2024
Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program
Verma A, Huffman J, Rodriguez A, Conery M, Liu M, Ho Y, Kim Y, Heise D, Guare L, Panickan V, Garcon H, Linares F, Costa L, Goethert I, Tipton R, Honerlaw J, Davies L, Whitbourne S, Cohen J, Posner D, Sangar R, Murray M, Wang X, Dochtermann D, Devineni P, Shi Y, Nandi T, Assimes T, Brunette C, Carroll R, Clifford R, Duvall S, Gelernter J, Hung A, Iyengar S, Joseph J, Kember R, Kranzler H, Kripke C, Levey D, Luoh S, Merritt V, Overstreet C, Deak J, Grant S, Polimanti R, Roussos P, Shakt G, Sun Y, Tsao N, Venkatesh S, Voloudakis G, Justice A, Begoli E, Ramoni R, Tourassi G, Pyarajan S, Tsao P, O'Donnell C, Muralidhar S, Moser J, Casas J, Bick A, Zhou W, Cai T, Voight B, Cho K, Gaziano J, Madduri R, Damrauer S, Liao K. Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program. Science 2024, 385: eadj1182. PMID: 39024449, DOI: 10.1126/science.adj1182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMillion Veteran ProgramNon-European populationsVeteran ProgramGenetic architectureAtlas of genetic associationsVeterans Affairs Million Veteran ProgramVA Million Veteran ProgramGenomic risk lociGenome-wide associationHuman genetic studiesHealth disparitiesUnited States veteransCausal variantsRisk lociGenetic insightsGenetic studiesGenetic associationGenetic causeStates veteransDiverse populationsDisease factorsLack of inclusionLongitudinal studyParticipantsTraits
2019
Effects of Common and Rare Chromosome 4 GABAergic Gene Variation on Alcohol Use and Antisocial Behavior.
Deak J, Gizer I, Otto J, Bizon C, Wilhelmsen K. Effects of Common and Rare Chromosome 4 GABAergic Gene Variation on Alcohol Use and Antisocial Behavior. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs 2019, 80: 585-593. PMID: 31790348, PMCID: PMC6900988, DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2019.80.585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVariant associationsCommon variant associationsRare variant association testsRare variant signalsGene-based analysisRare variant associationsMolecular genetic studiesSingle variant analysisIntergenic regionRare variationAlcohol use disorderTop associationsSequencing dataVariant contributionsGenetic studiesAlcoholism (COGA) sampleGenetic sequencing dataReceptor geneUse disordersVariant signalsGene variationTypes of variationConfer riskStrong associationSignificant association
2018
Meta‐Analysis of Genetic Influences on Initial Alcohol Sensitivity
Edwards A, Deak J, Gizer I, Lai D, Chatzinakos C, Wilhelmsen K, Lindsay J, Heron J, Hickman M, Webb B, Bacanu S, Foroud T, Kendler K, Dick D, Schuckit M. Meta‐Analysis of Genetic Influences on Initial Alcohol Sensitivity. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2018, 42: 2349-2359. PMID: 30276832, PMCID: PMC6286211, DOI: 10.1111/acer.13896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCore clock genesClock genesTissue-specific expression dataPopulation-based genome-wide association studiesGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide significanceGene identification effortsSignificant genetic correlationsMolecular genetic studiesHormone signalingSingle nucleotide polymorphismsIndividual lociGenetic analysisAssociation studiesGenetic studiesExpression dataGenesGenetic componentGenetic correlationsNucleotide polymorphismsHeritabilityAlcohol sensitivityGenetic factorsLow initial sensitivityGenetic influencesGenetics of alcohol use disorder: a review
Deak J, Miller A, Gizer I. Genetics of alcohol use disorder: a review. Current Opinion In Psychology 2018, 27: 56-61. PMID: 30170251, PMCID: PMC6368900, DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesSuccess of GWASAssociation studiesGenome-wide linkageQuantitative genetic studiesCandidate gene association studiesHundreds of variantsMolecular genetic researchGene association studiesGene discoveryGenetic variationRelevant traitsGWAS dataGenetic studiesGenetic researchEtiology of AUDGenomeTraitsGenetic etiologyHeritabilitySpecific variationsPresent reviewGeneticsRecent effortsSmall effect