for alcohol use disorder affects cellular responses to ethanol exposure in a human microglial cell model

X Li, J Liu, AJ Boreland, S Kapadia, S Zhang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) assess genetic susceptibility to alcohol use disorder (AUD), yet
their molecular implications remain underexplored. Neuroimmune interactions, particularly …

Astrocyte-mediated regulation of BLAWFS1 neurons alleviates risk-assessment deficits in DISC1-N mice

X Zhou, Q Xiao, Y Liu, S Chen, X Xu, Z Zhang, Y Hong… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Assessing and responding to threats is vital in everyday life. Unfortunately, many mental
illnesses involve impaired risk assessment, affecting patients, families, and society. The …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotypic complexities of rare heterozygous neurexin-1 deletions

MB Fernando, Y Fan, Y Zhang, A Tokolyi, AN Murphy… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Given the large number of genes significantly associated with risk for neuropsychiatric
disorders, a critical unanswered question is the extent to which diverse mutations …

Modeling common and rare genetic risk factors of neuropsychiatric disorders in human induced pluripotent stem cells

AW Muhtaseb, J Duan - Schizophrenia research, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and whole-exome sequencing of
neuropsychiatric disorders, especially schizophrenia, have identified a plethora of common …

Expression and structural analysis of human neuroligin 2 and neuroligin 3 implicated in autism spectrum disorders

Z Zhang, M Hou, H Ou, D Wang, Z Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The development of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) involves both environmental factors
such as maternal diabetes and genetic factors such as neuroligins (NLGNs). NLGN2 and …

Emerging Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Human–Animal Brain Chimeras for Advancing Disease Modeling and Cell Therapy for Neurological Disorders

Y Ji, JL McLean, R Xu - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) models provide unprecedented opportunities to study
human neurological disorders by recapitulating human-specific disease mechanisms. In …