2024
Characterization of enhancer activity in early human neurodevelopment using Massively Parallel Reporter Assay (MPRA) and forebrain organoids
Capauto D, Wang Y, Wu F, Norton S, Mariani J, Inoue F, Crawford G, Ahituv N, Abyzov A, Vaccarino F. Characterization of enhancer activity in early human neurodevelopment using Massively Parallel Reporter Assay (MPRA) and forebrain organoids. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 3936. PMID: 38365907, PMCID: PMC10873509, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-54302-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMassively parallel reporter assaysGene expressionRegulation of gene expressionForebrain organoidsHuman fetal tissuesHigh-throughput assayReporter assayFetal tissuesStem cellsNeurodevelopmentHuman neurodevelopmentActivation signalsEnhanced activityGenesOrganoidsForebrainBrain organoidsAssayBrain
2022
Analysis of somatic mutations in 131 human brains reveals aging-associated hypermutability
Bae T, Fasching L, Wang Y, Shin JH, Suvakov M, Jang Y, Norton S, Dias C, Mariani J, Jourdon A, Wu F, Panda A, Pattni R, Chahine Y, Yeh R, Roberts RC, Huttner A, Kleinman JE, Hyde TM, Straub RE, Walsh CA, Urban A, Leckman J, Weinberger D, Vaccarino F, Abyzov A, Walsh C, Park P, Sestan N, Weinberger D, Moran J, Gage F, Vaccarino F, Gleeson J, Mathern G, Courchesne E, Roy S, Chess A, Akbarian S, Bizzotto S, Coulter M, Dias C, D’Gama A, Ganz J, Hill R, Huang A, Khoshkhoo S, Kim S, Lee A, Lodato M, Maury E, Miller M, Borges-Monroy R, Rodin R, Zhou Z, Bohrson C, Chu C, Cortes-Ciriano I, Dou Y, Galor A, Gulhan D, Kwon M, Luquette J, Sherman M, Viswanadham V, Jones A, Rosenbluh C, Cho S, Langmead B, Thorpe J, Erwin J, Jaffe A, McConnell M, Narurkar R, Paquola A, Shin J, Straub R, Abyzov A, Bae T, Jang Y, Wang Y, Molitor C, Peters M, Linker S, Reed P, Wang M, Urban A, Zhou B, Zhu X, Pattni R, Serres Amero A, Juan D, Lobon I, Marques-Bonet T, Solis Moruno M, Garcia Perez R, Povolotskaya I, Soriano E, Antaki D, Averbuj D, Ball L, Breuss M, Yang X, Chung C, Emery S, Flasch D, Kidd J, Kopera H, Kwan K, Mills R, Moldovan J, Sun C, Zhao X, Zhou W, Frisbie T, Cherskov A, Fasching L, Jourdon A, Pochareddy S, Scuderi S. Analysis of somatic mutations in 131 human brains reveals aging-associated hypermutability. Science 2022, 377: 511-517. PMID: 35901164, PMCID: PMC9420557, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm6222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription factorsSomatic mutationsPutative transcription factorEnhancer-like regionSingle nucleotide mutationsWhole-genome sequencingGene regulationSomatic duplicationGenome sequencingDamaging mutationsBackground mutagenesisMutationsHypermutabilityClonal expansionMotifDiseased brainPotential linkVivo clonal expansionMutagenesisGenesDuplicationSequencingRegulation
2018
Comprehensive functional genomic resource and integrative model for the human brain
Wang D, Liu S, Warrell J, Won H, Shi X, Navarro FCP, Clarke D, Gu M, Emani P, Yang YT, Xu M, Gandal MJ, Lou S, Zhang J, Park JJ, Yan C, Rhie SK, Manakongtreecheep K, Zhou H, Nathan A, Peters M, Mattei E, Fitzgerald D, Brunetti T, Moore J, Jiang Y, Girdhar K, Hoffman GE, Kalayci S, Gümüş ZH, Crawford GE, Roussos P, Akbarian S, Jaffe A, White K, Weng Z, Sestan N, Geschwind D, Knowles J, Gerstein M, Ashley-Koch A, Crawford G, Garrett M, Song L, Safi A, Johnson G, Wray G, Reddy T, Goes F, Zandi P, Bryois J, Jaffe A, Price A, Ivanov N, Collado-Torres L, Hyde T, Burke E, Kleiman J, Tao R, Shin J, Akbarian S, Girdhar K, Jiang Y, Kundakovic M, Brown L, Kassim B, Park R, Wiseman J, Zharovsky E, Jacobov R, Devillers O, Flatow E, Hoffman G, Lipska B, Lewis D, Haroutunian V, Hahn C, Charney A, Dracheva S, Kozlenkov A, Belmont J, DelValle D, Francoeur N, Hadjimichael E, Pinto D, van Bakel H, Roussos P, Fullard J, Bendl J, Hauberg M, Mangravite L, Peters M, Chae Y, Peng J, Niu M, Wang X, Webster M, Beach T, Chen C, Jiang Y, Dai R, Shieh A, Liu C, Grennan K, Xia Y, Vadukapuram R, Wang Y, Fitzgerald D, Cheng L, Brown M, Brown M, Brunetti T, Goodman T, Alsayed M, Gandal M, Geschwind D, Won H, Polioudakis D, Wamsley B, Yin J, Hadzic T, De La Torre Ubieta L, Swarup V, Sanders S, State M, Werling D, An J, Sheppard B, Willsey A, White K, Ray M, Giase G, Kefi A, Mattei E, Purcaro M, Weng Z, Moore J, Pratt H, Huey