| Title: | X-chromosome influences on neuroanatomical variation in humans |
| Journal: | Nature Neuroscience |
| Published: | 22 Jul 2021 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34294918/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00890-w |
| Citations: | 30 (17 in last 2 years) as of 8 Aug 2024 |
Publication 6018
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Abstract
The X-chromosome has long been hypothesized to have a disproportionate influence on the brain based on its enrichment for genes that are expressed in the brain and associated with intellectual disability. Here, we verify this hypothesis through partitioned heritability analysis of X-chromosome influences (XIs) on human brain anatomy in 32,256 individuals from the UK Biobank. We first establish evidence for dosage compensation in XIs on brain anatomy - reflecting larger XIs in males compared to females, which correlate with regional sex-biases in neuroanatomical variance. XIs are significantly larger than would be predicted from X-chromosome size for the relative surface area of cortical systems supporting attention, decision-making and motor control. Follow-up association analyses implicate X-linked genes with pleiotropic effects on cognition. Our study reveals a privileged role for the X-chromosome in human neurodevelopment and urges greater inclusion of this chromosome in future genome-wide association studies.</p>
7 Authors
- Travis T. Mallard
- Siyuan Liu
- Jakob Seidlitz
- Zhiwei Ma
- Dustin Moraczewski
- Adam Thomas
- Armin Raznahan
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