2021
Polygenic scores for smoking and educational attainment have independent influences on academic success and adjustment in adolescence and educational attainment in adulthood
Hicks B, Clark D, Deak J, Schaefer J, Liu M, Jang S, Durbin C, Johnson W, Wilson S, Iacono W, McGue M, Vrieze S. Polygenic scores for smoking and educational attainment have independent influences on academic success and adjustment in adolescence and educational attainment in adulthood. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0255348. PMID: 34403414, PMCID: PMC8370636, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255348.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEducational attainment polygenic scoreSmoking PGSAcademic adjustmentPolygenic scoresAcademic variablesSignificant incremental associationsAge 14Minnesota Twin Family StudyGenetic influencesGeneral behavioral disinhibitionNon-cognitive traitsEducation polygenic scoreEducational attainmentTwin Family StudyAcademic motivationBehavioral disinhibitionDifferent genetic influencesDistinct genetic influencesPredictors of gradeIncremental associationAcademic successAdolescenceAge 11Educational successAdulthood
2017
A cis‐eQTL in OPRM1 is Associated with Subjective Response to Alcohol and Alcohol Use
Otto J, Gizer I, Deak J, Fleming K, Bartholow B. A cis‐eQTL in OPRM1 is Associated with Subjective Response to Alcohol and Alcohol Use. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2017, 41: 929-938. PMID: 28273335, PMCID: PMC5404990, DOI: 10.1111/acer.13369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholic IntoxicationEthanolFemaleGenetic Association StudiesHumansMaleQuantitative Trait LociReceptors, Opioid, muRetrospective StudiesSelf ReportYoung AdultConceptsBiphasic Alcohol Effects ScaleAlcohol useAlcohol use phenotypesSubjective responsesΜ-opioid receptor geneConsistent significant associationsEffects of alcoholHeroin dependenceSignificant associationPast monthEffects ScaleFunctional polymorphismsAlcohol challengeObserved associationsLow levels