ArticleNPJ schizophrenia2019
Gene expression over the course of schizophrenia: from clinical high-risk for psychosis to chronic stages.
Article in NPJ schizophrenia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the auditory steady-state response in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism spectrum disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- What genes are differentially expressed in individuals with schizophrenia? A systematic review.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Peripheral Blood-Based Gene Expression Studies in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in genetics · 2021Pooled it
- Overlap between genetic variants associated with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and intelligence quotient: a systematic review.Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPNPooled it
- Sulcal Widening in Schizophrenia Maps onto Sulcal Hubs and Energy-Synaptic Genes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- White Blood Cell Proportions Are Associated With Response to Psychosocial Therapy in Young People at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis.Biological psychiatry global open science · 2025Article
- Clustering Schizophrenia Genes by Their Temporal Expression Patterns Aids Functional Interpretation.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Article
- Gene Polymorphisms and Expression ofNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Article
- Upregulation of DGCR8, a Candidate Predisposing to Schizophrenia in Han Chinese, Contributes to Phenotypic Deficits and Neuronal Migration Delay.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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- Hidden Role of Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis in Schizophrenia: Antipsychotics or Psychobiotics as Therapeutics?International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Behavioral Deficits in Mice with Postnatal Disruption ofCerebral cortex communications · 2021Article
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19 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The study of patients with schizophrenia (SZ) at different clinical stages may help clarify what effects could be due to the disease itself, to the pharmacological treatment, or to the disease progression. We compared expression levels of targeted genes in blood from individuals in different stages of SZ: clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR), first episode of psychosis (FEP), and chronic SZ (CSZ). Then, we further verified whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) could be related to gene expression differences. We investigated 12 genes in 394 individuals (27 individuals with CHR, 70 antipsychotic-naive individuals with FEP, 157 CSZ patients, and 140 healthy controls (HCs)). For a subsample, genotype data were also available, and we extracted SNPs that were previously associated with the expression of selected genes in whole blood or brain tissue. We generated a mediation model in which a putative cause (SNP) is related to a presumed effect (disorder) via an intermediate variable (gene expression). MBP and NDEL1 were upregulated in FEP compared to all other groups; DGCR8 was downregulated in FEP compared to HC and CHR; DGCR2 was downregulated in CSZ compared to FEP and HCs; DISC1 was upregulated in schizophrenia compared to controls or FEP, possibly induced by the rs3738398 and rs10864693 genotypes, which were associated with DISC1 expression; and UFD1 was upregulated in CSZ and CHR compared to FEP and HC. Our results indicated changes in gene expression profiles throughout the different clinical stages of SZ, reinforcing the need for staging approaches to better capture SZ heterogeneity.
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