2024
Somatic mosaicism in schizophrenia brains reveals prenatal mutational processes
Maury E, Jones A, Seplyarskiy V, Nguyen T, Rosenbluh C, Bae T, Wang Y, Abyzov A, Khoshkhoo S, Chahine Y, Zhao S, Venkatesh S, Root E, Voloudakis G, Roussos P, Network B, Park P, Akbarian S, Brennand K, Reilly S, Lee E, Sunyaev S, Walsh C, Chess A. Somatic mosaicism in schizophrenia brains reveals prenatal mutational processes. Science 2024, 386: 217-224. PMID: 39388546, PMCID: PMC11490355, DOI: 10.1126/science.adq1456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription factor binding sitesWhole-genome sequencingOpen chromatinMutational processesSomatic mutationsFactor binding sitesSchizophrenia casesSchizophrenia risk genesSomatic mosaicismSomatic variantsRisk genesG mutationGene expressionGermline mutationsBinding sitesGenesMutationsIncreased somatic mutationsChromatinMosaic somatic mutationsPrenatal neurogenesisContext of schizophreniaBrain neuronsSchizophrenia brainVariants
2023
Genomic data resources of the Brain Somatic Mosaicism Network for neuropsychiatric diseases
Garrison M, Jang Y, Bae T, Cherskov A, Emery S, Fasching L, Jones A, Moldovan J, Molitor C, Pochareddy S, Peters M, Shin J, Wang Y, Yang X, Akbarian S, Chess A, Gage F, Gleeson J, Kidd J, McConnell M, Mills R, Moran J, Park P, Sestan N, Urban A, Vaccarino F, Walsh C, Weinberger D, Wheelan S, Abyzov A. Genomic data resources of the Brain Somatic Mosaicism Network for neuropsychiatric diseases. Scientific Data 2023, 10: 813. PMID: 37985666, PMCID: PMC10662356, DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02645-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Comprehensive identification of somatic nucleotide variants in human brain tissue
Wang Y, Bae T, Thorpe J, Sherman MA, Jones AG, Cho S, Daily K, Dou Y, Ganz J, Galor A, Lobon I, Pattni R, Rosenbluh C, Tomasi S, Tomasini L, Yang X, Zhou B, Akbarian S, Ball LL, Bizzotto S, Emery SB, Doan R, Fasching L, Jang Y, Juan D, Lizano E, Luquette LJ, Moldovan JB, Narurkar R, Oetjens MT, Rodin RE, Sekar S, Shin JH, Soriano E, Straub RE, Zhou W, Chess A, Gleeson JG, Marquès-Bonet T, Park PJ, Peters MA, Pevsner J, Walsh CA, Weinberger DR, Vaccarino F, Moran J, Urban A, Kidd J, Mills R, Abyzov A. Comprehensive identification of somatic nucleotide variants in human brain tissue. Genome Biology 2021, 22: 92. PMID: 33781308, PMCID: PMC8006362, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-021-02285-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic SNVsSomatic single nucleotide variantsWhole-genome sequencing dataSequencing dataBulk DNA samplesCell lineage treesSomatic mosaicismSingle nucleotide variantsLineage treesSomatic nucleotide variantsCellular processesDNA replicationHuman genomeSomatic tissuesDNA repairNucleotide variantsComprehensive identificationDNA samplesMosaic variantsNon-cancerous tissuesDNASingle individualMultiple replicatesHuman brain tissueVariants
2020
The role of somatic mosaicism in brain disease
Jourdon A, Fasching L, Scuderi S, Abyzov A, Vaccarino FM. The role of somatic mosaicism in brain disease. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 2020, 65: 84-90. PMID: 32622340, PMCID: PMC7749073, DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2020.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2017
Principles and Approaches for Discovery and Validation of Somatic Mosaicism in the Human Brain
Abyzov A, Urban A, Vaccarino F. Principles and Approaches for Discovery and Validation of Somatic Mosaicism in the Human Brain. Neuromethods 2017, 131: 3-24. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7280-7_1.ChaptersIntersection of diverse neuronal genomes and neuropsychiatric disease: The Brain Somatic Mosaicism Network
McConnell MJ, Moran JV, Abyzov A, Akbarian S, Bae T, Cortes-Ciriano I, Erwin JA, Fasching L, Flasch DA, Freed D, Ganz J, Jaffe AE, Kwan KY, Kwon M, Lodato MA, Mills RE, Paquola ACM, Rodin RE, Rosenbluh C, Sestan N, Sherman MA, Shin JH, Song S, Straub RE, Thorpe J, Weinberger DR, Urban AE, Zhou B, Gage FH, Lehner T, Senthil G, Walsh CA, Chess A, Courchesne E, Gleeson JG, Kidd JM, Park PJ, Pevsner J, Vaccarino FM, Barton A, Bekiranov S, Bohrson C, Burbulis I, Chronister W, Coppola G, Daily K, D’Gama A, Emery S, Frisbie T, Gao T, Gulyás-Kovács A, Haakenson M, Keil J, Kopera H, Lam M, Lee E, Marques-Bonet T, Mathern G, Moldovan J, Oetjens M, Omberg L, Peters M, Pochareddy S, Pramparo T, Ratan A, Sanavia T, Shi L, Skarica M, Wang J, Wang M, Wang Y, Wierman M, Wolpert M, Woodworth M, Zhao X, Zhou W. Intersection of diverse neuronal genomes and neuropsychiatric disease: The Brain Somatic Mosaicism Network. Science 2017, 356 PMID: 28450582, PMCID: PMC5558435, DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic mutationsComplex genetic architectureStructural genomic variantsNeuronal genomeNeuronal transcriptomeGenetic architectureCell divisionCellular metabolismGenomic variantsLong life spanDNA damageComplex neuropsychiatric disorderCellular expansionNeuropsychiatric diseasesNeuropsychiatric disordersProgenitor cellsSomatic mosaicismIndividual neurodevelopmentSmall populationCell proliferationPopulation-based studyMutationsGermline variantsLife spanBrain developmentOne thousand somatic SNVs per skin fibroblast cell set baseline of mosaic mutational load with patterns that suggest proliferative origin
Abyzov A, Tomasini L, Zhou B, Vasmatzis N, Coppola G, Amenduni M, Pattni R, Wilson M, Gerstein M, Weissman S, Urban AE, Vaccarino FM. One thousand somatic SNVs per skin fibroblast cell set baseline of mosaic mutational load with patterns that suggest proliferative origin. Genome Research 2017, 27: 512-523. PMID: 28235832, PMCID: PMC5378170, DOI: 10.1101/gr.215517.116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic mosaicismFibroblast cellsSingle-cell whole-genome amplificationAllele frequenciesNumber of SNVsNormal cell proliferationCell proliferationWhole genome amplificationStem cell linesPluripotent stem cell lineHealthy human tissuesDe novo variantsCancer mutationsHigh-resolution analysisMutational loadPCR experimentsSkin fibroblast cellsMutational signaturesHiPSC linesDe novoGenomeNovo variantsFibroblast populationsCell linesSomatic SNVs