* Brain gene co-expression networks link complement signaling with convergent synaptic pathology in schizophrenia.
- The most significant common variant association for schizophrenia (SCZ) reflects increased expression of the complement component 4A (C4A). Yet, it remains unclear how C4A interacts with other SCZ risk genes or whether the complement system more broadly is implicated in SCZ pathogenesis. Here, we integrate several existing, large-scale genetic and transcriptomic datasets to interrogate the functional role of the complement system and C4A in the human brain. Unexpectedly, we find no significant genetic enrichment among known complement system genes for SCZ. Conversely, brain co-expression network analyses using C4A as a seed gene reveal that genes downregulated when C4A expression increases exhibit strong and specific genetic enrichment for SCZ risk. This convergent genomic signal reflects synaptic processes, is sexually dimorphic and most prominent in frontal cortical brain regions, and is accentuated by smoking. Overall, these results indicate that synaptic pathways-rather than the complement system-are the driving force conferring SCZ risk.
=>表現すること, 式, 表現, 表示, 言い回し, 表現法, 表情
Overview of noun expression
The noun expression has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (23) expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face -- (the feelings expressed on a person's
face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face")
2. (18) expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion -- (expression without words; "tears are an
expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition")
3. (15) expression, verbal expression, verbalism -- (the communication (in speech or writing) of
your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my
ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours")
4. (5) saying, expression, locution -- (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular
situations; "pardon the expression")
5. (4) formulation, expression -- (the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better
formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared")
6. (4) formula, expression -- (a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement)
7. expression -- ((genetics) the process of expressing a gene)
8. construction, grammatical construction, expression -- (a group of words that form a constituent
of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that
he was a foreigner")
9. expression -- (the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; "the expression of milk
from her breast")
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