Contactin‐associated protein‐like 2, a protein of the neurexin family involved in several human diseases

M Saint‐Martin, B Joubert… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Contactin‐associated protein‐like 2 (CASPR2) is a cell adhesion protein of the
neurexin family. Proteins of this family have been shown to play a role in the development of …

New considerations for hiPSC-based models of neuropsychiatric disorders

GE Hoffman, N Schrode, E Flaherty… - Molecular psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
The development of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) has made possible
patient-specific modeling across the spectrum of human disease. Here, we discuss recent …

Gene expression elucidates functional impact of polygenic risk for schizophrenia

M Fromer, P Roussos, SK Sieberts, JS Johnson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Over 100 genetic loci harbor schizophrenia-associated variants, yet how these variants
confer liability is uncertain. The CommonMind Consortium sequenced RNA from …

Transcriptional signatures of schizophrenia in hiPSC-derived NPCs and neurons are concordant with post-mortem adult brains

GE Hoffman, BJ Hartley, E Flaherty, I Ladran… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The power of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-based studies to resolve the
smaller effects of common variants within the size of cohorts that can be realistically …

Dysregulation of miRNA-9 in a subset of schizophrenia patient-derived neural progenitor cells

A Topol, S Zhu, BJ Hartley, J English, ME Hauberg… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Converging evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRNAs) may contribute to disease risk for
schizophrenia (SZ). We show that microRNA-9 (miR-9) is abundantly expressed in control …

In utero exposure to maternal smoking is associated with DNA methylation alterations and reduced neuronal content in the developing fetal brain

Z Chatterton, BJ Hartley, MH Seok, N Mendelev… - Epigenetics & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Intrauterine exposure to maternal smoking is linked to impaired executive
function and behavioral problems in the offspring. Maternal smoking is associated with …

Genetics of schizophrenia: ready to translate?

C Foley, A Corvin, S Nakagome - Current psychiatry reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This is an era where we have significantly advanced the
understanding of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia. In this review, we consider how …

CNTNAP2 stabilizes interneuron dendritic arbors through CASK

R Gao, NH Piguel, AE Melendez-Zaidi… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Contactin associated protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) has emerged as a prominent susceptibility
gene implicated in multiple complex neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism …

Mental health dished up—the use of iPSC models in neuropsychiatric research

RV McNeill, GC Ziegler, F Radtke, M Nieberler… - Journal of Neural …, 2020 - Springer
Genetic and molecular mechanisms that play a causal role in mental illnesses are
challenging to elucidate, particularly as there is a lack of relevant in vitro and in vivo models …

Cross-species models of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: lessons from: CNTNAP2:: ADGRL3:, and: PARK2

E Dalla Vecchia, N Mortimer, VS Palladino… - Psychiatric …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Animal and cellular models are essential tools for all areas of biological research including
neuroscience. Model systems can also be used to investigate the pathophysiology of …