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, 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 vulnerability
2013
Guilt by rewiring: gene prioritization through network rewiring in Genome Wide Association Studies
Hou L, Chen M, Zhang CK, Cho J, Zhao H. Guilt by rewiring: gene prioritization through network rewiring in Genome Wide Association Studies. Human Molecular Genetics 2013, 23: 2780-2790. PMID: 24381306, PMCID: PMC3990172, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesWide association studyDisease-associated genesGWAS signalsNetwork rewiringAssociation studiesFunctional genomic informationGene expression networksCo-expression networkDisease-associated pathwaysExpression networksGene networksGenomic informationAssociation signalsGene prioritizationDisease genesDisease locusSusceptibility lociGenesAssociation principleRewiringDisease associationsLociMillions of candidatesDisease conditions