Featured Publications
Epidemiologic and Genetic Associations of Endometriosis With Depression, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders
Koller D, Pathak G, Wendt F, Tylee D, Levey D, Overstreet C, Gelernter J, Taylor H, Polimanti R. Epidemiologic and Genetic Associations of Endometriosis With Depression, Anxiety, and Eating Disorders. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2251214. PMID: 36652249, PMCID: PMC9856929, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.51214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric comorbidityMAIN OUTCOMEMental healthIrritable bowel syndromeBody mass indexAssociation of endometriosisOdds of depressionSevere physical symptomsPain-related phenotypesWomen's mental healthMultivariate regression analysisOdds of endometriosisBowel syndromeGenetic associationMass indexGynecologic pathologyMillion Veteran ProgramEndometriosisPsychiatric disordersWomen's healthFemale controlsPleiotropic mechanismsPhysical symptomsComorbiditiesFinnGen study
2023
Polysubstance addiction patterns among 7,989 individuals with cocaine use disorder
Stiltner B, Pietrzak R, Tylee D, Nunez Y, Adhikari K, Kranzler H, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Polysubstance addiction patterns among 7,989 individuals with cocaine use disorder. IScience 2023, 26: 107336. PMID: 37554454, PMCID: PMC10405253, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCocaine use disorderUse disordersAddiction patternsMixed bipolar episodesLatent class analysisDSM-5 diagnosisPosttraumatic stress disorderAntisocial personality disorderPsA severityMedication useHigher PSAPSA subgroupsHigher oddsBipolar episodesStress disorderPersonality disorderDisordersSubgroupsAgeSexClass analysisParticipantsComorbiditiesDiseaseDiagnosis
2020
Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Risk Loci Associated With Asthma and Lung Function
Karaca M, Atceken N, Karaca Ş, Civelek E, Şekerel BE, Polimanti R. Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Risk Loci Associated With Asthma and Lung Function. Allergy Asthma And Immunology Research 2020, 12: 806-820. PMID: 32638561, PMCID: PMC7347000, DOI: 10.4168/aair.2020.12.5.806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLung functionRespiratory diseaseFat massPulmonary function testsPhenome-wide association studyAllergic respiratory diseasesBody fat massPrevious genome-wide association studyGenome-wide association studiesAsthma comorbidityAdult asthmaAsthma pathogenesisFunction testsPediatric cohortBlood levelsImmune cellsAllergic reactionsMultifactorial etiologyAsthmaAssociation studiesIndividual susceptibilityRisk allelesDiseaseDiscovery Genome-Wide Association StudiesComorbidities
2017
Schizophrenia and substance use comorbidity: a genome-wide perspective
Polimanti R, Agrawal A, Gelernter J. Schizophrenia and substance use comorbidity: a genome-wide perspective. Genome Medicine 2017, 9: 25. PMID: 28327175, PMCID: PMC5359801, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0423-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersPublic health messagesPremature mortalityPsychiatric disordersUse disordersDual diagnosisHealth messagesRecent genetic investigationsDiagnosisSchizophreniaDisordersGenetic investigationsWide association studyAssociation studiesComorbiditiesMortalityGenome-wide perspective
2016
Allergy-specific Phenome-Wide Association Study for Immunogenes in Turkish Children
Karaca S, Civelek E, Karaca M, Sahiner UM, Ozgul RK, Kocabas CN, Polimanti R, Sekerel BE. Allergy-specific Phenome-Wide Association Study for Immunogenes in Turkish Children. Scientific Reports 2016, 6: 33152. PMID: 27624002, PMCID: PMC5021980, DOI: 10.1038/srep33152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypertonic saline challenge testTurkish childrenAllergic airway inflammationPhenome-wide association studySkin prick testRole of immunogeneticsCross-sectional studyDifferent immune functionsAllergic bronchitisCD14 rs2569190Airway inflammationAtopic marchPrick testAsthma diagnosisLung functionBlood testsIL4 rs2243250Immune functionChallenge testAssociation studiesADAM33ComorbiditiesChildrenAssociationAsthma