2024
A Mendelian randomization study of alcohol use and cardiometabolic disease risk in a multi‐ancestry population from the Million Veteran Program
Kember R, Rentsch C, Lynch J, Vujkovic M, Voight B, Justice A, Program M, Assimes T, Kranzler H. A Mendelian randomization study of alcohol use and cardiometabolic disease risk in a multi‐ancestry population from the Million Veteran Program. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2024 PMID: 39580711, DOI: 10.1111/acer.15445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary heart diseaseMR analysisMillion Veteran ProgramGenetic scoreAlcohol consumptionBody mass indexMendelian randomizationCardiometabolic diseasesVeteran ProgramAfrican AmericansAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) scoresEuropean AmericansHispanic AmericansAssociation of alcohol consumptionMultivariable MR analysisAssociated with CHD riskMendelian randomization studiesRisk of cardiometabolic diseasesAssociated with alcohol consumptionCardiometabolic disease riskIncidence of coronary heart diseaseObservational studyNested case-control studyReduced risk of cardiometabolic diseasesMulti-ancestry population
2022
Cross-ancestry meta-analysis of opioid use disorder uncovers novel loci with predominant effects in brain regions associated with addiction
Kember RL, Vickers-Smith R, Xu H, Toikumo S, Niarchou M, Zhou H, Hartwell EE, Crist RC, Rentsch CT, Davis L, Justice A, Sanchez-Roige S, Kampman K, Gelernter J, Kranzler H. Cross-ancestry meta-analysis of opioid use disorder uncovers novel loci with predominant effects in brain regions associated with addiction. Nature Neuroscience 2022, 25: 1279-1287. PMID: 36171425, PMCID: PMC9682545, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01160-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderGenome-wide association studiesWide significant lociGene expression enrichmentSignificant genetic correlationsCell type groupSignificant lociAssociation studiesExpression enrichmentMillion Veteran ProgramGenetic correlationsUse disordersLociBrain regionsExonic variantsIntronic variantsSubstance use disordersTraitsBiological basisOpioid epidemicPsychiatric disordersVeteran ProgramBrain diseasesTSNARE1FBXW4Validation of a multi-ancestry polygenic risk score and age-specific risks of prostate cancer: A meta-analysis within diverse populations
Chen F, Darst BF, Madduri RK, Rodriguez AA, Sheng X, Rentsch CT, Andrews C, Tang W, Kibel AS, Plym A, Cho K, Jalloh M, Gueye SM, Niang L, Ogunbiyi OJ, Popoola O, Adebiyi AO, Aisuodionoe-Shadrach OI, Ajibola HO, Jamda MA, Oluwole OP, Nwegbu M, Adusei B, Mante S, Darkwa-Abrahams A, Mensah JE, Adjei AA, Diop H, Lachance J, Rebbeck TR, Ambs S, Gaziano JM, Justice AC, Conti DV, Haiman CA. Validation of a multi-ancestry polygenic risk score and age-specific risks of prostate cancer: A meta-analysis within diverse populations. ELife 2022, 11: e78304. PMID: 35801699, PMCID: PMC9322982, DOI: 10.7554/elife.78304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer riskPolygenic risk scoresProstate cancerCancer riskOdds ratioMillion Veteran ProgramRisk scoreRisk stratification toolAge-specific absolute risksAfrican ancestry menCancer odds ratiosVeterans Health AdministrationCase-control studyNonaggressive prostate cancerProstate Cancer FoundationAge-specific riskAssociation of PRSPRS categoriesRisk-stratified screeningVeteran ProgramNational Cancer InstituteEuropean ancestry menStratification toolAbsolute riskEffect modification