2022
Sex-specific genetic association between psychiatric disorders and cognition, behavior and brain imaging in children and adults
Gui Y, Zhou X, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Zhou G, Zhao Y, Liu M, Lu H, Zhao H. Sex-specific genetic association between psychiatric disorders and cognition, behavior and brain imaging in children and adults. Translational Psychiatry 2022, 12: 347. PMID: 36028495, PMCID: PMC9418275, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02041-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive functionFluid intelligenceCognitive traitsAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyPsychiatric disordersCognitive Development StudyMediation effectMost psychiatric disordersPolygenic risk scoresBrain functionBrain structuresBrain imagingEarly etiologySex differencesDevelopment studiesPsychiatric traitsChildrenIntelligenceDisordersSchizophreniaGenetic riskAdultsTraitsCognitionAutismUsing machine learning to predict heavy drinking during outpatient alcohol treatment
Roberts W, Zhao Y, Verplaetse T, Moore KE, Peltier MR, Burke C, Zakiniaeiz Y, McKee S. Using machine learning to predict heavy drinking during outpatient alcohol treatment. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2022, 46: 657-666. PMID: 35420710, PMCID: PMC9180421, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderHeavy drinkingTreatment outcomesInvasive assessment methodsOutpatient AUD treatmentLast monthOutpatient alcohol treatmentMultisite clinical trialAccurate clinical predictionsHeavy alcohol useSex differencesBi-weekly sessionsAlcohol treatment outcomesPatient characteristicsClinical outcomesClinical trialsClinical dataStratified analysisEffective treatmentPsychiatric disordersUse disordersAUD treatmentSubstantial sex differencesAlcohol treatmentFirst month
2020
Decreased sphingolipid synthesis in children with 17q21 asthma–risk genotypes
Ono JG, Kim BI, Zhao Y, Christos PJ, Tesfaigzi Y, Worgall TS, Worgall S. Decreased sphingolipid synthesis in children with 17q21 asthma–risk genotypes. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2020, 130: 921-926. PMID: 31929190, PMCID: PMC6994114, DOI: 10.1172/jci130860.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSphingolipid de novo synthesisNonallergic asthmaPeripheral blood cellsDe novo synthesisAirway hyperreactivityAllergic asthmaHuman asthmaAsthma pathogenesisChildhood asthmaAsthma riskAsthmaORMDL3 expressionAsthma susceptibilityBlood cellsNovo synthesisSphingolipid synthesisFuture therapeuticsDe novo sphingolipid synthesisChildrenORMDL3 overexpressionRiskDihydroceramideCeramideGenotypesHyperreactivity
2018
Association networks in a matched case-control design – Co-occurrence patterns of preexisting chronic medical conditions in patients with major depression versus their matched controls
Kim MH, Banerjee S, Zhao Y, Wang F, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, DeFerio J, Evans L, Park S, Pathak J. Association networks in a matched case-control design – Co-occurrence patterns of preexisting chronic medical conditions in patients with major depression versus their matched controls. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 2018, 87: 88-95. PMID: 30300713, PMCID: PMC6262847, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2018.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic medical conditionsMajor depressive disorderNational sample cohortMedical conditionsCase-control designKorean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample CohortNational Health Insurance Service-National Sample CohortHealthcare service utilizationRegression modelingChronic conditionsMDD patientsDepressive disorderMajor depressionService utilizationDepression patientsMDD diagnosisPatientsComorbid featuresPlace of residenceSample cohortMDD casesSocioeconomic statusDemographic characteristicsRegional expression of genes mediating trans-synaptic alpha-synuclein transfer predicts regional atrophy in Parkinson disease
Freeze B, Acosta D, Pandya S, Zhao Y, Raj A. Regional expression of genes mediating trans-synaptic alpha-synuclein transfer predicts regional atrophy in Parkinson disease. NeuroImage Clinical 2018, 18: 456-466. PMID: 29868450, PMCID: PMC5984599, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.01.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegional brain atrophyProgression Markers InitiativeBrain atrophyRegional atrophyParkinson's Progression Markers InitiativeMultivariable regression analysisSignificant predictorsHigh-resolution magnetic resonanceParkinson's disease pathogenesisAutosomal recessive PDPD-related genesRegional expressionResolution magnetic resonanceBrain atlasParkinson's diseaseRegional dysfunctionDisease pathogenesisAtrophyGenetic predictorsTop candidate genesExpression patternsAllen Brain AtlasRegression analysisPredictorsMagnetic resonanceRegional vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease: The role of cell‐autonomous and transneuronal processes
Acosta D, Powell F, Zhao Y, Raj A. Regional vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease: The role of cell‐autonomous and transneuronal processes. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2018, 14: 797-810. PMID: 29306583, PMCID: PMC5994366, DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original Research