2023
Functional and molecular characterization of suicidality factors using phenotypic and genome-wide data
Quintero Reis A, Newton B, Kessler R, Polimanti R, Wendt F. Functional and molecular characterization of suicidality factors using phenotypic and genome-wide data. Molecular Psychiatry 2023, 28: 1064-1071. PMID: 36604601, PMCID: PMC10005939, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01929-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesPolygenic scoringSummary association dataGenome-wide dataSNP effect sizesGenomic structural equation modelingGenetic study designsNew traitsAdmixed AmericansEffect size distributionBiological pathwaysAssociation studiesTranscriptomic featuresMolecular characterizationSusceptibility lociGenetic correlationsAssociation dataWide dataTraitsGenetic contributionEuropean ancestryCommon genetic factorsLociPhenotypeGenetic factors
2021
Host Genetic Liability for Severe COVID-19 Associates with Alcohol Drinking Behavior and Diabetic Outcomes in Participants of European Descent
Wendt FR, De Lillo A, Pathak GA, De Angelis F, Initiative C, Polimanti R. Host Genetic Liability for Severe COVID-19 Associates with Alcohol Drinking Behavior and Diabetic Outcomes in Participants of European Descent. Frontiers In Genetics 2021, 12: 765247. PMID: 34966408, PMCID: PMC8711039, DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.765247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk factorsPotential long-term health effectsAlcohol drinking statusLong-term health effectsCOVID-19 risk locusCOVID-19 infectionCOVID-19 outcomesAlcohol drinking behaviorCOVID-19 epidemiologyMetformin useDiabetic outcomesHematologic biomarkersLong-term consequencesDrinking statusDepressive symptomsHealth effectsSevere responseEuropean descentDrinking behaviorGenetic liabilityInfectionMolecular mechanismsOutcomesRisk lociGenetic contribution
2012
Copper Hypothesis in the Missing Hereditability of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease: ATP7B Gene as Potential Harbor of Rare Variants
Squitti R, Polimanti R. Copper Hypothesis in the Missing Hereditability of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease: ATP7B Gene as Potential Harbor of Rare Variants. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2012, 29: 493-501. PMID: 22258517, DOI: 10.3233/jad-2011-111991.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesRare variantsMultiple rare variantsRare gene variantsATP7B geneGene variantsAssociation studiesHigh heritabilityGenesPotential harbourGenetic contributionCopper imbalanceSporadic Alzheimer's diseaseGenetic risk factorsHeritabilityCopper involvementPivotal roleCopper toxicosisAllele variantsRecent studiesAlzheimer's diseaseParadigmatic diseaseVariantsWilson's diseaseHereditability