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Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent genome-wide significant risk loci
Deak JD, Zhou H, Galimberti M, Levey DF, Wendt FR, Sanchez-Roige S, Hatoum AS, Johnson EC, Nunez YZ, Demontis D, Børglum AD, Rajagopal VM, Jennings MV, Kember RL, Justice AC, Edenberg HJ, Agrawal A, Polimanti R, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J. Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent genome-wide significant risk loci. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 3970-3979. PMID: 35879402, PMCID: PMC9718667, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01709-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide significant risk lociAssociation studiesVariant associationsLarge-scale genome-wide association studiesGenetic correlationsSignificant risk lociPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumMulti-trait analysisPolygenic risk score analysisSingle-variant associationsGWS lociGenetic architectureIndividuals of EuropeanGWS associationsRisk lociGene regionGenomics ConsortiumMillion Veteran ProgramSusceptibility lociAfrican ancestryLociRisk score analysisGenetic informativenessSNPs one
2013
Genome-wide Association Study Identifies New Susceptibility Loci for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Xie P, Kranzler HR, Yang C, Zhao H, Farrer LA, Gelernter J. Genome-wide Association Study Identifies New Susceptibility Loci for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2013, 74: 656-663. PMID: 23726511, PMCID: PMC3810148, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.04.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenome-wide significanceFirst intronGenome-wide association study analysisGenome-wide association analysisNew susceptibility lociCandidate gene association studiesNew susceptibility genesCommon risk allelesGene association studiesChromosome 7p12Association studiesAssociation analysisSusceptibility lociSusceptibility genesGenetic variantsNucleotide polymorphismsIntronsTLL1GenesLociRisk allelesGenetic factorsSignificant signalEuropean Americans
2009
Genetics of alcohol dependence
Gelernter J, Kranzler HR. Genetics of alcohol dependence. Human Genetics 2009, 126: 91-99. PMID: 19533172, PMCID: PMC3773848, DOI: 10.1007/s00439-009-0701-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Diplotype Trend Regression Analysis of the ADH Gene Cluster and the ALDH2 Gene: Multiple Significant Associations with Alcohol Dependence
Luo X, Kranzler HR, Zuo L, Wang S, Schork NJ, Gelernter J. Diplotype Trend Regression Analysis of the ADH Gene Cluster and the ALDH2 Gene: Multiple Significant Associations with Alcohol Dependence. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2006, 78: 973-987. PMID: 16685648, PMCID: PMC1474098, DOI: 10.1086/504113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsADH gene clusterGene clusterAldehyde dehydrogenase geneStructured association analysisConventional association methodsALDH2 geneAlcohol dehydrogenaseAdh geneDehydrogenase geneAssociation analysisSusceptibility lociGenesRisk genesFunctional variantsDisease allelesFunctional complexityCase-control sampleAncestry informative markersHardy-Weinberg equilibrium testDisequilibrium measuresMultiple significant associationsAllelesAlcohol-metabolizing enzymesConventional case-control comparisonsUnlinked ancestry-informative markers
2004
Genome-Wide Linkage Scan for Loci Predisposing to Social Phobia: Evidence for a Chromosome 16 Risk Locus
Gelernter J, Page GP, Stein MB, Woods SW. Genome-Wide Linkage Scan for Loci Predisposing to Social Phobia: Evidence for a Chromosome 16 Risk Locus. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2004, 161: 59-66. PMID: 14702251, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.1.59.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide linkage scanLinkage scanChromosome 16LOD scoreGenetic linkage analysisNorepinephrine transporter proteinLinkage genome scanGenomic locationEntire genomeChromosome 16 markersGenome scanMultipoint LOD scoreRisk lociTransporter proteinsGenetic markersLinkage analysisSusceptibility lociChromosome 9Physiological candidatesLocus predisposingLociZlr scoreAmerican pedigreesX softwareD16S415
2001
Linkage genome scan for loci predisposing to panic disorder or agoraphobia
Gelernter J, Bonvicini K, Page G, Woods S, Goddard A, Kruger S, Pauls D, Goodson S. Linkage genome scan for loci predisposing to panic disorder or agoraphobia. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 2001, 105: 548-557. PMID: 11496373, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgoraphobiaChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 1Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4Family HealthFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome, HumanHumansLod ScoreMaleMicrosatellite RepeatsPanic DisorderPedigreeConceptsLinkage genome scanGenome scanChromosome 3LOD scoreSuggestive linkagePrevious genome scanComplex traitsGenomic regionsHeritable anxiety disordersGenetic lociMultipoint LOD scoreCandidate genesRisk lociChromosome 1Chromosome 11pSusceptibility lociLociStatistical supportLinkage resultsNPL analysisPotential lociNPL scoreAmerican pedigreesSingle familyPotential linkage