2023
Genome-wide analyses reveal shared genetic architecture and novel risk loci between opioid use disorder and general cognitive ability
Holen B, Kutrolli G, Shadrin A, Icick R, Hindley G, Rødevand L, O'Connell K, Frei O, Parker N, Tesfaye M, Deak J, Jahołkowski P, Dale A, Djurovic S, Andreassen O, Smeland O. Genome-wide analyses reveal shared genetic architecture and novel risk loci between opioid use disorder and general cognitive ability. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2023, 256: 111058. PMID: 38244365, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenetic basisBivariate causal mixture modelRisk lociGenome-wide analysisNovel risk lociNegative genetic correlationSpecific genetic lociUnderlying molecular mechanismsGenetic risk architectureSpecific genetic variantsGenetic architectureGenetic lociBiological functionsMolecular mechanismsGenetic relationshipsLociGenetic correlationsGenetic variantsGenetic overlapRisk architectureConjunctional FDRNew insightsRecent studiesBiological substratesGenesMulti-ancestry genome-wide association study of cannabis use disorder yields insight into disease biology and public health implications
Levey D, Galimberti M, Deak J, Wendt F, Bhattacharya A, Koller D, Harrington K, Quaden R, Johnson E, Gupta P, Biradar M, Lam M, Cooke M, Rajagopal V, Empke S, Zhou H, Nunez Y, Kranzler H, Edenberg H, Agrawal A, Smoller J, Lencz T, Hougaard D, Børglum A, Demontis D, Gaziano J, Gandal M, Polimanti R, Stein M, Gelernter J. Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of cannabis use disorder yields insight into disease biology and public health implications. Nature Genetics 2023, 55: 2094-2103. PMID: 37985822, PMCID: PMC10703690, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01563-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphism-based heritabilityMulti-ancestry genome-wide association studyAssociation studiesMillion Veteran ProgramGenome-wide association studiesWide significant lociWide association studySignificant lociReference panelSmall populationDisease biologyAncestryAmerican ancestryHeritabilityVeteran ProgramNumerous medical comorbiditiesLung cancer riskRelationship analysisLociBiologyPublic health implicationsEast AsiansPublic health consequencesMedical comorbiditiesCigarette smoking79. A LARGE-SCALE GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY OF COCAINE USE DISORDER
Deak J, Zhou H, Levey D, Galimberti M, Farajzadeh L, Hougaard D, Jennings M, Davis L, Sanchez-Roige S, Demontis D, Børglum A, Kranzler H, Gaziano M, Stein M, Gelernter J. 79. A LARGE-SCALE GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY OF COCAINE USE DISORDER. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2023, 75: s99. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.08.184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesLarge genome-wide association studiesGWS lociBackground Genome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesLarge-scale genome-wide association studiesTissue expression analysisGenetic architectureGWAS analysisIndividuals of AfricanGWAS discoverySingle locusExpression analysisGenetic dataChromosome 11Silico analysisGenetic discoveriesMillion Veteran ProgramChromosome 13Biological understandingLociEuropean ancestryBiological componentsVeteran ProgramNovel findingsGenome-wide association studies and cross-population meta-analyses investigating short and long sleep duration
Austin-Zimmerman I, Levey D, Giannakopoulou O, Deak J, Galimberti M, Adhikari K, Zhou H, Denaxas S, Irizar H, Kuchenbaecker K, McQuillin A, Concato J, Buysse D, Gaziano J, Gottlieb D, Polimanti R, Stein M, Bramon E, Gelernter J. Genome-wide association studies and cross-population meta-analyses investigating short and long sleep duration. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 6059. PMID: 37770476, PMCID: PMC10539313, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41249-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociation studiesGenome-wide association studiesGenetic correlationsWide association studyLinkage disequilibrium scorePositive genetic correlationSleep traitsIndependent lociMillion Veteran ProgramTraitsAncestryUK BiobankVeteran ProgramMendelian randomisationLociHeritabilitySNPsPhenotypeEast AsiansSimilar patternCardiometabolic phenotypesIdentifying genetic loci and phenomic associations of substance use traits: A multi‐trait analysis of GWAS (MTAG) study
Xu H, Toikumo S, Crist R, Glogowska K, Jinwala Z, Deak J, Justice A, Gelernter J, Johnson E, Kranzler H, Kember R. Identifying genetic loci and phenomic associations of substance use traits: A multi‐trait analysis of GWAS (MTAG) study. Addiction 2023, 118: 1942-1952. PMID: 37156939, PMCID: PMC10754226, DOI: 10.1111/add.16229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesSignificant single nucleotide polymorphismsSubstance use traitsMulti-trait analysisAssociation studiesGenetic architectureUse traitsGenome-wide significant single nucleotide polymorphismsProtein-protein interaction analysisTrait genetic architectureNumber of lociPolygenic risk scoresEuropean ancestry individualsNovel lociSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenetic lociGWAS studiesLociMultiple related phenotypesNucleotide polymorphismsRelated phenotypesTraitsNovel associationsMTAgBiobank samplesMultivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders
Hatoum A, Colbert S, Johnson E, Huggett S, Deak J, Pathak G, Jennings M, Paul S, Karcher N, Hansen I, Baranger D, Edwards A, Grotzinger A, Tucker-Drob E, Kranzler H, Davis L, Sanchez-Roige S, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Edenberg H, Bogdan R, Agrawal A. Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders. Nature Mental Health 2023, 1: 210-223. PMID: 37250466, PMCID: PMC10217792, DOI: 10.1038/s44220-023-00034-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide associationGenetic risk lociIndependent single nucleotide polymorphismsProblematic tobacco useSingle nucleotide polymorphismsRisk lociHigh polygenicityLociReceptor geneAddiction risk factorsPolygenic risk scoresEuropean descentPolygenicityGenesSummary statisticsSubstance use disordersSomatic conditionsAncestryRegulationConfersUse disordersPolymorphismGenetic liabilityDopamine regulationPDE4B
2022
Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent genome-wide significant risk loci
Deak JD, Zhou H, Galimberti M, Levey DF, Wendt FR, Sanchez-Roige S, Hatoum AS, Johnson EC, Nunez YZ, Demontis D, Børglum AD, Rajagopal VM, Jennings MV, Kember RL, Justice AC, Edenberg HJ, Agrawal A, Polimanti R, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J. Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent genome-wide significant risk loci. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 3970-3979. PMID: 35879402, PMCID: PMC9718667, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01709-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide significant risk lociAssociation studiesVariant associationsLarge-scale genome-wide association studiesGenetic correlationsSignificant risk lociPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumMulti-trait analysisPolygenic risk score analysisSingle-variant associationsGWS lociGenetic architectureIndividuals of EuropeanGWS associationsRisk lociGene regionGenomics ConsortiumMillion Veteran ProgramSusceptibility lociAfrican ancestryLociRisk score analysisGenetic informativenessSNPs oneUsing 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