Integrating human brain proteomic data with genome-wide association study findings identifies novel brain proteins in substance use traits
Toikumo S, Xu H, Gelernter J, Kember RL, Kranzler HR. Integrating human brain proteomic data with genome-wide association study findings identifies novel brain proteins in substance use traits. Neuropsychopharmacology 2022, 47: 2292-2299. PMID: 35941285, PMCID: PMC9630289, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-022-01406-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use traitsProteome-wide association studyUse traitsProtein abundanceAssociation studiesBrain protein abundanceWide association studyGenome-wide association study summary statisticsHuman brain proteomeFine-mapping analysisGenetic risk lociBrain transcriptomic dataEuropean ancestry individualsOpioid use disorderProteomic abundanceTranscriptomic levelTranscriptomic dataAlcohol use disorderProteomic dataBrain proteomeGenetic lociTranscript levelsRisk lociGene expressionSignificant genesIntegrating human brain proteomes with genome-wide association data implicates novel proteins in post-traumatic stress disorder
Wingo TS, Gerasimov ES, Liu Y, Duong DM, Vattathil SM, Lori A, Gockley J, Breen MS, Maihofer AX, Nievergelt CM, Koenen KC, Levey DF, Gelernter J, Stein MB, Ressler KJ, Bennett DA, Levey AI, Seyfried NT, Wingo AP. Integrating human brain proteomes with genome-wide association data implicates novel proteins in post-traumatic stress disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 3075-3084. PMID: 35449297, PMCID: PMC9233006, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01544-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProteome-wide association studyTranscriptome-wide association studyGenome-wide association studiesBrain protein abundanceHuman brain proteomeBrain proteomeAssociation studiesProtein abundanceGenome-wide association dataHuman brain transcriptomePost-traumatic stress disorderGWAS resultsNovel proteinBrain transcriptomeRisk lociProteomeGenesAssociation dataPrecursor cellsPTSD pathogenesisBrain mRNA levelsMRNA levelsOligodendrocyte precursor cellsPromising targetNew insights