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Modeling gene × environment interactions in PTSD using human neurons reveals diagnosis-specific glucocorticoid-induced gene expression
Seah C, Breen M, Rusielewicz T, Bader H, Xu C, Hunter C, McCarthy B, Deans P, Chattopadhyay M, Goldberg J, Desarnaud F, Makotkine I, Flory J, Bierer L, Staniskyte M, Noggle S, Huckins L, Paull D, Brennand K, Yehuda R. Modeling gene × environment interactions in PTSD using human neurons reveals diagnosis-specific glucocorticoid-induced gene expression. Nature Neuroscience 2022, 25: 1434-1445. PMID: 36266471, PMCID: PMC9630117, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01161-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsGlucocorticoid-induced changesGlucocorticoid-induced gene expressionBlood mononuclear cellsIndividual clinical outcomesEnvironmental risk factorsHuman postmortem brainGlucocorticoid hypersensitivityClinical outcomesGlutamatergic neuronsMononuclear cellsRisk factorsHydrocortisone exposureSevere traumaPostmortem brainsHuman neuronsGlucocorticoid responseInduced neuronsStress disorderNeuronsNew therapeuticsGene expressionGene × environment interactionsCombat veterans
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29. GENE EXPRESSION ASSOCIATIONS WITH TRAUMA IN HUMAN POSTMORTEM BRAIN
Hicks E, Seah C, Cote A, Ciarcia J, Chakka A, Group T, Brennand K, Nestler E, Girgenti M, Huckins L. 29. GENE EXPRESSION ASSOCIATIONS WITH TRAUMA IN HUMAN POSTMORTEM BRAIN. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2023, 75: s72. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.08.139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMajor depressive disorderPost-traumatic stress disorderHuman postmortem brainPostmortem brainsPsychiatric disordersNeurobiological consequencesTranscriptional signatureMajor precipitating factorEarly life stressCase/control statusGene expression associationsType of traumaStress-related disordersTrauma measuresTrauma-exposed individualsTraumatic Stress DisorderExpression associationsBrain donorsDepressive disorderMale miceFrontal cortexPrecipitating factorsMouse modelAnimal modelsPsychosocial stressConvergent coexpression of autism-associated genes suggests some novel risk genes may not be detectable in large-scale genetic studies
Liao C, Moyses-Oliveira M, De Esch C, Bhavsar R, Nuttle X, Li A, Yu A, Burt N, Erdin S, Fu J, Wang M, Morley T, Han L, Consortium C, Dion P, Rouleau G, Zhang B, Brennand K, Talkowski M, Ruderfer D. Convergent coexpression of autism-associated genes suggests some novel risk genes may not be detectable in large-scale genetic studies. Cell Genomics 2023, 3: 100277. PMID: 37082147, PMCID: PMC10112287, DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk genesNovel risk genesProtein-altering variantsLarge-scale genetic studiesASD risk genesHeritable neurodevelopmental disorderAutism-associated genesCRISPR perturbationsConvergent genesNovel genesTranscriptional consequencesFunctional mutationsGenetic studiesCoexpression patternsDifferential expressionGenesHuman neuronsASD-associationHuman postmortem brainRare variationCoexpressionASD brainNeurodevelopmental disordersPostmortem brainsMutations