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Reproducible Genetic Risk Loci for Anxiety: Results From ∼200,000 Participants in the Million Veteran Program
Levey DF, Gelernter J, Polimanti R, Zhou H, Cheng Z, Aslan M, Quaden R, Concato J, Radhakrishnan K, Bryois J, Sullivan PF, Stein M. Reproducible Genetic Risk Loci for Anxiety: Results From ∼200,000 Participants in the Million Veteran Program. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2020, 177: 223-232. PMID: 31906708, PMCID: PMC7869502, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19030256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNovel genome-wide significant associationsGene expressionGenome-wide significant signalsGenome-wide significant associationMillion Veteran ProgramWide association studyGenetic risk lociSignificant genetic correlationsGenetic risk mechanismsGenetic architectureGlobal regulatorChromosome 3Risk lociChromosome 6Chromosome 7Association studiesLargest GWASLarge biobanksGlobal regulationGenetic correlationsContinuous traitsVeteran ProgramGWASsLociPrevious GWASs
2023
Genome-wide association study of antisocial personality disorder diagnostic criteria provides evidence for shared risk factors across disorders
Li W, Zhou H, Thygesen J, Heydtmann M, Smith I, Degenhardt F, Nöthen M, Morgan M, Kranzler H, Gelernter J, Bass N, McQuillin A. Genome-wide association study of antisocial personality disorder diagnostic criteria provides evidence for shared risk factors across disorders. Psychiatric Genetics 2023, 33: 233-242. PMID: 37756443, PMCID: PMC10635348, DOI: 10.1097/ypg.0000000000000352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntisocial Personality DisorderAnxiety DisordersGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansRisk FactorsConceptsAntisocial personality disorderAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderSubstance use disordersPosttraumatic stress disorderGenome-wide association studiesDeficit hyperactivity disorderDisorder diagnostic criteriaRisk factorsFrontal cortexDiagnostic criteriaUse disordersRisk score analysisAnterior cingulateAlcohol-dependent participantsPsychiatric conditionsSignificant associationBrain regionsPersonality disorder diagnostic criteriaStress disorderAnxiety disordersASPD criteriaHyperactivity disorderPolygenic risk score analysisPersonality disorderScore analysis