Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) in the central nervous system

AS Bell, J Wagner, DB Rosoff, FW Lohoff - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2023 - Elsevier
The gene encoding proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) and its protein
product have been widely studied for their role in cholesterol and lipid metabolism. PCSK9 …

Large-scale deep multi-layer analysis of Alzheimer's disease brain reveals strong proteomic disease-related changes not observed at the RNA level

ECB Johnson, EK Carter, EB Dammer, DM Duong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The biological processes that are disrupted in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain remain
incompletely understood. In this study, we analyzed the proteomes of more than 1,000 brain …

Genomic atlas of the proteome from brain, CSF and plasma prioritizes proteins implicated in neurological disorders

C Yang, FHG Farias, L Ibanez, A Suhy, B Sadler… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding the tissue-specific genetic controls of protein levels is essential to uncover
mechanisms of post-transcriptional gene regulation. In this study, we generated a genomic …

Mendelian randomization applied to neurology: promises and challenges

E Gagnon, I Daghlas, L Zagkos, M Sargurupremraj… - Neurology, 2024 - AAN Enterprises
The Mendelian randomization (MR) paradigm allows for causal inferences to be drawn
using genetic data. In recent years, the expansion of well-powered publicly available genetic …

Identifying causal genes for depression via integration of the proteome and transcriptome from brain and blood

YT Deng, YN Ou, BS Wu, YX Yang, Y Jiang… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified numerous risk genes for
depression. Nevertheless, genes crucial for understanding the molecular mechanisms of …

Integrating whole-genome sequencing with multi-omic data reveals the impact of structural variants on gene regulation in the human brain

RA Vialle, K de Paiva Lopes, DA Bennett, JF Crary… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Structural variants (SVs), which are genomic rearrangements of more than 50 base pairs,
are an important source of genetic diversity and have been linked to many diseases …

Quantitative proteomics of cerebrospinal fluid from African Americans and Caucasians reveals shared and divergent changes in Alzheimer's disease

ES Modeste, L **, CM Watson, DM Duong… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite being twice as likely to get Alzheimer's disease (AD), African
Americans have been grossly underrepresented in AD research. While emerging evidence …

Genetic analysis of blood molecular phenotypes reveals common properties in the regulatory networks affecting complex traits

AA Brown, JJ Fernandez-Tajes, M Hong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
We evaluate the shared genetic regulation of mRNA molecules, proteins and metabolites
derived from whole blood from 3029 human donors. We find abundant allelic heterogeneity …

Genetic evidence supporting a causal role of depression in Alzheimer's disease

NV Harerimana, Y Liu, ES Gerasimov, D Duong… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Depression has been associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD)
in several prospective studies; however, mechanisms underlying this association remain …

Expanding causal genes for Parkinson's disease via multi-omics analysis

XJ Gu, WM Su, M Dou, Z Jiang, QQ Duan… - npj Parkinson's …, 2023 - nature.com
Genome‑wide association studies (GWASs) have revealed numerous loci associated with
Parkinson's disease (PD). However, some potential causal/risk genes were still not revealed …