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Downregulated transcription in chromosomal domains of midbrain dopamine neurons linked to schizophrenia.
Nature communications - 6 Apr 2026
Singh Swadha, Iskhakova Marina, Lambert Tova Y, Valada Aditi, Shokrian Neda, Evans Viviana, Bendl Jaroslav, Auluck Pavan K, Marenco Stefano, Wang Minghui, Zhang Bin, Hoffman Gabriel E, Girdhar Kiran, Roussos Panos, Akbarian Schahram
Abstract excerpt
Ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons are a key cell type for schizophrenia pathophysiology but information about cell type-specific genomic dysregulation in diseased brains is missing. We generated a unique midbrain functional genomics resource with 97 RNA-seq and 34 Hi-C chromosomal contact libraries for Nurr1 + /NeuN+ dopaminergic and their surrounding Nurr1-/NeuN- nuclei, collected from donors diagnosed with...
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