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ArticleNature communications2026

Dynamic neuro-immune regulation of psychiatric risk loci in human neurons.

Kayla G Retallick-Townsley, Seoyeon Lee, Sarah E Williams, Sam Cartwright, Sophie Cohen, Annabel Sen, Meng Jia, Hannah Young, Lee Dobbyn, Michael Deans and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Kayla G Retallick-TownsleyDepartment of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4706-5752
Seoyeon Lee *Department of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Sarah E Williams *Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3624-611X
Sam CartwrightDepartment of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Sophie CohenDepartment of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Annabel SenDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-2012-4668
Meng JiaDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Hannah YoungDepartment of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4248-9612
Lee DobbynDepartment of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Michael DeansDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Meilin Fernandez-GarciaDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Laura M HuckinsDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. laura.huckins@yale.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5369-6502
Kristen J BrennandDepartment of Genetics and Genomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. kristen.brennand@yale.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0993-5956

Funding

Modeling the interaction of physiological and environmental stressors on common variants to psychiatric traitsR01ES033630 · NIEHS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Kristen Jennifer Brennand · 2022 to 2026
$4.6M
Massively Parallel Characterization of Cell-type and Context Specific Regulatory Risk Elements Across Psychiatric Disorders in a Stem Cell Model of NeurodevelopmentF31MH130122 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI RETALLICK-TOWNSLEY, KAYLA · 2022 to 2024
$123k
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES033630NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH130122U.S. Department of Defense (United States Department of Defense) TP220451U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) R01ES033630U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) F31MH130122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune environment influences neurodevelopment and subsequent clinical trajectories for psychiatric outcomes in childhood and adolescence. Yet it remains unclear if the impact of maternal and fetal immune activation varies with distinct polygenic risk profiles. Therefore, here we catalog genotype and environment (GxE) interactions, contrasting allele-specific regulatory activity between inflammatory cues. We report a cue-specific neuronal massively parallel reporter assay (MPRA) of 152 loci from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of ten brain traits/disorders, empirically dissecting the impact of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interferon-alpha (IFNα) on transcriptional activity. In human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived glutamatergic neurons, 1,156 active candidate regulatory risk sequences (MPRA-active CRSs) are resolved, including 267 with variant-specific effects (MPRA-emVars) and 61 with variant-by-cytokine interaction effects (interaction MPRA-emVars). Broadly, neuronal immune-mediated regulatory activity is associated with differences in transcription factor binding and chromatin accessibility, the gene targets of which show pleiotropic enrichments for brain, metabolic, and immune disorders. Dynamic genetic regulation mediates neuroimmune effects, informing our understanding of the genomics of psychiatric and neurological traits, mechanisms governing pleiotropy across disorders, and how immune mechanisms mediate genetic risk.

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Mental DisordersNeuronsBrainFemaleGene-Environment InteractionGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsInterleukin-6Polymorphism, Single NucleotideInterleukin-6

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PMID42802174
PMCPMC13616973

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