J, Borrman T, Sullivan P, Giusti-Rodriguez P, Kim Y, Sullivan P, Szatkiewicz J, Rhie S, Armoskus C, Camarena A, Farnham P, Spitsyna V, Witt H, Schreiner S, Evgrafov O, Knowles J, Gerstein M, Liu S, Wang D, Navarro F, Warrell J, Clarke D, Emani P, Gu M, Shi X, Xu M, Yang Y, Kitchen R, Gürsoy G, Zhang J, Carlyle B, Nairn A, Li M, Pochareddy S, Sestan N, Skarica M, Li Z, Sousa A, Santpere G, Choi J, Zhu Y, Gao T, Miller D, Cherskov A, Yang M, Amiri A, Coppola G, Mariani J, Scuderi S, Szekely A, Vaccarino F, Wu F, Weissman S, Roychowdhury T, Abyzov A. Comprehensive functional genomic resource and integrative model for the human brain. Science 2018, 362 PMID: 30545857, PMCID: PMC6413328, DOI: 10.1126/science.aat8464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantitative trait lociCell type proportionsComprehensive functional genomics resourceExpression quantitative trait lociFunctional genomics resourcesSingle-cell expression profilesGene regulatory networksFurther quantitative trait lociPsychENCODE ConsortiumGenomic resourcesComprehensive online resourceRegulatory networksKey genesCross-population variationExpression profilesMolecular mechanismsCell typesGenesAdult brainPolygenic risk scoresStudy variantsChromatinSplicingGenetic riskInterpretable deep learning model
2015
The PsychENCODE project
Akbarian S, Liu C, Knowles JA, Vaccarino FM, Farnham PJ, Crawford GE, Jaffe AE, Pinto D, Dracheva S, Geschwind DH, Mill J, Nairn AC, Abyzov A, Pochareddy S, Prabhakar S, Weissman S, Sullivan PF, State MW, Weng Z, Peters MA, White KP, Gerstein MB, Amiri A, Armoskus C, Ashley-Koch AE, Bae T, Beckel-Mitchener A, Berman BP, Coetzee GA, Coppola G, Francoeur N, Fromer M, Gao R, Grennan K, Herstein J, Kavanagh DH, Ivanov NA, Jiang Y, Kitchen RR, Kozlenkov A, Kundakovic M, Li M, Li Z, Liu S, Mangravite LM, Mattei E, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou E, Navarro FC, North N, Omberg L, Panchision D, Parikshak N, Poschmann J, Price AJ, Purcaro M, Reddy TE, Roussos P, Schreiner S, Scuderi S, Sebra R, Shibata M, Shieh AW, Skarica M, Sun W, Swarup V, Thomas A, Tsuji J, van Bakel H, Wang D, Wang Y, Wang K, Werling DM, Willsey AJ, Witt H, Won H, Wong CC, Wray GA, Wu EY, Xu X, Yao L, Senthil G, Lehner T, Sklar P, Sestan N. The PsychENCODE project. Nature Neuroscience 2015, 18: 1707-1712. PMID: 26605881, PMCID: PMC4675669, DOI: 10.1038/nn.4156.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Transcriptome Analysis of the Human Striatum in Tourette Syndrome
Lennington JB, Coppola G, Kataoka-Sasaki Y, Fernandez TV, Palejev D, Li Y, Huttner A, Pletikos M, Sestan N, Leckman JF, Vaccarino FM. Transcriptome Analysis of the Human Striatum in Tourette Syndrome. Biological Psychiatry 2014, 79: 372-382. PMID: 25199956, PMCID: PMC4305353, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.07.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCopy number variantsGenome-wide association studiesGene coexpression modulesNumber variantsGene network analysisCommon genetic variantsCoexpression modulesUpregulated genesMetabolism modulesImmune-related genesNetwork analysisAssociation studiesDifferential expressionUpregulated modulesGenetic variantsGenesPatient's striatumTS individualsTranscriptomeVariantsMetabolic alterationsSame regionGamma-aminobutyric acidergic interneuronsTranscriptsRNA
2013
Functional genomic screen of human stem cell differentiation reveals pathways involved in neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration
Zhang Y, Schulz VP, Reed BD, Wang Z, Pan X, Mariani J, Euskirchen G, Snyder MP, Vaccarino FM, Ivanova N, Weissman SM, Szekely AM. Functional genomic screen of human stem cell differentiation reveals pathways involved in neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 12361-12366. PMID: 23836664, PMCID: PMC3725080, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1309725110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsFunctional genomic screensGenomic screenUndifferentiated human embryonic stem cellsNeural lineage developmentSet of genesHuman stem cell differentiationProgenitor cell formationEmbryonic stem cellsStem cell differentiationRNA library screenNeuronal progenitor cellsLate-onset neurodegenerative disorderUnpredicted genesRNA granulesNext-generation sequencingSelf-renewal capacityLineage developmentComplex inheritanceShRNA libraryEarly neurogenesisLibrary screenParallel sequencingCell differentiationGenes
