{"title":"SINGLE-CELL MULTIOMIC APPROACHES FOR UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BRAIN VARIABILITY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE","authors":"Margarita Behrens","doi":"10.1016/j.euroneuro.2025.08.509","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Diversity and individual variability are essential to human cognitive function. Identifying the conserved and variable transcriptomic and epigenomic signatures of the brain’s cellular components is critical for understanding the neurobiological basis of individual variation and how this changes with age and in mental disorders. We will discuss results from a multiomic single-cell epigenome and transcriptome analyses performed on brain samples with sex and age diversity, and show they provide new insight into the diversity of brain-cell molecular identity across individuals. As well, we will discuss age-related changes in the epigenome of specific cell-types in relation to neurological disorders.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12049,"journal":{"name":"European Neuropsychopharmacology","volume":"99 ","pages":"Page 26"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Neuropsychopharmacology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924977X25006674","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CLINICAL NEUROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Diversity and individual variability are essential to human cognitive function. Identifying the conserved and variable transcriptomic and epigenomic signatures of the brain’s cellular components is critical for understanding the neurobiological basis of individual variation and how this changes with age and in mental disorders. We will discuss results from a multiomic single-cell epigenome and transcriptome analyses performed on brain samples with sex and age diversity, and show they provide new insight into the diversity of brain-cell molecular identity across individuals. As well, we will discuss age-related changes in the epigenome of specific cell-types in relation to neurological disorders.
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European Neuropsychopharmacology is the official publication of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP). In accordance with the mission of the College, the journal focuses on clinical and basic science contributions that advance our understanding of brain function and human behaviour and enable translation into improved treatments and enhanced public health impact in psychiatry. Recent years have been characterized by exciting advances in basic knowledge and available experimental techniques in neuroscience and genomics. However, clinical translation of these findings has not been as rapid. The journal aims to narrow this gap by promoting findings that are expected to have a major impact on both our understanding of the biological bases of mental disorders and the development and improvement of treatments, ideally paving the way for prevention and recovery.