2021
Chapter 30 Functional genomics of psychiatric disease risk using genome engineering
Garcia M, Powell S, LaMarca E, Fernando M, Cohen S, Fang G, Akbarian S, Brennand K. Chapter 30 Functional genomics of psychiatric disease risk using genome engineering. 2021, 711-734. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823577-5.00021-0.ChaptersRisk variantsDisease-relevant cell typesPsychiatric disease riskPluripotent stem cellsFunctional genomicsGenetic risk architectureGenome engineeringComplex geneticsCRISPR engineeringHiPSC modelsCell typesFunctional explorationStem cellsFunctional impactRisk architecturePossible new avenuesGenetic findingsGenetic screeningNew insightsNovel therapeutic approachesFundamental roleNew avenuesDisease pathophysiologyEpigenomeVariants
2019
CRISPR-based functional evaluation of schizophrenia risk variants
Rajarajan P, Flaherty E, Akbarian S, Brennand KJ. CRISPR-based functional evaluation of schizophrenia risk variants. Schizophrenia Research 2019, 217: 26-36. PMID: 31277978, PMCID: PMC6939156, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.06.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenia-associated variantsPluripotent stem cellsCRISPR genome engineeringSchizophrenia risk variantsCellular functionsGenome engineeringGenomic studiesSchizophrenia lociList of variantsGene expressionPatient-specific humanGenotype dataRisk variantsStem cellsFunctional impactCommon variantsCRISPRPost-mortem brain tissueRecent findingsVariantsNeuropsychiatric diseasesPoint of convergenceGenetic riskLociSpecific effects