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  • Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Racial disparities in schizophrenia (SCZ) illness courses and outcomes are not well understood.
  • Social gradients are implicated, but their neuro-molecular correlates remain unclear.
  • Brain differences underlying disparate psychiatric outcomes require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate neuro-molecular differences in the brain related to race and SCZ.
  • To analyze gene expression patterns in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) across diverse cohorts.
  • To identify molecular correlates of social gradients and their overlap with SCZ.

Main Methods:

  • Analyzed post-mortem DLPFC RNAseq data from two racially diverse cohorts (CommonMind Consortium).
  • Utilized differential gene expression and gene set variation analyses.
  • Included 322 SCZ cases and 459 controls, with reported race data.

Main Results:

  • Identified 1,514 differentially expressed genes between reported race groups, consistent across cohorts.
  • Functional enrichment revealed upregulation of stress and immune response genes.
  • Found 109 significant gene sets implicating metabolic and immune pathways in race-dependent SCZ associations.

Conclusions:

  • Discovered molecular mechanisms uniquely perturbed across reported race groups in SCZ.
  • Identified candidate pathways associated with SCZ in a reported race-dependent manner.
  • Emphasized the need for diverse cohort data to understand population-level SCZ pathogenesis.