A putative causal relationship between genetically determined female body shape and posttraumatic stress disorder
Polimanti R, Amstadter AB, Stein MB, Almli LM, Baker DG, Bierut LJ, Bradley B, Farrer LA, Johnson EO, King A, Kranzler HR, Maihofer AX, Rice JP, Roberts AL, Saccone NL, Zhao H, Liberzon I, Ressler KJ, Nievergelt CM, Koenen KC, Gelernter J, for The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Workgroup. A putative causal relationship between genetically determined female body shape and posttraumatic stress disorder. Genome Medicine 2017, 9: 99. PMID: 29178946, PMCID: PMC5702961, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0491-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesLarge genome-wide association studiesPutative causal relationshipAnthropometric traitsBody shapeEvolutionary mechanismsTop associationsAssociation studiesReproductive behaviorGenetic correlationsPleiotropic effectsGenetic overlapFemale body shapePolygenic score approachTraitsMendelian randomization analysisSummary statisticsRandomization analysisHuman sexual behaviorMechanismWidespread signatures of positive selection in common risk alleles associated to autism spectrum disorder
Polimanti R, Gelernter J. Widespread signatures of positive selection in common risk alleles associated to autism spectrum disorder. PLOS Genetics 2017, 13: e1006618. PMID: 28187187, PMCID: PMC5328401, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAutism Spectrum DisorderBipolar DisorderBrainComputational BiologyDepressive Disorder, MajorGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsHumansPituitary GlandPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsSchizophreniaTranscriptomeConceptsPositive selectionGene Ontology enrichmentGene expression enrichmentPrevious genetic studiesGWAS summary statisticsNervous system developmentCommon risk allelesPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumSystems geneticsOntology enrichmentRisk allelesSynapse organizationWidespread signaturesEvolutionary processesGenetic studiesGenomics ConsortiumGWASHuman evolutionAllelesIncomplete selectionEffect directionMinor alleleComplete selectionEnrichmentSummary statistics