RT Journal Article T1 Gene set enrichment analysis and expression pattern exploration implicate an involvement of neurodevelopmental processes in bipolar disorder. A1 Muhleisen, Thomas W A1 Reinbold, Celine S A1 Forstner, Andreas J A1 Abramova, Lilia I A1 Alda, Martin A1 Babadjanova, Gulja A1 Bauer, Michael A1 Brennan, Paul A1 Chuchalin, Alexander A1 Cruceanu, Cristiana A1 Czerski, Piotr M A1 Degenhardt, Franziska A1 Fischer, Sascha B A1 Fullerton, Janice M A1 Gordon, Scott D A1 Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria A1 Grof, Paul A1 Hauser, Joanna A1 Hautzinger, Martin A1 Herms, Stefan A1 Hoffmann, Per A1 Kammerer-Ciernioch, Jutta A1 Khusnutdinova, Elza A1 Kogevinas, Manolis A1 Krasnov, Valery A1 Lacour, Andre A1 Laprise, Catherine A1 Leber, Markus A1 Lissowska, Jolanta A1 Lucae, Susanne A1 Maaser, Anna A1 Maier, Wolfgang A1 Martin, Nicholas G A1 Mattheisen, Manuel A1 Mayoral, Fermin A1 McKay, James D A1 Medland, Sarah E A1 Mitchell, Philip B A1 Moebus, Susanne A1 Montgomery, Grant W A1 Muller-Myhsok, Bertram A1 Oruc, Lilijana A1 Pantelejeva, Galina A1 Pfennig, Andrea A1 Pojskic, Lejla A1 Polonikov, Alexey A1 Reif, Andreas A1 Rivas, Fabio A1 Rouleau, Guy A A1 Schenk, Lorena M A1 Schofield, Peter R A1 Schwarz, Markus A1 Streit, Fabian A1 Strohmaier, Jana A1 Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Neonila A1 Tiganov, Alexander S A1 Treutlein, Jens A1 Turecki, Gustavo A1 Vedder, Helmut A1 Witt, Stephanie H A1 Schulze, Thomas G A1 Rietschel, Marcella A1 Nothen, Markus M A1 Cichon, Sven K1 Bipolar disorder K1 GRB2 events in ERBB2 signaling K1 NCAM signaling for neurite out-growth K1 Neurodevelopmental disorder K1 Pathway analysis AB Bipolar disorder (BD) is a common and highly heritable disorder of mood. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several independent susceptibility loci. In order to extract more biological information from GWAS data, multi-locus approaches represent powerful tools since they utilize knowledge about biological processes to integrate functional sets of genes at strongly to moderately associated loci. We conducted gene set enrichment analyses (GSEA) using 2.3 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms, 397 Reactome pathways and 24,025 patients with BD and controls. RNA expression of implicated individual genes and gene sets were examined in post-mortem brains across lifespan. Two pathways showed a significant enrichment after correction for multiple comparisons in the GSEA: GRB2 events in ERBB2 signaling, for which 6 of 21 genes were BD associated (PFDR = 0.0377), and NCAM signaling for neurite out-growth, for which 11 out of 62 genes were BD associated (PFDR = 0.0451). Most pathway genes showed peaks of RNA co-expression during fetal development and infancy and mapped to neocortical areas and parts of the limbic system. Pathway associations were technically reproduced by two methods, although they were not formally replicated in independent samples. Gene expression was explored in controls but not in patients. Pathway analysis in large GWAS data of BD and follow-up of gene expression patterns in healthy brains provide support for an involvement of neurodevelopmental processes in the etiology of this neuropsychiatric disease. Future studies are required to further evaluate the relevance of the implicated genes on pathway functioning and clinical aspects of BD. PB Elsevier YR 2018 FD 2018-01-04 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11867 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11867 LA en NO Mühleisen TW, Reinbold CS, Forstner AJ, Abramova LI, Alda M, Babadjanova G, et al. Gene set enrichment analysis and expression pattern exploration implicate an involvement of neurodevelopmental processes in bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord. 2018 Mar 1;228:20-25 DS RISalud RD Apr 7, 2025