2021
Drinking and smoking polygenic risk is associated with childhood and early-adulthood psychiatric and behavioral traits independently of substance use and psychiatric genetic risk
De Angelis F, Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Tylee DS, Goswami A, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Drinking and smoking polygenic risk is associated with childhood and early-adulthood psychiatric and behavioral traits independently of substance use and psychiatric genetic risk. Translational Psychiatry 2021, 11: 586. PMID: 34775470, PMCID: PMC8590689, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01713-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance useYoung adultsBehavioral traitsPhiladelphia Neurodevelopmental CohortRemoval of participantsAnxiety-related traitsRisk-taking behaviorVerbal reasoningCognitive performancePolygenic risk scoresSocial competenciesNeurobiological processesNeurodevelopmental CohortPsychiatric genetic riskDrinking behaviorParent educationPRS associationsPolygenic riskPsychopathologyGenetic overlapPsychotic symptomsAdverse health outcomesHazardous behaviorEducational attainmentTobacco smoking
2014
The effects of a MAP2K5 microRNA target site SNP on risk for anxiety and depressive disorders
Jensen KP, Kranzler HR, Stein MB, Gelernter J. The effects of a MAP2K5 microRNA target site SNP on risk for anxiety and depressive disorders. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2014, 165: 175-183. PMID: 24436253, PMCID: PMC4174417, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene-trait relationshipsGWAS-identified variantsRegulation of mRNAGWAS signalsComplex traitsTrait associationsTarget genesStudy signalsSNP associationsRisk genesFunctional variantsSNPsGenesAnxiety-related traitsGene SNPsTraitsMRNAMAP2K5MicroRNAsMajor psychiatric disordersVariantsSite informationMitogenRegulationPathway