Neuroinflammation in schizophrenia: the key role of the WNT/β-catenin pathway

A Vallée - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Schizophrenia is a very complex syndrome involving widespread brain multi-
dysconnectivity. Schizophrenia is marked by cognitive, behavioral, and emotional …

Individual deviations from normative models of brain structure in a large cross-sectional schizophrenia cohort

J Lv, M Di Biase, RFH Cash, L Cocchi, VL Cropley… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The heterogeneity of schizophrenia has defied efforts to derive reproducible and definitive
anatomical maps of structural brain changes associated with the disorder. We aimed to map …

Misregulation of Wnt signaling pathways at the plasma membrane in brain and metabolic diseases

M Karabicici, Y Azbazdar, E Iscan, G Ozhan - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wnt signaling pathways constitute a group of signal transduction pathways that direct many
physiological processes, such as development, growth, and differentiation. Dysregulation of …

Transcriptome profiling of dysregulated GPCRs reveals overlapping patterns across psychiatric disorders and age-disease interactions

RV Monfared, W Alhassen, TM Truong, MAM Gonzales… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play an integral role in the neurobiology of psychiatric
disorders. Almost all neurotransmitters involved in psychiatric disorders act through GPCRs …

Brain vasculature disturbance in schizophrenia

S Puvogel, V Palma, IEC Sommer - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2022 - journals.lww.com
In some patients with SZ, a vulnerable brain endothelium may be interacting with
environmental stressors, such as inflammation or hypoxia, converging into a more severe SZ …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide DNA methylation patterns associated with general psychopathology in children

J Rijlaarsdam, ED Barker, C Caserini… - Journal of psychiatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Psychiatric symptoms are interrelated and found to be largely captured by a general
psychopathology factor (GPF). Although epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation …

Potential of olfactory neuroepithelial cells as a model to study schizophrenia: A focus on GPCRs

ZA Sánchez-Florentino… - International …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a multifactorial disorder characterized by volume reduction in gray
and white matter, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, altered neurotransmission, as well as …

Identification of a Novel Functional Non-synonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Frizzled Class Receptor 6 Gene for Involvement in Depressive Symptoms

H Han, M Xu, L Wen, J Chen, Q Liu, J Wang… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although numerous susceptibility loci for depression have been identified in recent years,
their biological function and molecular mechanism remain largely unknown. By using an …

Identification of candidate biomarkers and signaling pathways associated with Alzheimer's disease using bioinformatics analysis of next generation sequencing data

BM Vastrad, CM Vastrad - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, and one of the most
common health problems all over the world. However, the specific molecular mechanisms of …

Neurodevelopment, brain vasculature and schizophrenia

SP Lütjens - 2023 - research.rug.nl
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that arises from abnormal neurodevelopment, led by
genetic and environmental factors. Several lines of evidence suggest the involvement of …