RNA-sequencing of the brain transcriptome implicates dysregulation of neuroplasticity, circadian rhythms and GTPase binding in bipolar disorder.

TitleRNA-sequencing of the brain transcriptome implicates dysregulation of neuroplasticity, circadian rhythms and GTPase binding in bipolar disorder.
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsAkula N, Barb J, Jiang X, Wendland JR, Choi KH, Sen SK, Hou L, Chen DTW, Laje G, Johnson K, Lipska BK, Kleinman JE, Corrada-Bravo H, Detera-Wadleigh S, Munson PJ, McMahon FJ
2014
JournalMol Psychiatry
Volume19
Issue11
Pages1179-85
Adult, Aged, Bipolar Disorder, Circadian Rhythm, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, GTP Phosphohydrolases, HUMANS, Male, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Microarray Analysis, Middle Aged, Neuronal Plasticity, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Prefrontal Cortex, Principal Component Analysis, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Transcriptome, Young Adult

RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) is a powerful technique to investigate the complexity of gene expression in the human brain. We used RNA-seq to survey the brain transcriptome in high-quality postmortem dorsolateral prefrontal cortex from 11 individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD) and from 11 age- and gender-matched controls. Deep sequencing was performed, with over 350 million reads per specimen. At a false discovery rate of

10.1038/mp.2013.170
PubMed ID24393808
Grant ListK99MH085098 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States
ZIAMH002810 / / PHS HHS / United States
/ / Intramural NIH HHS / United States