2016
Replicated Risk Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor Genes for Nicotine Dependence
Zuo L, Garcia-Milian R, Guo X, Zhong C, Tan Y, Wang Z, Wang J, Wang X, Kang L, Lu L, Chen X, Li CR, Luo X. Replicated Risk Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor Genes for Nicotine Dependence. Genes 2016, 7: 95. PMID: 27827986, PMCID: PMC5126781, DOI: 10.3390/genes7110095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNicotinic cholinergic receptor genesRisk genesRisk variantsCholinergic receptor genesReceptor geneMouse brainGenomic regionsEQTL analysisBioinformatics analysisProtein structureNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsGenesMouse brain samplesGenetic variantsAcetylcholine receptorsIndependent humanExpressionPotential functionVariantsImportant roleSplicingTranscriptionBrain samplesCHRNA5-A3RNAAssociations of rare nicotinic cholinergic receptor gene variants to nicotine and alcohol dependence
Zuo L, Tan Y, Li C, Wang Z, Wang K, Zhang X, Lin X, Chen X, Zhong C, Wang X, Wang J, Lu L, Luo X. Associations of rare nicotinic cholinergic receptor gene variants to nicotine and alcohol dependence. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2016, 171: 1057-1071. PMID: 27473937, PMCID: PMC5587505, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlcoholismAnimalsBlack or African AmericanCase-Control StudiesDatabases, Nucleic AcidFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleMiceNicotinePolymorphism, Single NucleotideReceptors, NicotinicTobacco Use DisorderWhite PeopleConceptsCHRN genesGenomic regionsNicotine dependenceAD risk genesAlcohol dependenceRare variantsNicotinic cholinergic receptor genesRewarding effectsDistinct subunitsMouse brainGenesMicroarray platformRisk genesNicotine's rewarding effectsCholinergic receptor genesReceptor geneSpecific brain areasDifferent neuropsychiatric disordersIndependent cohortDiscrete regionsWhole mouse brainBrain areasNeuropsychiatric disordersMRNA expressionBrain
2015
A New Genomewide Association Meta‐Analysis of Alcohol Dependence
Zuo L, Tan Y, Zhang X, Wang X, Krystal J, Tabakoff B, Zhong C, Luo X. A New Genomewide Association Meta‐Analysis of Alcohol Dependence. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2015, 39: 1388-1395. PMID: 26173551, PMCID: PMC5587504, DOI: 10.1111/acer.12786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAfrican American cohortAmerican cohortAlcohol dependenceSingle nucleotide polymorphismsAustralian cohortRisk genesEuropean American cohortRisk single nucleotide polymorphismsRat brainIndependent cohortMeta-AnalysisCohortMouse brainRisk variantsP-valueRNA expression analysisGenomewide association studiesBrainHuman tissuesNucleotide polymorphismsAssociation studiesGenomewide association analysis
2014
Genome‐wide association discoveries of alcohol dependence
Zuo L, Lu L, Tan Y, Pan X, Cai Y, Wang X, Hong J, Zhong C, Wang F, Zhang X, Vanderlinden LA, Tabakoff B, Luo X. Genome‐wide association discoveries of alcohol dependence. American Journal On Addictions 2014, 23: 526-539. PMID: 25278008, PMCID: PMC4187224, DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2014.12147.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide levelPotential biological functionsGWAS samplesADH clusterGenome-wide association discoveryRisk variantsBiological functionsAlcohol dehydrogenase clusterWide significant associationsRobust risk locusCis-eQTLsRisk lociNrd1Association studiesKIAA0040PKNOX2RNA expressionImportant roleHTR7Replicable associationsIndividual samplesSERINC2Mouse brainVariants