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Monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia differ in maturation and synaptic transmission
Stern S, Zhang L, Wang M, Wright R, Rosh I, Hussein Y, Stern T, Choudhary A, Tripathi U, Reed P, Sadis H, Nayak R, Shemen A, Agarwal K, Cordeiro D, Peles D, Hang Y, Mendes A, Baul T, Roth J, Coorapati S, Boks M, McCombie W, Hulshoff Pol H, Brennand K, Réthelyi J, Kahn R, Marchetto M, Gage F. Monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia differ in maturation and synaptic transmission. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 29: 3208-3222. PMID: 38704507, PMCID: PMC11449799, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02561-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCo-twinSchizophrenia patientsMonozygotic twinsHippocampal synaptic deficitsHealthy twinsSynapse-related genesDepressive disorderPsychiatric disordersSchizophreniaControl twinsTwin pairsSynaptic activitySynaptic deficitsTwin siblingsNeurophysiological abnormalitiesGroup of patientsSynaptic transmissionDiscordant twinsDisordersHippocampal neuronsNeuronsReprogrammed iPSCsIPSC modelsPatientsSiblings
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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 stressIntegrating genetics and transcriptomics to study major depressive disorder: a conceptual framework, bioinformatic approaches, and recent findings
Hicks E, Seah C, Cote A, Marchese S, Brennand K, Nestler E, Girgenti M, Huckins L. Integrating genetics and transcriptomics to study major depressive disorder: a conceptual framework, bioinformatic approaches, and recent findings. Translational Psychiatry 2023, 13: 129. PMID: 37076454, PMCID: PMC10115809, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02412-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBioinformatics approachTranscriptomic dataBrain transcriptomeGenome-wide analysisDynamic transcriptional landscapeBrain gene expression dataGene expression dataTranscriptional landscapeTranscriptomic studiesIntegrating GeneticExpression dataPhenotypic signaturesGenomic driversTranscriptomeMajor depressive disorderValuable resourceRecent findingsEnvironmental influencesTranscriptomicsDepressive disorderGeneticsMultiple approachesPathophysiology of depressionSignaturesDysregulation