2024
T32. GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF BIPOLAR SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN NEARLY 102,000 LATINO ANCESTRY INDIVIDUALS
Bigdeli T, Voloudakis G, Chatzinakos C, Barr P, Gorman B, Peterson R, Pyarajan S, Huang G, Gaziano M, Pato M, Fanous A, Pato C, Aslan M, Roussos P, Harvey P. T32. GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF BIPOLAR SPECTRUM DISORDERS IN NEARLY 102,000 LATINO ANCESTRY INDIVIDUALS. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 87: 173-174. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.342.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesPolygenic risk scoresEuropean ancestryMillion Veteran ProgramAdmixed AmericansGenomic Psychiatry CohortGenome-wide association study analysisGenome-wide significant signalsMulti-ancestry meta-analysisLocal ancestry inferenceStatistical fine-mappingBipolar disorderCooperative Studies ProgramGenomic structural equation modelingLatino individualsAncestry inferencePRS-CSxTrans-diagnostic approachBipolar spectrum disordersEast Asian populationsFine-mappingAssociation studiesGWAS statisticsPsychiatric genetic researchAncestry individualsW15. A MULTIVARIATE GENOMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EXTERNALIZING SPECTRUM AND SUICIDE RISK
Barr P, Bigdeli T, Sanchez-Roige S, Mallard T, Ashley-Koch A, Dick D, Harden P, Hauser B, Qin X, Aslan M, Harvey P, Beckham J, Kimbrel N. W15. A MULTIVARIATE GENOMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EXTERNALIZING SPECTRUM AND SUICIDE RISK. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 87: 108. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSuicide attemptsSuicidal ideationPolygenic scoresAssociated with suicide attemptsGenomic structural equation modelingLifetime suicide riskRisk factors associated with suicideExternalizing polygenic scoresLifetime suicide attemptsSubstance use disordersFactors associated with suicideSubstance-use behaviorsExternalizing spectrumExternalizing disordersBipolar disorderPsychiatric diagnosisSuicide riskStructural equation modelingResults Preliminary resultsSuicidal phenotypeGenome-wide association studiesPersonality indicesIdeationSuicideCohort of veterans
2021
Genomics of Gulf War Illness in U.S. Veterans Who Served during the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War: Methods and Rationale for Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #2006
Radhakrishnan K, Hauser ER, Polimanti R, Helmer DA, Provenzale D, McNeil RB, Maffucci A, Quaden R, Zhao H, Whitbourne SB, Harrington KM, Vahey J, Gelernter J, Levey DF, Huang GD, Gaziano JM, Concato J, Aslan M. Genomics of Gulf War Illness in U.S. Veterans Who Served during the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War: Methods and Rationale for Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #2006. Brain Sciences 2021, 11: 845. PMID: 34202057, PMCID: PMC8301942, DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11070845.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGulf War IllnessMillion Veteran ProgramVeterans Affairs Cooperative StudyChronic multi-symptom illnessNon-deployed veteransHealth care utilizationMulti-symptom illnessGenome-wide association studiesChart reviewPersian Gulf WarCare utilizationCase definitionMedical recordsDiseases codesHealth QuestionnaireInternational ClassificationGene-environment interactionsLarger sample sizeCase statusU.S. veteransMVP participantsClinical diagnosisCooperative StudyIllnessHealth conditions
2020
Genome-Wide Association Studies of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in a Diverse Cohort of US Veterans
Bigdeli T, Fanous A, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Sayward F, Investigators G, Zhao H, Brophy M, Pyarajan S, O'Leary T, Gleason T, Przygodszki R, Muralidhar S, Gaziano J, Program M, Concato J, Siever L, Aslan M, Harvey P. Genome-Wide Association Studies of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in a Diverse Cohort of US Veterans. Biological Psychiatry 2020, 87: s178. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.02.468.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studies
2019
Genome-wide association study of post-traumatic stress disorder reexperiencing symptoms in >165,000 US veterans
Gelernter J, Sun N, Polimanti R, Pietrzak R, Levey DF, Bryois J, Lu Q, Hu Y, Li B, Radhakrishnan K, Aslan M, Cheung KH, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Sayward F, Harrington K, Chen Q, Cho K, Pyarajan S, Sullivan PF, Quaden R, Shi Y, Hunter-Zinck H, Gaziano JM, Concato J, Zhao H, Stein MB. Genome-wide association study of post-traumatic stress disorder reexperiencing symptoms in >165,000 US veterans. Nature Neuroscience 2019, 22: 1394-1401. PMID: 31358989, PMCID: PMC6953633, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-019-0447-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesHigh linkage disequilibrium regionLinkage disequilibrium regionWide association studyDisequilibrium regionBioinformatics analysisTranscriptomic profilesMillion Veteran ProgramChromosome 17Genetic risk factorsNew insightsUK Biobank dataReexperiencing of traumaStriatal medium spiny neuronsVeteran ProgramSignificant regionsCAMKVEuropean AmericansBiobank dataMedium spiny neuronsTCF4BiologyKANSL1African American cohortGenome-wide Association Study of Maximum Habitual Alcohol Intake in >140,000 U.S. European and African American Veterans Yields Novel Risk Loci
Gelernter J, Sun N, Polimanti R, Pietrzak RH, Levey DF, Lu Q, Hu Y, Li B, Radhakrishnan K, Aslan M, Cheung KH, Li Y, Rajeevan N, Sayward F, Harrington K, Chen Q, Cho K, Honerlaw J, Pyarajan S, Lencz T, Quaden R, Shi Y, Hunter-Zinck H, Gaziano JM, Kranzler HR, Concato J, Zhao H, Stein MB, Program D, Program M. Genome-wide Association Study of Maximum Habitual Alcohol Intake in >140,000 U.S. European and African American Veterans Yields Novel Risk Loci. Biological Psychiatry 2019, 86: 365-376. PMID: 31151762, PMCID: PMC6919570, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.03.984.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdditional genome-wide significant lociRisk lociWide association study (GWAS) analysisAssociation studiesGenome-wide significant lociGenome-wide association studiesGenetic correlationsWide association studyNovel risk lociAlcohol-related traitsStrong statistical supportSmoking-related traitsAdditional genomesSignificant lociPancreatic delta cellsChromosome 4Chromosome 11Protein productsChromosome 8Quantitative phenotypesMillion Veteran ProgramVeterans Affairs Million Veteran ProgramLociCell typesChromosome 17