2012
Neurobiology meets genomic science: The promise of human-induced pluripotent stem cells
Stevens HE, Mariani J, Coppola G, Vaccarino FM. Neurobiology meets genomic science: The promise of human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Development And Psychopathology 2012, 24: 1443-1451. PMID: 23062309, PMCID: PMC3513939, DOI: 10.1017/s095457941200082x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHuman-induced pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cellsStem cellsNeuronal cellsInduced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technologyPluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technologyNormal human brain developmentHuman genesSomatic cellsCell biologyStem cell technologyGene transcriptsHuman brain developmentAspects of developmentMessenger RNADevelopmental stepsGenomic scienceBiologySeries of eventsCellsBrain developmentGenesGeneticsHuman individualsTranscripts
2011
Induced pluripotent stem cells: A new tool to confront the challenge of neuropsychiatric disorders
Vaccarino FM, Stevens HE, Kocabas A, Palejev D, Szekely A, Grigorenko EL, Weissman S. Induced pluripotent stem cells: A new tool to confront the challenge of neuropsychiatric disorders. Neuropharmacology 2011, 60: 1355-1363. PMID: 21371482, PMCID: PMC3087494, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.02.021.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsInduced pluripotent stem cellsUse of iPSCsPluripotent stem cellsStem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsEarly developmental eventsMature somatic cellsEarly developmental stagesSomatic cellsGenetic variationGene productsDevelopmental eventsReprogramming strategiesNeural differentiationHuman brain developmentDevelopmental stagesIPSC technologyNeurodevelopmental pathwaysDevelopmental originsGenesPotential pharmacological interventionsNew toolGenetic deficitsCellsNeuropsychiatric disorders
1997
Dlx-2 homeobox gene controls neuronal differentiation in primary cultures of developing basal ganglia
Ding M, Robel L, James A, Eisenstat D, Leckman J, Rubenstein J, Vaccarino F. Dlx-2 homeobox gene controls neuronal differentiation in primary cultures of developing basal ganglia. Journal Of Molecular Neuroscience 1997, 8: 93-113. PMID: 9188040, DOI: 10.1007/bf02736776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibody SpecificityAntisense Elements (Genetics)Basal GangliaCell DifferentiationCell DivisionCells, CulturedCytoskeletal ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenes, HomeoboxHomeodomain ProteinsIn Situ HybridizationMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsNeuritesNeuronsPhenotypePregnancyRatsRhombencephalonRNA-Binding ProteinsTelencephalonTranscription FactorsConceptsGene productsNeuronal differentiationMicrotubule-associated protein MAP1BHomeodomain-containing genesDlx-2Homeobox genesNeuronal polarityCellular phenotypesNeuronal lineageProtein MAP1BPrimary culturesCellular localizationMitotic cycleGlial fibrillary acidic proteinGenesProteinCell proliferationDendrite outgrowthExpression of MAP2MAP2-positive dendritesNeuronal dendritesNeurofilament subunitsExpressionMAP2 expressionMRNA
1996
Characterization and Sequence Analysis of the Human Homeobox-Containing GeneGBX2
Lin X, Swaroop A, Vaccarino F, Murtha M, Haas M, Ji X, Ruddle F, Leckman J. Characterization and Sequence Analysis of the Human Homeobox-Containing GeneGBX2. Genomics 1996, 31: 335-342. PMID: 8838315, DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBrainCell LineChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 2Cloning, MolecularDNA PrimersDNA, ComplementaryFemaleGene ExpressionGenomic LibraryHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMolecular Sequence DataPregnancyRodentiaSequence AnalysisSequence Homology, Amino AcidConceptsFetal brain cDNA libraryBrain cDNA libraryCDNA clonesCDNA librarySomatic cell hybrid analysisHuman fetal brain cDNA libraryCell hybrid analysisHuman genomic cloneAmino-terminal endAmino acid residuesHuman homeoboxesGenomic clonesHomologous genesGBX2 geneHomeobox genesCpG islandsNucleotide sequenceMouse embryosUntranslated regionProline residuesNorthern analysisAcid residuesSequence analysisGenesPolymerase chain reaction