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The Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative: A Convergent Systems Biological Approach to Illuminating Key Molecular Pathways in Neuropsychiatric Disorders.

A Jeremy Willsey, Montana T Morris, Sheng Wang, Helen R Willsey, Nawei Sun, Nia Teerikorpi, Tierney B Baum, Gerard Cagney, Kevin J Bender, Tejal A Desai and 26 more

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Review in Cell, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
83citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.

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23 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

36 authors at 10 institutions in 2 countries.

A Jeremy WillseyDepartment of Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: jeremy.willsey@ucsf.edu.
Montana T MorrisInstitute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Sheng WangInstitute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Helen R WillseyDepartment of Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Nawei SunInstitute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Nia TeerikorpiInstitute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Tetrad Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Tierney B BaumInstitute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Gerard CagneySchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Kevin J BenderDepartment of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Tejal A DesaiQuantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Deepak SrivastavaGladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Graeme W DavisDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Jennifer DoudnaDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA; Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; MBIB Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Edward ChangDepartment of Neurological Surgery, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Vikaas SohalDepartment of Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Daniel H LowensteinDepartment of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Hao LiQuantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
David AgardQuantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Michael J KeiserInstitute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Brian ShoichetQuantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Mark von ZastrowDepartment of Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Lennart MuckeDepartment of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Steven FinkbeinerDepartment of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Li GanDepartment of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Nenad SestanDepartment of Neuroscience and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Michael E WardNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Ruth HuttenhainQuantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Tomasz J NowakowskiDepartment of Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Hugo J BellenDepartments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience, Neurological Research Institute at TCH, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Loren M FrankKavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Mustafa K KhokhaPediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Richard P LiftonLaboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Martin KampmannInstitute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Trey IdekerDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Matthew W StateDepartment of Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Nevan J KroganQuantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: nevan.krogan@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USQuantitative BioSciences · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USYale University · USBroad Center · USGladstone Institutes · USNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · USRockefeller University · USUniversity College Dublin · IEUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Homeostatic Stabilization of Neural Function in Health and DiseaseR35NS097212 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DAVIS, GRAEME W · 2017 to 2024
$9.2M
2/3-Identifying regulatory mutations that influence neuropsychiatric diseaseU01MH105575 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI STATE, MATTHEW W. · 2014 to 2018
$5.7M
A system approach to the analysis of Heterotaxy Candiate GenesR01HD081379 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI KHOKHA, MUSTAFA K · 2014 to 2018
$2.7M
Molecular and circuit mechanisms of antipsychoticsR01MH112729 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BENDER, KEVIN J, WHISTLER, JENNIFER L · 2017 to 2021
$2.6M
Rewiring of the human protein homeostasis network in normal and disease contextsDP2GM119139 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KAMPMANN, MARTIN · 2015 to 2015
$2.3M
Cellular mechanisms for dopaminergic control of learning in prefrontal cortexR01DA035913 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BENDER, KEVIN J · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Automated longitudinal single cell analysisR01NS083390 · NINDS · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI FINKBEINER, STEVEN M · 2013 to 2016
$1.6M
3/3 Integrative Genomic Analysis of Human Brain Development and AutismR01MH110928 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SANDERS, STEPHAN, STATE, MATTHEW W. · 2016 to 2019
$1.3M
3/3 Multidimensional investigation of the etiology of autism spectrum disorderR01MH109904 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SESTAN, NENAD · 2016 to 2018
$816k
1/3 Multidimensional investigation of the etiology of autism spectrum disorderR01MH109901 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SANDERS, STEPHAN, STATE, MATTHEW W. · 2016 to 2018
$678k
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 NS999999NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD081379NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA035913NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM119139NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH109901NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH109904NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH110928NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH112729NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH105575NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083390NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although gene discovery in neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and Tourette disorder, has accelerated, resulting in a large number of molecular clues, it has proven difficult to generate specific hypotheses without the corresponding datasets at the protein complex and functional pathway level. Here, we describe one path forward-an initiative aimed at mapping the physical and genetic interaction networks of these conditions and then using these maps to connect the genomic data to neurobiology and, ultimately, the clinic. These efforts will include a team of geneticists, structural biologists, neurobiologists, systems biologists, and clinicians, leveraging a wide array of experimental approaches and creating a collaborative infrastructure necessary for long-term investigation. This initiative will ultimately intersect with parallel studies that focus on other diseases, as there is a significant overlap with genes implicated in cancer, infectious disease, and congenital heart defects.

Indexed as

Chromosome MappingGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsHumansNeurobiologyNeurodevelopmental DisordersNeuropsychiatrySystems Biologyconvergencegeneticsinteractomenetworkneurodevelopmental disorderpathwayproteomicspsychiatric cell map initiativepsychiatric disorderpsychiatrysystems biology

Identifiers

PMID30053424
PMCPMC6247911
OpenAlexW2884615724

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