2022
What next for eating disorder genetics? Replacing myths with facts to sharpen our understanding
Huckins LM, Signer R, Johnson J, Wu YK, Mitchell KS, Bulik CM. What next for eating disorder genetics? Replacing myths with facts to sharpen our understanding. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 3929-3938. PMID: 35595976, PMCID: PMC9718676, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01601-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMapping anorexia nervosa genes to clinical phenotypes
Johnson J, Cote A, Dobbyn A, Sloofman L, Xu J, Cotter L, Charney A, Consortium E, Birgegård A, Jordan J, Kennedy M, Landén M, Maguire S, Martin N, Mortensen P, Thornton L, Bulik C, Huckins L. Mapping anorexia nervosa genes to clinical phenotypes. Psychological Medicine 2022, 53: 2619-2633. PMID: 35379376, PMCID: PMC10123844, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291721004554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexGenome-wide association studiesTranscriptome imputationElectronic health record phenotypingAssociation studiesPhenome-wide association studyS-PrediXcan analysisMeasurement of cholesterolTraditional genome-wide association studiesGenes associated with ANAssociation of genetic variantsSubstance useGenetically regulated gene expressionImpact of body mass indexConsequences of aberrant expressionBiobank cohortBiobank populationAssociated with measuresAssociation of ANGWAS findingsSecondary analysisS-PrediXcanDisease riskMass indexSignificant genes
2019
Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa
Watson H, Yilmaz Z, Thornton L, Hübel C, Coleman J, Gaspar H, Bryois J, Hinney A, Leppä V, Mattheisen M, Medland S, Ripke S, Yao S, Giusti-Rodríguez P, Hanscombe K, Purves K, Adan R, Alfredsson L, Ando T, Andreassen O, Baker J, Berrettini W, Boehm I, Boni C, Perica V, Buehren K, Burghardt R, Cassina M, Cichon S, Clementi M, Cone R, Courtet P, Crow S, Crowley J, Danner U, Davis O, de Zwaan M, Dedoussis G, Degortes D, DeSocio J, Dick D, Dikeos D, Dina C, Dmitrzak-Weglarz M, Docampo E, Duncan L, Egberts K, Ehrlich S, Escaramís G, Esko T, Estivill X, Farmer A, Favaro A, Fernández-Aranda F, Fichter M, Fischer K, Föcker M, Foretova L, Forstner A, Forzan M, Franklin C, Gallinger S, Giegling I, Giuranna J, Gonidakis F, Gorwood P, Mayora M, Guillaume S, Guo Y, Hakonarson H, Hatzikotoulas K, Hauser J, Hebebrand J, Helder S, Herms S, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Herzog W, Huckins L, Hudson J, Imgart H, Inoko H, Janout V, Jiménez-Murcia S, Julià A, Kalsi G, Kaminská D, Kaprio J, Karhunen L, Karwautz A, Kas M, Kennedy J, Keski-Rahkonen A, Kiezebrink K, Kim Y, Klareskog L, Klump K, Knudsen G, La Via M, Le Hellard S, Levitan R, Li D, Lilenfeld L, Lin B, Lissowska J, Luykx J, Magistretti P, Maj M, Mannik K, Marsal S, Marshall C, Mattingsdal M, McDevitt S, McGuffin P, Metspalu A, Meulenbelt I, Micali N, Mitchell K, Monteleone A, Monteleone P, Munn-Chernoff M, Nacmias B, Navratilova M, Ntalla I, O’Toole J, Ophoff R, Padyukov L, Palotie A, Pantel J, Papezova H, Pinto D, Rabionet R, Raevuori A, Ramoz N, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Ricca V, Ripatti S, Ritschel F, Roberts M, Rotondo A, Rujescu D, Rybakowski F, Santonastaso P, Scherag A, Scherer S, Schmidt U, Schork N, Schosser A, Seitz J, Slachtova L, Slagboom P, Slof-Op ‘t Landt M, Slopien A, Sorbi S, Świątkowska B, Szatkiewicz J, Tachmazidou I, Tenconi E, Tortorella A, Tozzi F, Treasure J, Tsitsika A, Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor M, Tziouvas K, van Elburg A, van Furth E, Wagner G, Walton E, Widen E, Zeggini E, Zerwas S, Zipfel S, Bergen A, Boden J, Brandt H, Crawford S, Halmi K, Horwood L, Johnson C, Kaplan A, Kaye W, Mitchell J, Olsen C, Pearson J, Pedersen N, Strober M, Werge T, Whiteman D, Woodside D, Stuber G, Gordon S, Grove J, Henders A, Juréus A, Kirk K, Larsen J, Parker R, Petersen L, Jordan J, Kennedy M, Montgomery G, Wade T, Birgegård A, Lichtenstein P, Norring C, Landén M, Martin N, Mortensen P, Sullivan P, Breen G, Bulik C. Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa. Nature Genetics 2019, 51: 1207-1214. PMID: 31308545, PMCID: PMC6779477, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0439-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesTwin-based heritability estimatesEating Disorders Working GroupPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumAnorexia nervosaBody-mass indexSignificant lociGenetic architectureRisk lociGenetics InitiativeGenomics ConsortiumLow body-mass indexMetabo-psychiatric disorderGenetic correlationsMetabolic componentsLociCases of anorexia nervosaPhysical activityAnthropometric traitsPsychiatric disordersHeritability estimatesAnorexia Nervosa Genetics InitiativeNervosaImprove outcomes
2017
Investigation of common, low-frequency and rare genome-wide variation in anorexia nervosa
