Genome-wide association study detected novel susceptibility genes for social cognition impairment in people with schizophrenia.
Massimo GennarelliPalmiero MonteleoneAlessandra MinelliAlessio Maria MonteleoneAlessandro RossiPaola RoccaAlessandro BertolinoEugenio AgugliaMario AmoreSilvio BellinoAntonello BellomoMassimo BiondiPaola BucciBernardo CarpinielloGiammarco CascinoAlessandro CuomoLiliana Dell'OssoMassimo di GiannantonioGiulia Maria GiordanoCarlo MarchesiLucio OldaniMaurizio PompiliRita RonconeAlessandro RossiAlberto SiracusanoElena TenconiAntonio VitaPatrizia ZeppegnoSilvana GalderisiMario Majnull nullPublished in: The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (2021)
Our study shows for the first time GWAS significant or suggestive associations of some gene variants with SC domains in people with SCZ. These findings should stimulate further studies to characterise the genetic underpinning of SC dysfunctions in SCZ.