2022
Integrative PheWAS analysis in risk categorization of major depressive disorder and identifying their associations with genetic variants using a latent topic model approach
Meng X, Wang M, O’Donnell K, Caron J, Meaney MJ, Li Y. Integrative PheWAS analysis in risk categorization of major depressive disorder and identifying their associations with genetic variants using a latent topic model approach. Translational Psychiatry 2022, 12: 240. PMID: 35676267, PMCID: PMC9177831, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02015-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderRisk of MDDDepressive disorderMDD subtypesMDD diagnosisRisk categorizationMajor public health problemLongitudinal community-based cohortCommunity-based cohortRisk prediction toolsGenetic variantsPublic health problemPrevalent mental disordersRisk prediction modelMDD cohortMDD patientsGenetic predispositionHealth problemsEarly identificationMental disordersMDD casesPotential genetic variantsDisordersCohortSubtypes
2019
Integrated analysis of environmental and genetic influences on cord blood DNA methylation in new-borns
Czamara D, Eraslan G, Page CM, Lahti J, Lahti-Pulkkinen M, Hämäläinen E, Kajantie E, Laivuori H, Villa PM, Reynolds RM, Nystad W, Håberg SE, London SJ, O’Donnell K, Garg E, Meaney MJ, Entringer S, Wadhwa PD, Buss C, Jones MJ, Lin DTS, MacIsaac JL, Kobor MS, Koen N, Zar HJ, Koenen KC, Dalvie S, Stein DJ, Kondofersky I, Müller NS, Theis FJ, Räikkönen K, Binder E. Integrated analysis of environmental and genetic influences on cord blood DNA methylation in new-borns. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 2548. PMID: 31186427, PMCID: PMC6559955, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10461-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationEnvironmental factorsCellular functionsEpigenetic processesCord blood DNA methylationBlood DNA methylationMethylationGenetic variantsGenetic contributionIntegrated analysisPrenatal environmental factorsComplex disorderGenetic influencesGxE modelsGenotypesGWASRelative contributionGxEIndependent cohortCpGDisease riskEnrichmentVariants