2025
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
2024
Single-cell transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Parkinson’s disease brains
Zhu B, Park J, Coffey S, Russo A, Hsu I, Wang J, Su C, Chang R, Lam T, Gopal P, Ginsberg S, Zhao H, Hafler D, Chandra S, Zhang L. Single-cell transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of Parkinson’s disease brains. Science Translational Medicine 2024, 16: eabo1997. PMID: 39475571, PMCID: PMC12372474, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abo1997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProteomic analysisAlzheimer's diseasePrefrontal cortexBrain cell typesGenetics of PDParkinson's diseaseCell-cell interactionsChaperone expressionSingle-nucleus transcriptomesExpressed genesTranscriptional changesPostmortem human brainPostmortem brain tissueDiseased brainSynaptic proteinsSingle-cellDown-regulationBrain cell populationsBrain regionsCell typesNeurodegenerative disordersLate-stage PDParkinson's disease brainsDisease etiologyNeuronal vulnerabilitySystems biology dissection of PTSD and MDD across brain regions, cell types, and blood
Daskalakis N, Iatrou A, Chatzinakos C, Jajoo A, Snijders C, Wylie D, DiPietro C, Tsatsani I, Chen C, Pernia C, Soliva-Estruch M, Arasappan D, Bharadwaj R, Collado-Torres L, Wuchty S, Alvarez V, Dammer E, Deep-Soboslay A, Duong D, Eagles N, Huber B, Huuki L, Holstein V, Logue M, Lugenbühl J, Maihofer A, Miller M, Nievergelt C, Pertea G, Ross D, Sendi M, Sun B, Tao R, Tooke J, Wolf E, Zeier Z, Berretta S, Champagne F, Hyde T, Seyfried N, Shin J, Weinberger D, Nemeroff C, Kleinman J, Ressler K, Nievergelt C, Maihofer A, Atkinson E, Chen C, Choi K, Coleman J, Daskalakis N, Duncan L, Polimanti R, Aaronson C, Amstadter A, Andersen S, Andreassen O, Arbisi P, Ashley-Koch A, Austin S, Avdibegoviç E, Babić D, Bacanu S, Baker D, Batzler A, Beckham J, Belangero S, Benjet C, Bergner C, Bierer L, Biernacka J, Bierut L, Bisson J, Boks M, Bolger E, Brandolino A, Breen G, Bressan R, Bryant R, Bustamante A, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Bækvad-Hansen M, Børglum A, Børte S, Cahn L, Calabrese J, Caldas-de-Almeida J, Chatzinakos C, Cheema S, Clouston S, Colodro-Conde L, Coombes B, Cruz-Fuentes C, Dale A, Dalvie S, Davis L, Deckert J, Delahanty D, Dennis M, Desarnaud F, DiPietro C, Disner S, Docherty A, Domschke K, Dyb G, Kulenović A, Edenberg H, Evans A, Fabbri C, Fani N, Farrer L, Feder A, Feeny N, Flory J, Forbes D, Franz C, Galea S, Garrett M, Gelaye B, Gelernter J, Geuze E, Gillespie C, Goleva S, Gordon S, Goçi A, Grasser L, Guindalini C, Haas M, Hagenaars S, Hauser M, Heath A, Hemmings S, Hesselbrock V, Hickie I, Hogan K, Hougaard D, Huang H, Huckins L, Hveem K, Jakovljević M, Javanbakht A, Jenkins G, Johnson J, Jones I, Jovanovic T, Karstoft K, Kaufman M, Kennedy J, Kessler R, Khan A, Kimbrel N, King A, Koen N, Kotov R, Kranzler H, Krebs K, Kremen W, Kuan P, Lawford B, Lebois L, Lehto K, Levey D, Lewis C, Liberzon I, Linnstaedt S, Logue M, Lori A, Lu Y, Luft B, Lupton M, Luykx J, Makotkine I, Maples-Keller J, Marchese S, Marmar C, Martin N, Martínez-Levy G, McAloney K, McFarlane A, McLaughlin K, McLean S, Medland S, Mehta D, Meyers J, Michopoulos V, Mikita E, Milani L, Milberg W, Miller M, Morey R, Morris C, Mors O, Mortensen P, Mufford M, Nelson E, Nordentoft M, Norman S, Nugent N, O'Donnell M, Orcutt H, Pan P, Panizzon M, Pathak G, Peters E, Peterson A, Peverill M, Pietrzak R, Polusny M, Porjesz B, Powers A, Qin X, Ratanatharathorn A, Risbrough V, Roberts A, Rothbaum A, Rothbaum B, Roy-Byrne P, Ruggiero K, Rung A, Runz H, Rutten B, de Viteri S, Salum G, Sampson L, Sanchez S, Santoro M, Seah C, Seedat S, Seng J, Shabalin A, Sheerin C, Silove D, Smith A, Smoller J, Sponheim S, Stein D, Stensland S, Stevens J, Sumner J, Teicher M, Thompson W, Tiwari A, Trapido E, Uddin M, Ursano R, Valdimarsdóttir U, Van Hooff M, Vermetten E, Vinkers C, Voisey J, Wang Y, Wang Z, Waszczuk M, Weber H, Wendt F, Werge T, Williams M, Williamson D, Winsvold B, Winternitz S, Wolf C, Wolf E, Xia Y, Xiong Y, Yehuda R, Young K, Young R, Zai C, Zai G, Zervas M, Zhao H, Zoellner L, Zwart J, deRoon-Cassini T, van Rooij S, van den Heuvel L, Stein M, Ressler K, Koenen K. Systems biology dissection of PTSD and MDD across brain regions, cell types, and blood. Science 2024, 384: eadh3707. PMID: 38781393, PMCID: PMC11203158, DOI: 10.1126/science.adh3707.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderPosttraumatic stress disorderMedial prefrontal cortexStudies of posttraumatic stress disorderStress-related disordersHippocampal dentate gyrusDorsolateral PFCPrefrontal cortexDepressive disorderStress disorderBrain regionsCentral nucleusDentate gyrusGenome-wide association studiesSynaptic regulationMolecular pathologyMultiomics studiesStress hormonesGene network analysisDisordersCell typesNon-neuronal cell typesSingle nucleus RNA sequencingGenomic structureFine-mapping
2018
Spatiotemporal transcriptomic divergence across human and macaque brain development
Zhu Y, Sousa AMM, Gao T, Skarica M, Li M, Santpere G, Esteller-Cucala P, Juan D, Ferrández-Peral L, Gulden FO, Yang M, Miller DJ, Marques-Bonet T, Imamura Kawasawa Y, Zhao H, Sestan N. Spatiotemporal transcriptomic divergence across human and macaque brain development. Science 2018, 362 PMID: 30545855, PMCID: PMC6900982, DOI: 10.1126/science.aat8077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain developmentHuman nervous system developmentHuman brain developmentNervous system developmentPostnatal patternSingle-cell transcriptomic dataSpatiotemporal transcriptional regulationBrain regionsNeuropsychiatric disordersLate fetalPrefrontal cortexTranscriptomic programsHuman dataTranscriptomic divergenceTranscriptional regulationTranscriptomic differencesAutism spectrum disorderTranscriptomic dataDisordersTranscriptomic patternsSpectrum disorderIntegrative analysisPathogenesis
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