Gene Expression Elucidates Functional Impact of Polygenic Risk for Schizophrenia
Menachem Fromer, Panos Roussos, Solveig K Sieberts, Jessica S Johnson, David H Kavanagh, Thanneer M Perumal, Douglas M Ruderfer, Edwin C Oh, Aaron Topol, Hardik R Shah, Lambertus L Klei, Robin Kramer, Dalila Pinto, Zeynep H Gumus, A. Ercument Cicek, , Lara M Mangravit
The paper uses gene expression data from schizophrenia cases and controls to show that common variants at 20% of schizophrenia risk loci regulate brain gene expression, with functional impacts on neural progenitor cells and zebrafish neuroanatomy.
bioRxiv · May 9, 2016Genomics