2024
Multi-ancestry meta-analysis of tobacco use disorder identifies 461 potential risk genes and reveals associations with multiple health outcomes
Toikumo S, Jennings M, Pham B, Lee H, Mallard T, Bianchi S, Meredith J, Vilar-Ribó L, Xu H, Hatoum A, Johnson E, Pazdernik V, Jinwala Z, Pakala S, Leger B, Niarchou M, Ehinmowo M, Jenkins G, Batzler A, Pendegraft R, Palmer A, Zhou H, Biernacka J, Coombes B, Gelernter J, Xu K, Hancock D, Cox N, Smoller J, Davis L, Justice A, Kranzler H, Kember R, Sanchez-Roige S. Multi-ancestry meta-analysis of tobacco use disorder identifies 461 potential risk genes and reveals associations with multiple health outcomes. Nature Human Behaviour 2024, 8: 1177-1193. PMID: 38632388, PMCID: PMC11199106, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01851-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTobacco use disorderPotential risk genesMulti-ancestry meta-analysisMultiple health outcomesElectronic health recordsSource of phenotypic informationGenome-wide association studiesUse disorderAscertainment cohortHealth outcomesHealth recordsPrevalent substance use disordersRisk genesIndependent risk lociUK BiobankSubstance use disordersSmoking behaviorMedical outcomesFunctional genomics toolsPsychiatric traitsAssociation studiesRisk lociRisk variantsHeart diseaseGenomic toolsA phenome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation study of alcohol use variants in a diverse cohort comprising over 3 million individuals
Jennings M, Martínez-Magaña J, Courchesne-Krak N, Cupertino R, Vilar-Ribó L, Bianchi S, Hatoum A, Atkinson E, Giusti-Rodriguez P, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Gelernter J, Artigas M, 23andMe I, Aslibekyan S, Auton A, Babalola E, Bell R, Bielenberg J, Bryc K, Bullis E, Coker D, Partida G, Dhamija D, Das S, Elson S, Eriksson N, Filshtein T, Fitch A, Fletez-Brant K, Fontanillas P, Freyman W, Granka J, Heilbron K, Hernandez A, Hicks B, Hinds D, Jewett E, Jiang Y, Kukar K, Kwong A, Lin K, Llamas B, Lowe M, McCreight J, McIntyre M, Micheletti S, Moreno M, Nandakumar P, Nguyen D, Noblin E, O'Connell J, Petrakovitz A, Poznik G, Reynoso A, Schumacher M, Shastri A, Shelton J, Shi J, Shringarpure S, Su Q, Tat S, Tchakouté C, Tran V, Tung J, Wang X, Wang W, Weldon C, Wilton P, Wong C, Elson S, Edenberg H, Fontanillas P, Palmer A, Sanchez-Roige S. A phenome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation study of alcohol use variants in a diverse cohort comprising over 3 million individuals. EBioMedicine 2024, 103: 105086. PMID: 38580523, PMCID: PMC11121167, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple domains of healthDomains of healthEffects of alcohol consumptionAlcohol consumptionHealth outcomesPhenome-wide association studyAlcohol-related behaviorsCardio-metabolic healthPotential causal effectMendelian randomisation studiesGenome-wide association studiesPhenome-wide associationMR analysisPheWAS associationsMultiple domainsHypothesis-free approachPreventive medicineDiverse cohortPheWASAssociation studiesHealthReproductive healthAlcohol behaviorConsequences of drinkingEuropean cohort
2009
Adverse childhood events as risk factors for substance dependence: Partial mediation by mood and anxiety disorders
Douglas KR, Chan G, Gelernter J, Arias AJ, Anton RF, Weiss RD, Brady K, Poling J, Farrer L, Kranzler HR. Adverse childhood events as risk factors for substance dependence: Partial mediation by mood and anxiety disorders. Addictive Behaviors 2009, 35: 7-13. PMID: 19720467, PMCID: PMC2763992, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse childhood eventsSD riskSubstance dependenceAnxiety disordersRisk factorsNegative health outcomesSemi-Structured AssessmentChildhood eventsOpioid dependenceSD diagnosisLifetime moodEffective treatmentLifetime diagnosisFirst onsetHealth outcomesDrug dependenceEarly life experiencesDisordersChildhood abuseRiskMoodDiagnosisAlcoholismCocaine