Elena Jazin
Professor at Department of Organismal Biology; Evolution and Development
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 64 63
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 398 82 04
- E-mail:
- elena.jazin@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum EBC Norbyv. 18A
- Postal address:
- Norbyv. 18A
752 36 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- PhD, Docent

Publications
Recent publications
Sex-biased gene expression during neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells
Part of Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024
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DNA methylation in canine brains is related to domestication and dog-breed formation
Part of PLOS ONE, 2020
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Part of Stem Cells and Development, p. 1497-1509, 2020
Novel Y-Chromosome Long Non-Coding RNAs Expressed in Human Male CNS During Early Development
Part of Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
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QKI6B mRNA levels are upregulated in schizophrenia and predict GFAP expression
Part of Brain Research, p. 63-68, 2017
All publications
Articles in journal
Sex-biased gene expression during neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells
Part of Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2024
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DNA methylation in canine brains is related to domestication and dog-breed formation
Part of PLOS ONE, 2020
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Part of Stem Cells and Development, p. 1497-1509, 2020
Novel Y-Chromosome Long Non-Coding RNAs Expressed in Human Male CNS During Early Development
Part of Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
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QKI6B mRNA levels are upregulated in schizophrenia and predict GFAP expression
Part of Brain Research, p. 63-68, 2017
Part of Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, p. 209-219, 2016
- DOI for Gene Expression of Quaking in Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease Patients is Both Upregulated and Related to Expression Levels of Genes Involved in Amyloid Plaque and Neurofibrillary Tangle Formation
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Part of Biology of Sex Differences, 2016
- DOI for Spatial sexual dimorphism of X and Y homolog gene expression in the human central nervous system during early male development
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Characterization and Expression of the Zebrafish qki Paralogs
Part of PLOS ONE, 2016
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Conditional targeting of medium spiny neurons in the striatal matrix
Part of Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2015
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2015
- DOI for Microarray Analysis of Copy Number Variants on the Human Y Chromosome Reveals Novel and Frequent Duplications Overrepresented in Specific Haplogroups
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RNA-binding protein QKI regulates Glial fibrillary acidic protein expression in human astrocytes
Part of Human Molecular Genetics, p. 1373-1382, 2013
Part of BMC Genomics, p. 607, 2012
- DOI for Abundance of female-biased and paucity of male-biased somatically expressed genes on the mouse X-chromosome
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Age-Related Changes in Gene Expression are Accelerated in Alzheimer's Disease
Part of Synapse, p. 971-974, 2011
Female-biased expression of long non-coding RNAs in domains that escape X-inactivation in mouse
Part of BMC Genomics, p. 614, 2010
QKI-7 regulates expression of interferon-related genes in human astrocyte glioma cells
Part of PloS one, 2010
Haloperidol changes mRNA expression of a QKI splice variant in human astrocytoma cells.
Part of BMC pharmacology, p. 6, 2009
Part of Molecular Psychiatry, p. 987, 2009
Prenatal sex differences in the human brain
Part of Molecular Psychiatry, p. 988-989, 2009
An evolutionarily conserved sexual signature in the primate brain
Part of PLoS Genetics, 2008
Part of American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics, p. 1238-44, 2008
Reduced expression of TAC1, PENK and SOCS2 in Hcrtr-2 mutated narcoleptic dog brain
Part of BMC Neuroscience, p. 34, 2007
Inflammation-related genes up-regulated in schizophrenia brains
Part of BMC Psychiatry, p. 46, 2007
Selection for tameness modulates the expression of heme related genes in silver foxes
Part of Behavioral and Brain Functions, p. 18, 2007
A possible link between dopamine action and myelin dysfunction in schizophrenia
Part of Schizophrenia Research, p. 271-272, 2007
Part of Biostatistics, p. 130-144, 2006
The genetic contribution to canine personality.
Part of Genes, Brain and Behavior, p. 240-8, 2006
Part of Neurobiology of Disease, p. 618-625, 2006
Part of Synapse, p. 173-176, 2006
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 7482-7487, 2006
Part of American Journal of Medical Genetics, p. 84-89, 2005
Human QKI, a New Candidate Gene for Schizophrenia Involved in Myelination
Part of American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics, p. 84-90, 2005
Selection for tameness has changed brain gene expression in silver foxes
Part of Current Biology, 2005
Genome-wide prediction of human VNTRs
Part of Genomics, p. 24-35, 2005
Reconstruction of Ancestral Haplotypes in a 12-Generation Schizophrenia Pedigree
Part of Psychiatric Genetics, p. 1-8, 2004
From wild wolf to domestic dog: gene expression changes in the brain
Part of Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research, p. 198-206, 2004
Amyloid precursor protein mRNA levels in Alzheimer's disease brain
Part of Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research, p. 1-9, 2004
An optimistic view for quantifying mRNA in post-mortem human brain
Part of Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research, p. 7-16, 2003
Beta-secretase (BACE) and GSK-3 mRNA levels in Alzheimer's disease
Part of Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research, p. 155-158, 2003
Genome scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part II: Schizophrenia
Part of American Journal of Human Genetics, p. 34-48, 2003
Part of Neuroscience Letters, p. 56-60, 2002
Part of Journal of Neuroscience Research, p. 225-34, 2002
Part of American Journal of Medical Genetics, p. 177-85, 2002
Investigation of the functional effect of monoamine oxidase polymorphisms in human brain
Part of Human Genetics, p. 1-7, 2002
A schizophrenia-susceptibility locus at 6q25, in one of the world's largest reported pedigrees
Part of American Journal of Human Genetics, p. 96-105, 2001
Lack of association between GABRA3 and unipolar affective disorder: a multicentre study.
Part of Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, p. 273-8, 2001
Part of J Mol Evol, p. 157-63, 2001
Part of Hereditas, p. 65-70, 2001
High-resolution quantification of specific mRNA levels in human brain autopsies and biopsies
Part of Genome Research, p. 1219-29, 2000
MtDNA substitution rate and segregation of heteroplasmy in coding andnoncoding regions
Part of Human Genetics, p. 45-50, 2000
Alpha-tectorin involvement in hearing disabilities: One gene-two phenotypes
Part of Human Genetics, p. 211-216, 1999
Part of American Journal of Medical Genetics, p. 24-8, 1998
A meta analysis of association between the 5-HT2a receptor T102C polymorphism and schizophrenia
Part of Lancet, p. 1221, 1997
Trypanosoma cruzi exoantigen is a member of a 160 kDa gene family
Part of Parasitology, p. 61-69, 1995
Articles, review/survey
Sex differences in molecular neuroscience: from fruit flies to humans
Part of Nature Reviews Neuroscience, p. 9-17, 2010