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Multi-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 smoking
2024
EXPLORING THE IMMUNOGENETIC BASIS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Braun A, Maihofer A, Katrinli S, Panagiotaropoulou G, Levey D, Ripke S, Gelernter J, Nievergelt C, Group P. EXPLORING THE IMMUNOGENETIC BASIS OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 87: 4-5. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesAssociation analysisPost-traumatic stress disorderMajor histocompatibility complexHuman leukocyte antigen imputationComplex linkage disequilibrium structureGenomes reference panelLinkage disequilibrium structureMajor histocompatibility complex class III regionRisk-conferring allelesClass III regionPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumHuman leukocyte antigen allelesMillion Veteran ProgramDisequilibrium structureLatin American ancestryRisk lociRisk-conferring variantsCross-ancestryAssociation studiesPopulation stratificationReference panelGenetic variantsSusceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorderAmerican ancestryGenome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder
Nievergelt C, Maihofer A, Atkinson E, Chen C, Choi K, Coleman J, Daskalakis N, Duncan L, Polimanti R, Aaronson C, Amstadter A, Andersen S, Andreassen O, Arbisi P, Ashley-Koch A, Austin S, Avdibegoviç E, Babić D, Bacanu S, Baker D, Batzler A, Beckham J, Belangero S, Benjet C, Bergner C, Bierer L, Biernacka J, Bierut L, Bisson J, Boks M, Bolger E, Brandolino A, Breen G, Bressan R, Bryant R, Bustamante A, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Bækvad-Hansen M, Børglum A, Børte S, Cahn L, Calabrese J, Caldas-de-Almeida J, Chatzinakos C, Cheema S, Clouston S, Colodro-Conde L, Coombes B, Cruz-Fuentes C, Dale A, Dalvie S, Davis L, Deckert J, Delahanty D, Dennis M, Desarnaud F, DiPietro C, Disner S, Docherty A, Domschke K, Dyb G, Kulenović A, Edenberg H, Evans A, Fabbri C, Fani N, Farrer L, Feder A, Feeny N, Flory J, Forbes D, Franz C, Galea S, Garrett M, Gelaye B, Gelernter J, Geuze E, Gillespie C, Goleva S, Gordon S, Goçi A, Grasser L, Guindalini C, Haas M, Hagenaars S, Hauser M, Heath A, Hemmings S, Hesselbrock V, Hickie I, Hogan K, Hougaard D, Huang H, Huckins L, Hveem K, Jakovljević M, Javanbakht A, Jenkins G, Johnson J, Jones I, Jovanovic T, Karstoft K, Kaufman M, Kennedy J, Kessler R, Khan A, Kimbrel N, King A, Koen N, Kotov R, Kranzler H, Krebs K, Kremen W, Kuan P, Lawford B, Lebois L, Lehto K, Levey D, Lewis C, Liberzon I, Linnstaedt S, Logue M, Lori A, Lu Y, Luft B, Lupton M, Luykx J, Makotkine I, Maples-Keller J, Marchese S, Marmar C, Martin N, Martínez-Levy G, McAloney K, McFarlane A, McLaughlin K, McLean S, Medland S, Mehta D, Meyers J, Michopoulos V, Mikita E, Milani L, Milberg W, Miller M, Morey R, Morris C, Mors O, Mortensen P, Mufford M, Nelson E, Nordentoft M, Norman S, Nugent N, O’Donnell M, Orcutt H, Pan P, Panizzon M, Pathak G, Peters E, Peterson A, Peverill M, Pietrzak R, Polusny M, Porjesz B, Powers A, Qin X, Ratanatharathorn A, Risbrough V, Roberts A, Rothbaum A, Rothbaum B, Roy-Byrne P, Ruggiero K, Rung A, Runz H, Rutten B, de Viteri S, Salum G, Sampson L, Sanchez S, Santoro M, Seah C, Seedat S, Seng J, Shabalin A, Sheerin C, Silove D, Smith A, Smoller J, Sponheim S, Stein D, Stensland S, Stevens J, Sumner J, Teicher M, Thompson W, Tiwari A, Trapido E, Uddin M, Ursano R, Valdimarsdóttir U, Van Hooff M, Vermetten E, Vinkers C, Voisey J, Wang Y, Wang Z, Waszczuk M, Weber H, Wendt F, Werge T, Williams M, Williamson D, Winsvold B, Winternitz S, Wolf C, Wolf E, Xia Y, Xiong Y, Yehuda R, Young K, Young R, Zai C, Zai G, Zervas M, Zhao H, Zoellner L, Zwart J, deRoon-Cassini T, van Rooij S, van den Heuvel L, Stein M, Ressler K, Koenen K. Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder. Nature Genetics 2024, 56: 792-808. PMID: 38637617, PMCID: PMC11396662, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01707-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMeta-analysis of genome-wide association studiesGenome-wide significant lociMulti-ancestry meta-analysisGenome-wide association analysisGenome-wide association studiesIndividuals of European ancestryPotential causal genesNative American ancestryMulti-omics approachPost-traumatic stress disorderAdmixed individualsSignificant lociRisk lociCausal genesAssociation studiesAssociation analysisFunctional genesTranscription factorsGenetic studiesAmerican ancestryEuropean ancestryAxon guidanceSynaptic structureLociGenes