2024
Shared genetics of ADHD, cannabis use disorder and cannabis use and prediction of cannabis use disorder in ADHD
Nielsen T, Duan J, Levey D, Walters G, Johnson E, Thorgeirsson T, Werge T, Mortensen P, Stefansson H, Stefansson K, Hougaard D, Agrawal A, Gelernter J, Grove J, Børglum A, Demontis D. Shared genetics of ADHD, cannabis use disorder and cannabis use and prediction of cannabis use disorder in ADHD. Nature Mental Health 2024, 2: 1071-1083. DOI: 10.1038/s44220-024-00277-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorderCannabis use disorderCannabis useUse disorderPolygenic scoresComorbid cannabis use disorderStudies of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderCross-disorder genome-wide association studySubstance-use disordersIncreased polygenic scoresBrain developmental stagesRisk genesCross-disorderConditions co-occurringPsychiatric disordersHyperactivity disorderGenome-wide significant lociSubstance useRare deleterious variantsCannabisDisordersSignificant lociDeleterious variantsSex-specific differencesBrainGene × environment effects and mediation involving adverse childhood events, mood and anxiety disorders, and substance dependence
Kranzler H, Davis C, Feinn R, Jinwala Z, Khan Y, Oikonomou A, Silva-Lopez D, Burton I, Dixon M, Milone J, Ramirez S, Shifman N, Levey D, Gelernter J, Hartwell E, Kember R. Gene × environment effects and mediation involving adverse childhood events, mood and anxiety disorders, and substance dependence. Nature Human Behaviour 2024, 8: 1616-1627. PMID: 38834750, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01885-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse childhood eventsSubstance dependenceMood/anxiety disordersAnxiety disordersChildhood eventsIndirect associationsGenetic riskExposure to adverse childhood eventsDevelopment of moodSubstance use disordersAssociations of adverse childhood eventsUse disorderMediation modelMood/anxietyDisorder factorsPolygenic scoresIndirect pathsDisordersEuropean ancestry individualsMoodTreatment approachesAnxietySelf-medicationEuropean ancestryLatent variablesPolygenic liability for anxiety in association with comorbid anxiety in multiple sclerosis
Kowalec K, Harder A, Dolovich C, Fitzgerald K, Salter A, Lu Y, Bernstein C, Bolton J, Cutter G, Fisk J, Gelernter J, Graff L, Hägg S, Hitchon C, Levey D, Lublin F, McKay K, Patten S, Patki A, Stein M, Tiwari H, Wolinsky J, Marrie R. Polygenic liability for anxiety in association with comorbid anxiety in multiple sclerosis. Annals Of Clinical And Translational Neurology 2024, 11: 1393-1404. PMID: 38715244, PMCID: PMC11187942, DOI: 10.1002/acn3.52025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolygenic scoresEuropean genetic ancestryUK BiobankAnxious symptomsIncreased oddsGenetic ancestrySelf-reported physician-diagnosedGenetic burdenComorbid anxietyGenome-wide association studiesCase-control designUnited States cohortDirection of effectAssociated with comorbid anxietyPhysician-diagnosedAssociated with disability progressionIndex diseaseStates cohortAnxiety symptomsMeta-analysesAssociation studiesSummary statisticsCurrent symptomsPolygenic liabilityRisk prediction
2022
Using phenotype risk scores to enhance gene discovery for generalized anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder
Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Deak JD, De Angelis F, Koller D, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Lebovitch DS, Levey DF, Stein MB, Kranzler HR, Koenen KC, Gelernter J, Huckins LM, Polimanti R. Using phenotype risk scores to enhance gene discovery for generalized anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 2206-2215. PMID: 35181757, PMCID: PMC9133008, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01469-y.Peer-Reviewed Original Research