Mapping the genetic and phenotypic landscape of neonatal C3 and C4 protein concentrations

Leanna M Hernandez

doi:10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100456

Mapping the genetic and phenotypic landscape of neonatal C3 and C4 protein concentrations

Cell Genom. 2023 Dec 13;3(12):100456. doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100456.

Author

Leanna M Hernandez¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Abstract

The complement system is crucial for innate immunity and has been linked to autoimmune and psychiatric disorders. Borbye-Lorenzen et al.¹ perform GWASs and PheWASs of neonatal C3/C4 protein concentrations, finding multiple genome-wide significant loci, and identify sex-specific associations between C3 protein concentration and C4 copy number with risk for schizophrenia.

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