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ArticleBehavioral and brain functions : BBF2009

Schizophrenia genomics and proteomics: are we any closer to biomarker discovery?

Shaheen E Lakhan, Alon Kramer

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Article in Behavioral and brain functions : BBF, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. The Myth of Optimality in Clinical Neuroscience.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2018
    Review
  4. Aberrant Expression of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Schizophrenia Patients.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2016
    Article
  5. Biomarkers in Psychiatry - A Critique.Annals of neurosciences · 2016
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  6. The potential of biomarkers in psychiatry: focus on proteomics.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2015
    Review
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  10. Do we have any solid evidence of clinical utility about the pathophysiology of schizophrenia?World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2011
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  11. Review
  12. Biomarkers in psychiatry: drawbacks and potential for misuse.International archives of medicine · 2010
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Shaheen E LakhanGlobal Neuroscience Initiative Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA. slakhan@gnif.org.
Alon Kramer

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of proteomics has made leaps and bounds in the last 10 years particularly in the fields of oncology and cardiovascular medicine. In comparison, neuroproteomics is still playing catch up mainly due to the relative complexity of neurological disorders. Schizophrenia is one such disorder, believed to be the results of multiple factors both genetic and environmental. Affecting over 2 million people in the US alone, it has become a major clinical and public health concern worldwide. This paper gives an update of schizophrenia biomarker research as reviewed by Lakhan in 2006 and gives us a rundown of the progress made during the last two years. Several studies demonstrate the potential of cerebrospinal fluid as a source of neuro-specific biomarkers. Genetic association studies are making headway in identifying candidate genes for schizophrenia. In addition, metabonomics, bioinformatics, and neuroimaging techniques are aiming to complete the picture by filling in knowledge gaps. International cooperation in the form of genomics and protein databases and brain banks is facilitating research efforts. While none of the recent developments described here in qualifies as biomarker discovery, many are likely to be stepping stones towards that goal.

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