2025
Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder
Lee B, Kim J, Lee Y, Kang J, Cheon M, Kim D, Aslan M, Harvey P, Huang G. Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder. Nature 2025, 1-12. PMID: 39843750, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08468-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFine-mappingGenetic architectureGenome-wide significant lociMulti-ancestry meta-analysisGenetic architecture of bipolar disorderRare variant signalsSignificant lociGenetic determinantsBipolar disorderVariant signalsLatino ancestryCell typesEast Asian cohortsPhenotypic insightsPathophysiology of bipolar disorderGenesMedium spiny neuronsBipolar disorder subtypesPatient ascertainmentAetiology of bipolar disorderGABAergic interneuronsSpiny neuronsAsian cohortGenomeGlobal burden
2021
Bi-ancestral depression GWAS in the Million Veteran Program and meta-analysis in >1.2 million individuals highlight new therapeutic directions
Levey DF, Stein MB, Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Zhou H, Aslan M, Quaden R, Harrington KM, Nuñez YZ, Overstreet C, Radhakrishnan K, Sanacora G, McIntosh AM, Shi J, Shringarpure SS, Concato J, Polimanti R, Gelernter J. Bi-ancestral depression GWAS in the Million Veteran Program and meta-analysis in >1.2 million individuals highlight new therapeutic directions. Nature Neuroscience 2021, 24: 954-963. PMID: 34045744, PMCID: PMC8404304, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-021-00860-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptome-wide association studyMillion Veteran ProgramTranscriptome-wide association study (TWAS) analysisGenomic risk lociComplex psychiatric traitsGenetic architectureRisk lociGene expressionAssociation studiesLikely pathogenicityPsychiatric traitsVeteran ProgramNew therapeutic directionEuropean ancestryNew insightsAncestryUK BiobankAfrican ancestrySubstantial replicationExpressionLarge independent cohortsGWASTherapeutic directionsGenesLoci