2024
Genetic contribution to the comorbidity between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders
Koller D, Mitjans M, Kouakou M, Friligkou E, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Deak J, Llonga N, Pathak G, Stiltner B, Løkhammer S, Levey D, Zhou H, Hatoum A, Kember R, Kranzler H, Stein M, Corominas R, Demontis D, Artigas M, Ramos-Quiroga J, Gelernter J, Ribasés M, Cormand B, Polimanti R. Genetic contribution to the comorbidity between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorders. Psychiatry Research 2024, 333: 115758. PMID: 38335780, PMCID: PMC11157987, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115758.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse disorderGenome-wide association studiesGenomic structural equation modelingCannabis use disorderAlcohol Use Disorders Identification TestAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderAlcohol use disorderProblematic alcohol useSubstance use disordersTwo-sample Mendelian randomization analysisLinkage disequilibrium score regression analysisDisorders Identification TestMendelian randomization analysisAssociated with increased oddsOdds of ADHDOpioid use disorderAttention-deficit/hyperactivityGWAS meta-analysesAlcohol dependenceStructural equation modelingNicotine dependenceInvestigate genetic correlationsADHDPolygenic riskStrength of evidence
2023
Functional and molecular characterization of suicidality factors using phenotypic and genome-wide data
Quintero Reis A, Newton B, Kessler R, Polimanti R, Wendt F. Functional and molecular characterization of suicidality factors using phenotypic and genome-wide data. Molecular Psychiatry 2023, 28: 1064-1071. PMID: 36604601, PMCID: PMC10005939, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01929-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesPolygenic scoringSummary association dataGenome-wide dataSNP effect sizesGenomic structural equation modelingGenetic study designsNew traitsAdmixed AmericansEffect size distributionBiological pathwaysAssociation studiesTranscriptomic featuresMolecular characterizationSusceptibility lociGenetic correlationsAssociation dataWide dataTraitsGenetic contributionEuropean ancestryCommon genetic factorsLociPhenotypeGenetic factors
2021
The addiction risk factor: A unitary genetic vulnerability characterizes substance use disorders and their associations with common correlates
Hatoum AS, Johnson EC, Colbert SMC, Polimanti R, Zhou H, Walters RK, Gelernter J, Edenberg HJ, Bogdan R, Agrawal A. The addiction risk factor: A unitary genetic vulnerability characterizes substance use disorders and their associations with common correlates. Neuropsychopharmacology 2021, 47: 1739-1745. PMID: 34750568, PMCID: PMC9372072, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-021-01209-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProblematic tobacco useGenome-wide association study summary statisticsGenomic structural equation modelingEuropean ancestryCommon genetic factors