Key Publications


Synaptic deficits in iPSC-derived cortical interneurons in schizophrenia are mediated by NLGN2 and rescued by N-acetylcysteine.

Kathuria A, Lopez-Lengowski K, Watmuff B, McPhie D, Cohen BM, Karmacharya R.

Transl Psychiatry. 2019 11 28; 9(1):321. PMID: 31780643.

Transcriptome analysis and functional characterization of cerebral organoids in bipolar disorder.

Kathuria A, Lopez-Lengowski K, Vater M, McPhie D, Cohen BM, Karmacharya R.

Genome Med. 2020 04 19; 12(1):34. PMID: 32306996.

Transcriptomic Landscape and Functional Characterization of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cerebral Organoids in Schizophrenia.

Kathuria A, Lopez-Lengowski K, Jagtap SS, McPhie D, Perlis RH, Cohen BM, Karmacharya R.

JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 07 01; 77(7):745-754. PMID: 32186681.

Comparison of Model Systems for Emulating Human Tissue and Physiology in Psychiatric Research. Preprints 2024, 2024080270.


Cheng, K.; Kshirsagar, A.; Nixon, J.; Lau, J.; Yang, K.; Sawa, A Kathuria, A.https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0270.v1

Distinct effects of interleukin-6 and interferon-γ on differentiating human cortical neurons, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Annie Kathuria, Kara Lopez-Lengowski, Joshua L. Roffman, Rakesh Karmacharya,

2022, ISSN 0889-1591.

Disease-specific differences in gene expression, mitochondrial function and mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum interactions in iPSC-derived cerebral organoids and cortical neurons in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Kathuria, A., Lopez-Lengowski, K., McPhie, D. et al.

Discov Ment Health 3, 8 (2023).