Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights

PF Sullivan, S Yao, J Hjerling-Leffler - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Determining the causes of schizophrenia has been a notoriously intractable problem,
resistant to a multitude of investigative approaches over centuries. In recent decades …

Single-nucleus transcriptomic profiling of human orbitofrontal cortex reveals convergent effects of aging and psychiatric disease

AS Fröhlich, N Gerstner, M Gagliardi, M Ködel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Aging is a complex biological process and represents the largest risk factor for
neurodegenerative disorders. The risk for neurodegenerative disorders is also increased in …

A marmoset brain cell census reveals regional specialization of cellular identities

FM Krienen, KM Levandowski, H Zaniewski… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The mammalian brain is composed of many brain structures, each with its own ontogenetic
and developmental history. We used single-nucleus RNA sequencing to sample over 2.4 …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity in schizophrenia: developmental implications of ultra-rare, protein-truncating mutations

JD Clarin, NN Bouras, WJ Gao - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
The genetic basis of schizophrenia (SZ) remains elusive despite its characterization as a
highly heritable disorder. This incomplete understanding has led to stagnation in …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated single cell and unsupervised spatial transcriptomic analysis defines molecular anatomy of the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

L Huuki-Myers, A Spangler, N Eagles, KD Montgomery… - BioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Integrated single cell and unsupervised spatial transcriptomic analysis defines molecular
anatomy of the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH …

A data-driven single-cell and spatial transcriptomic map of the human prefrontal cortex

LA Huuki-Myers, A Spangler, NJ Eagles… - Science, 2024 - science.org
The molecular organization of the human neocortex historically has been studied in the
context of its histological layers. However, emerging spatial transcriptomic technologies …

Single-nucleus transcriptome profiling of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: mechanistic roles for neuronal gene expression, including the 17q21. 31 locus, in PTSD stress …

C Chatzinakos, CD Pernia… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Multidisciplinary studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major
depressive disorder (MDD) implicate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in disease …

Private information leakage from single-cell count matrices

CR Walker, X Li, M Chakravarthy, W Lounsbery-Scaife… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The increase in publicly available human single-cell datasets, encompassing millions of
cells from many donors, has significantly enhanced our understanding of complex biological …

[HTML][HTML] Network-wide risk convergence in gene co-expression identifies reproducible genetic hubs of schizophrenia risk

C Borcuk, M Parihar, L Sportelli, JE Kleinman, JH Shin… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
The omnigenic model posits that genetic risk for traits with complex heritability involves
cumulative effects of peripheral genes on mechanistic" core genes," suggesting that in a …

Lower levels of kainate receptors, but not AMPA or NMDA receptors, in Brodmann's area (BA) 9, but not BA 10, from a subgroup of people with schizophrenia who …

M Snelleksz, E Scarr, B Dean - Schizophrenia Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In a previous study on ionotropic glutamate receptors, we have shown that [3 H] kainate, but
not [3 H] AMPA or [3 H] NMDA, receptor binding was lower in Brodmann's area (BA) 9 from …