2023
STRESS IN A DISH: MODELING THE IMPACT OF COMMON GENETIC VARIATION ON STRESS RESPONSE IN HIPSC-DERIVED NEURONS IN PTSD
Seah C, Signer R, Young H, Kozik E, Rusielewicz T, Bader H, Xu C, de Pins A, Breen M, Paull D, Yehuda R, Girgenti M, Brennand K, Huckins L. STRESS IN A DISH: MODELING THE IMPACT OF COMMON GENETIC VARIATION ON STRESS RESPONSE IN HIPSC-DERIVED NEURONS IN PTSD. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2023, 75: s40. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.08.081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommon genetic variationGenetic variationStress responseCell typesEQTL associationsTranscriptional stress responseGenomic risk lociTissue-specific mannerChIP-seq datasetsCell type deconvolutionCommon genetic variantsPost-mortem brainsGene expression signaturesHiPSC-derived neuronsTranscription factorsSuch lociCatalog genesRisk lociGenetic studiesExpression signaturesGenetic variantsRegulatory activityGenesEQTLsMechanistic understandingContributions of circadian clock genes to cell survival in fibroblast models of lithium-responsive bipolar disorder
Mishra H, Wei H, Rohr K, Ko I, Nievergelt C, Maihofer A, Shilling P, Alda M, Berrettini W, Brennand K, Calabrese J, Coryell W, Frye M, Gage F, Gershon E, McInnis M, Nurnberger J, Oedegaard K, Zandi P, Kelsoe J, McCarthy M. Contributions of circadian clock genes to cell survival in fibroblast models of lithium-responsive bipolar disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2023, 74: 1-14. PMID: 37126998, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell survival genesCircadian clockSurvival genesCell survivalCircadian clock genesCircadian rhythmGenetic variationClock genesKnockdown studiesCaspase activityCell deathMolecular pathwaysPrimary fibroblastsCellular modelGenesMouse fibroblastsFibroblast modelApoptosisStaurosporinePER1FibroblastsOpposite mannerLithium responsivenessDistinct patternsClock
2020
Parsing the Functional Impact of Noncoding Genetic Variants in the Brain Epigenome
Powell SK, O'Shea C, Brennand KJ, Akbarian S. Parsing the Functional Impact of Noncoding Genetic Variants in the Brain Epigenome. Biological Psychiatry 2020, 89: 65-75. PMID: 33131715, PMCID: PMC7718420, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.06.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic variantsDisease-associated genetic variationProtein-coding lociRisk-associated genetic variantsGene regulatory lociThousands of variantsFunctional impactRare genetic variantsEpigenomic mappingRegulatory lociBrain epigenomeGenetic variationDNA sequencesNoncoding variantsGene expressionIntegrative analysisEpigenomic architectureMolecular pathwaysPsychiatric geneticsFunctional readoutRisk variantsLociVariantsHighlight findingsEpigenome
2015
Rapid Ngn2-induction of excitatory neurons from hiPSC-derived neural progenitor cells
Ho S, Hartley B, Julia T, Beaumont M, Stafford K, Slesinger P, Brennand K. Rapid Ngn2-induction of excitatory neurons from hiPSC-derived neural progenitor cells. Methods 2015, 101: 113-124. PMID: 26626326, PMCID: PMC4860098, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.11.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman induced pluripotent stem cellsNeural progenitor cellsHiPSC-derived neural progenitor cellsHigh-throughput drug screeningHiPSC neural progenitor cellsExogenous transcription factorsProgenitor cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsPatient-specific platformPluripotent stem cellsPatient-derived neuronsSomatic reprogrammingTranscription factorsGenetic variationExcitatory neuronsDrug screeningNeurogenin 2Neuronal inductionFunctional neuronsThroughput drug screeningNeuronal phenotypeLentiviral transductionStem cellsStarting populationDisease etiology