2024
A genome-wide investigation into the underlying genetic architecture of personality traits and overlap with psychopathology
Gupta P, Galimberti M, Liu Y, Beck S, Wingo A, Wingo T, Adhikari K, Kranzler H, Stein M, Gelernter J, Levey D. A genome-wide investigation into the underlying genetic architecture of personality traits and overlap with psychopathology. Nature Human Behaviour 2024, 8: 2235-2249. PMID: 39134740, PMCID: PMC11576509, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01951-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPersonality traitsPsychiatric traitsBidirectional effectsGenetic architectureHuman personality traitsGenetic correlation analysisGene-based association testsGenome-wide significant lociNeuroticismAgreeablenessGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide association study meta-analysisMental illnessGenome-wide investigationAssociation TestComplex human traitsProteome-wide analysisAnxietyDepressionExtraversionConscientiousnessExpression of genesNovel lociSignificant lociTranscriptome-wide
2020
Expanding the genetic architecture of nicotine dependence and its shared genetics with multiple traits
Quach BC, Bray MJ, Gaddis NC, Liu M, Palviainen T, Minica CC, Zellers S, Sherva R, Aliev F, Nothnagel M, Young KA, Marks JA, Young H, Carnes MU, Guo Y, Waldrop A, Sey NYA, Landi MT, McNeil DW, Drichel D, Farrer LA, Markunas CA, Vink JM, Hottenga JJ, Iacono WG, Kranzler HR, Saccone NL, Neale MC, Madden P, Rietschel M, Marazita ML, McGue M, Won H, Winterer G, Grucza R, Dick DM, Gelernter J, Caporaso NE, Baker TB, Boomsma DI, Kaprio J, Hokanson JE, Vrieze S, Bierut LJ, Johnson EO, Hancock DB. Expanding the genetic architecture of nicotine dependence and its shared genetics with multiple traits. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 5562. PMID: 33144568, PMCID: PMC7642344, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19265-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide significant lociGenome-wide association studiesNearby gene expressionExpression of genesSmoking traitsGenetic architectureSignificant lociGenetic variationMultiple traitsGene expressionAssociation studiesLociTraitsGenetic knowledgeComposite phenotypeUK BiobankExpressionTENM2GNAI1GenesGeneticsVariantsPhenotype