Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Comprehensive integrative analyses identify GLT8D1 and CSNK2B as schizophrenia risk genes

  • Cui-Ping Yang,
  • Xiaoyan Li,
  • Yong Wu,
  • Qiushuo Shen,
  • Yong Zeng,
  • Qiuxia Xiong,
  • Mengping Wei,
  • Chunhui Chen,
  • Jiewei Liu,
  • Yongxia Huo,
  • Kaiqin Li,
  • Gui Xue,
  • Yong-Gang Yao,
  • Chen Zhang,
  • Ming Li,
  • Yongbin Chen,
  • Xiong-Jian Luo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03247-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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More than 100 risk loci for schizophrenia have been identified by genome-wide association studies. Here, the authors apply an integrative genomic approach to prioritize risk genes and validate GLT8D1 and CSNK2B as candidate causal genes by in vitro studies in neural stem cells.