Single-cell transcriptomic and chromatin dynamics of the human brain in PTSD
Hwang A, Skarica M, Xu S, Coudriet J, Lee C, Lin L, Terwilliger R, Sliby A, Wang J, Nguyen T, Li H, Wu M, Dai Y, Duan Z, Srinivasan S, Zhang X, Lin Y, Cruz D, Deans P, Huber B, Levey D, Glausier J, Lewis D, Gelernter J, Holtzheimer P, Friedman M, Gerstein M, Sestan N, Brennand K, Xu K, Zhao H, Krystal J, Young K, Williamson D, Che A, Zhang J, Girgenti M. Single-cell transcriptomic and chromatin dynamics of the human brain in PTSD. Nature 2025, 643: 744-754. PMID: 40533550, PMCID: PMC12267058, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09083-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-traumatic stress disorderPrefrontal cortexDorsolateral prefrontal cortexHuman prefrontal cortexTraumatic stress responseHuman brainDepressive disorderStress disorderTrauma exposureCell type-specific contextRegulatory mechanismsGABAergic transmissionCell-type clusteringCell type-specific mannerMolecular regulatory mechanismsGlucocorticoid signalingGene expression changesChromatin dynamicsCredible variantsDisordersTranscriptional regulationEpigenetic dataCortexPersistent effectsPolygenic disorderA multi-omic approach implicates novel protein dysregulation in post-traumatic stress disorder
Wang J, Liu Y, Li H, Nguyen T, Soto-Vargas J, Wilson R, Wang W, Lam T, Zhang C, Lin C, Lewis D, Glausier J, Holtzheimer P, Friedman M, Williams K, Picciotto M, Nairn A, Krystal J, Duman R, Young K, Zhao H, Girgenti M. A multi-omic approach implicates novel protein dysregulation in post-traumatic stress disorder. Genome Medicine 2025, 17: 43. PMID: 40301990, PMCID: PMC12042318, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-025-01473-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress disorderDorsolateral prefrontal cortexPsychiatric disordersAutism spectrum disorderPrefrontal cortexDepressive disorderStress disorderGamma-aminobutyric acidGenome-wide association studiesPTSD brainsGenome-wide measurementsStudies of postmortem brainsSubgenual prefrontal cortexDisabling psychiatric disorderMultiple psychiatric disordersPrefrontal cortical areasPTSD casesHuman brain studiesBrain regionsSpectrum disorderGABAergic processesPostmortem brainsMDDProtein co-expression modulesProteomic profiling
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