2020
Topologically Guided Prioritization of Candidate Gene Transcripts Coexpressed with the 5-HT1A Receptor by Combining In Vivo PET and Allen Human Brain Atlas Data
Unterholzner J, Gryglewski G, Philippe C, Seiger R, Pichler V, Godbersen GM, Berroterán-Infante N, Murgaš M, Hahn A, Wadsak W, Mitterhauser M, Kasper S, Lanzenberger R. Topologically Guided Prioritization of Candidate Gene Transcripts Coexpressed with the 5-HT1A Receptor by Combining In Vivo PET and Allen Human Brain Atlas Data. Cerebral Cortex 2020, 30: 3771-3780. PMID: 31989157, PMCID: PMC7232988, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMRNA expressionRole of BDNFSerotonin 1A receptorEfficacy of drugsTreatment of disordersReceptor subtypesHealthy subjectsPsychiatric drugsBrain tissueCortical regionsVivo PETSerotonergic functioningViable targetDrugsSpearman's rhoCandidate gene transcriptsReceptorsCoexpression patternsRelative inaccessibility
2019
Epistasis of HTR1A and BDNF risk genes alters cortical 5-HT1A receptor binding: PET results link genotype to molecular phenotype in depression
Kautzky A, James GM, Philippe C, Baldinger-Melich P, Kraus C, Kranz GS, Vanicek T, Gryglewski G, Hartmann AM, Hahn A, Wadsak W, Mitterhauser M, Rujescu D, Kasper S, Lanzenberger R. Epistasis of HTR1A and BDNF risk genes alters cortical 5-HT1A receptor binding: PET results link genotype to molecular phenotype in depression. Translational Psychiatry 2019, 9: 5. PMID: 30664620, PMCID: PMC6341100, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-018-0308-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) geneAffective disordersReceptor bindingSingle nucleotide polymorphismsPhenotype of depressionNeurotrophic factor geneSerotonin 1A receptor geneFunctional single nucleotide polymorphismsReceptor profileHealthy subjectsPET resultsRisk genotypesRs6265Multifactorial riskCortical regionsMixed modelsRisk allelesRs6295DisordersCortical surfaceReceptor geneReceptorsMolecular phenotypesHTR1ADepression