2023
MASSIVELY PARALLEL CHARACTERIZATION OF CONTEXT SPECIFIC REGULATORY RISK ELEMENTS ACROSS PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN HUMAN-INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED GLUTAMATERGIC NEURONS
Townsley K, Sen A, Lee J, Deans P, Jia M, Fernandez-Garcia M, Cartwright S, Cohen S, Goate A, Brennand K, Huckins L. MASSIVELY PARALLEL CHARACTERIZATION OF CONTEXT SPECIFIC REGULATORY RISK ELEMENTS ACROSS PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN HUMAN-INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED GLUTAMATERGIC NEURONS. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2023, 75: s7-s8. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.08.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCandidate regulatory sequencesExpression quantitative trait lociRegulatory sequencesTranscriptional activityGWAS statisticsSingle-cell CRISPR screensCell type-specific mannerParallel reporter assaysQuantitative trait lociPutative regulatory elementsHigh-throughput sequencingFine-mapping approachFine-mapping methodsLarge-scale identificationFunctional impactTranscriptomic imputationTrait lociKey genesCRISPR screensLarge-scale screening techniquesRegulatory elementsNeuropsychiatric traitsCausal SNPsReporter assaysCasual variants
2016
Spatial genome organization and cognition
Rajarajan P, Gil S, Brennand K, Akbarian S. Spatial genome organization and cognition. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2016, 17: 681-691. PMID: 27708356, PMCID: PMC5503467, DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2016.124.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPromoter-enhancer interactionsRegulatory sequencesGene transcription start siteSpatial genome organizationNon-coding DNACis-regulatory sequencesHundreds of kilobasesTranscription start siteCRISPR-Cas systemsChromosomal loopingGenome organizationTranscriptional activatorChromosomal conformationCohesin complexGenetic risk architectureTranscriptional regulationStart siteCandidate genesGene expressionStructural variantsDecoy modelsNeurodevelopmental diseasesCrucial layerEditing techniquesProgenitor cells