Huckins L, Hatzikotoulas K, Southam L, Thornton L, Steinberg J, Aguilera-McKay F, Treasure J, Schmidt U, Gunasinghe C, Romero A, Curtis C, Rhodes D, Moens J, Kalsi G, Dempster D, Leung R, Keohane A, Burghardt R, Ehrlich S, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, Ludolph A, Walton E, Deloukas P, Hofman A, Palotie A, Palta P, van Rooij F, Stirrups K, Adan R, Boni C, Cone R, Dedoussis G, van Furth E, Gonidakis F, Gorwood P, Hudson J, Kaprio J, Kas M, Keski-Rahonen A, Kiezebrink K, Knudsen G, Slof-Op 't Landt M, Maj M, Monteleone A, Monteleone P, Raevuori A, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Tozzi F, Tsitsika A, van Elburg A, Collier D, Sullivan P, Breen G, Bulik C, Zeggini E. Investigation of common, low-frequency and rare genome-wide variation in anorexia nervosa. Molecular Psychiatry 2017, 23: 1169-1180. PMID: 29155802, PMCID: PMC5828108, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.88.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide significanceGenomic search spaceGenome-wide variationLow-frequency variantsDetect low-frequency variantsPopulations of European originDe novo replicationIntergenic variantVariant associationsExome-chipAssociation studiesIntronic variantsRare variantsIn silicoEuropean originVariantsEffect sizeLociOPCMLWell-poweredSilicoReplicationNeuropsychiatric disorders
2014
Using ancestry-informative markers to identify fine structure across 15 populations of European origin
Huckins L, Boraska V, Franklin C, Floyd J, Southam L, Sullivan P, Bulik C, Collier D, Tyler-Smith C, Zeggini E, Tachmazidou I. Using ancestry-informative markers to identify fine structure across 15 populations of European origin. European Journal Of Human Genetics 2014, 22: 1190-1200. PMID: 24549058, PMCID: PMC4169539, DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinor allele frequencyPopulations of European originGenome-wide association scanAncestry-informative markersEuropean-descent populationsAxes of variationEuropean originGenetic structureAssociation scansPopulation structurePopulation stratificationK chipAllele frequenciesAssociation resultsSNPsInformative axesIlluminaMarkersPopulationVariantsPrincipal component analysisConsortiaComparative methodOriginWellcomeA genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa
Boraska V, Franklin C, Floyd J, Thornton L, Huckins L, Southam L, Rayner N, Tachmazidou I, Klump K, Treasure J, Lewis C, Schmidt U, Tozzi F, Kiezebrink K, Hebebrand J, Gorwood P, Adan R, Kas M, Favaro A, Santonastaso P, Fernández-Aranda F, Gratacos M, Rybakowski F, Dmitrzak-Weglarz M, Kaprio J, Keski-Rahkonen A, Raevuori A, Van Furth E, Slof-Op 't Landt M, Hudson J, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Knudsen G, Monteleone P, Kaplan A, Karwautz A, Hakonarson H, Berrettini W, Guo Y, Li D, Schork N, Komaki G, Ando T, Inoko H, Esko T, Fischer K, Männik K, Metspalu A, Baker J, Cone R, Dackor J, DeSocio J, Hilliard C, O'Toole J, Pantel J, Szatkiewicz J, Taico C, Zerwas S, Trace S, Davis O, Helder S, Bühren K, Burghardt R, de Zwaan M, Egberts K, Ehrlich S, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Herzog W, Imgart H, Scherag A, Scherag S, Zipfel S, Boni C, Ramoz N, Versini A, Brandys M, Danner U, de Kovel C, Hendriks J, Koeleman B, Ophoff R, Strengman E, van Elburg A, Bruson A, Clementi M, Degortes D, Forzan M, Tenconi E, Docampo E, Escaramís G, Jiménez-Murcia S, Lissowska J, Rajewski A, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Slopien A, Hauser J, Karhunen L, Meulenbelt I, Slagboom P, Tortorella A, Maj M, Dedoussis G, Dikeos D, Gonidakis F, Tziouvas K, Tsitsika A, Papezova H, Slachtova L, Martaskova D, Kennedy J, Levitan R, Yilmaz Z, Huemer J, Koubek D, Merl E, Wagner G, Lichtenstein P, Breen G, Cohen-Woods S, Farmer A, McGuffin P, Cichon S, Giegling I, Herms S, Rujescu D, Schreiber S, Wichmann H, Dina C, Sladek R, Gambaro G, Soranzo N, Julia A, Marsal S, Rabionet R, Gaborieau V, Dick D, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Widén E, Andreassen O, Espeseth T, Lundervold A, Reinvang I, Steen V, Le Hellard S, Mattingsdal M, Ntalla I, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Navratilova M, Gallinger S, Pinto D, Scherer S, Aschauer H, Carlberg L, Schosser A, Alfredsson L, Ding B, Klareskog L, Padyukov L, Courtet P, Guillaume S, Jaussent I, Finan C, Kalsi G, Roberts M, Logan D, Peltonen L, Ritchie G, Barrett J, Estivill X, Hinney A, Sullivan P, Collier D, Zeggini E, Bulik C. A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa. Molecular Psychiatry 2014, 19: 1085-1094. PMID: 24514567, PMCID: PMC4325090, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesGenome-wide significanceReplicate data setsCase-control sampleReplicated genotypesGlobal meta-analysisIntronic variantsGenetics ConsortiumGene studiesEuropean ancestryDe novoIn silicoAN casesAnorexia nervosaReplicationMeta-analyzedMeta-analysisSPATA13Discovery dataFAM124BReplicate resultsLower body weightCul3Discovery