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ReviewNature neuroscience2016

The road to precision psychiatry: translating genetics into disease mechanisms.

Michael J Gandal, Virpi Leppa, Hyejung Won, Neelroop N Parikshak, Daniel H Geschwind

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
130citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
25.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

130 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 227 citations in OpenAlex.

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70 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael J GandalDepartment of Psychiatry, Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5800-5128
Virpi LeppaProgram in Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Hyejung WonProgram in Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Neelroop N ParikshakProgram in Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Daniel H GeschwindProgram in Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

UC Davis Conte Center: Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Psychiatric DisordersP50MH106438 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI BAUMAN, MELISSA DAWN, CARTER, CAMERON S. · 2015 to 2025
$26.1M
Epigenetic and Transcriptional Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum DisorderR01MH094714 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GESCHWIND, DANIEL H · 2011 to 2015
$2.8M
1/3 Building integrative CNS networks for genomic analysis of autismR01MH109912 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GESCHWIND, DANIEL H · 2016 to 2020
$2.6M
Transcriptional Regulators in Normal Human Brain Development and AutismF30MH099886 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI PARIKSHAK, NEELROOP NARENDRA · 2012 to 2015
$85k
NIMH NIH HHS F30 MH099886NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH106438NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH094714NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH109912
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hundreds of genetic loci increasing risk for neuropsychiatric disorders have recently been identified. This success, perhaps paradoxically, has posed challenges for therapeutic development, which are amplified by the highly polygenic and pleiotropic nature of these genetic contributions. Success requires understanding the biological impact of single genetic variants and predicting their effects within an individual. Comprehensive functional genomic annotation of risk loci provides a framework for interpretation of neurobiological impact, requiring experimental validation with in vivo or in vitro model systems. Systems-level, integrative pathway analyses are beginning to elucidate the additive, polygenic contributions of risk variants on specific cellular, molecular, developmental, or circuit-level processes. Although most neuropsychiatric disease modeling has focused on genes disrupted by rare, large-effect-size mutations, common smaller-effect-size variants may also provide solid therapeutic targets to inform precision medicine approaches. Here we enumerate the promise and challenges of a genomics-driven approach to uncovering neuropsychiatric disease mechanisms and facilitating therapeutic development.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyPrecision MedicinePsychotherapeutic ProcessesAnimalsHumansMultifactorial InheritanceMutation

Identifiers

PMID27786179
PMCPMC9012265
OpenAlexW2544315804

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