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Coding and Non-Coding RNA Abnormalities in Bipolar Disorder.

Jurjen J Luykx, Fabrizio Giuliani, Giuliano Giuliani, Jan Veldink

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Article in Genes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. The role ofEpigenetics · 2026
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  4. The Regulatory Potential of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Bipolar Disorder.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. The spectrum of bipolar disorder in older adults.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  16. Circular RNAs in the Central Nervous System.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jurjen J LuykxDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6439-2774
Fabrizio GiulianiDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Giuliano GiulianiDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jan VeldinkDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5572-9657

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular mechanisms underlying bipolar disorder (BPD) have remained largely unknown. Postmortem brain tissue studies comparing BPD patients with healthy controls have produced a heterogeneous array of potentially implicated protein-coding RNAs. We hypothesized that dysregulation of not only coding, but multiple classes of RNA (coding RNA, long non-coding (lnc) RNA, circular (circ) RNA, and/or alternative splicing) underlie the pathogenesis of BPD. Using non-polyadenylated libraries we performed RNA sequencing in postmortem human medial frontal gyrus tissue from BPD patients and healthy controls. Twenty genes, some of which not previously implicated in BPD, were differentially expressed (DE). PCR validation and replication confirmed the implication of these DE genes. Functional in silico analyses identified enrichment of angiogenesis, vascular system development and histone H3-K4 demethylation. In addition, ten lncRNA transcripts were differentially expressed. Furthermore, an overall increased number of alternative splicing events in BPD was detected, as well as an increase in the number of genes carrying alternative splicing events. Finally, a large reservoir of circRNAs populating brain tissue not affected by BPD is described, while in BPD altered levels of two circular transcripts, cNEBL and cEPHA3, are reported. cEPHA3, hitherto unlinked to BPD, is implicated in developmental processes in the central nervous system. Although we did not perform replication analyses of non-coding RNA findings, our findings hint that RNA dysregulation in BPD is not limited to coding regions, opening avenues for future pharmacological investigations and biomarker research.

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Alternative SplicingAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersBipolar DisorderCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsPrefrontal CortexRNA, CircularRNA, Long NoncodingRNA-SeqBiomarkersRNA, CircularRNA, Long Noncodingalternative splicingbipolar disordercEPHA3circular RNAhistone H3-K4 demethylationlong non-coding RNAsequencing

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PMID31752442
PMCPMC6895892

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