2016
Replicated Risk Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor Genes for Nicotine Dependence
Zuo L, Garcia-Milian R, Guo X, Zhong C, Tan Y, Wang Z, Wang J, Wang X, Kang L, Lu L, Chen X, Li CR, Luo X. Replicated Risk Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor Genes for Nicotine Dependence. Genes 2016, 7: 95. PMID: 27827986, PMCID: PMC5126781, DOI: 10.3390/genes7110095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNicotinic cholinergic receptor genesRisk genesRisk variantsCholinergic receptor genesReceptor geneMouse brainGenomic regionsEQTL analysisBioinformatics analysisProtein structureNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsGenesMouse brain samplesGenetic variantsAcetylcholine receptorsIndependent humanExpressionPotential functionVariantsImportant roleSplicingTranscriptionBrain samplesCHRNA5-A3RNA
2013
NKAIN1–SERINC2 is a functional, replicable and genome-wide significant risk gene region specific for alcohol dependence in subjects of European descent
Zuo L, Wang K, Zhang XY, Krystal JH, Li CS, Zhang F, Zhang H, Luo X. NKAIN1–SERINC2 is a functional, replicable and genome-wide significant risk gene region specific for alcohol dependence in subjects of European descent. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2013, 129: 254-264. PMID: 23455491, PMCID: PMC3628730, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesExpression quantitative loci (eQTL) analysisGene regionMetabolic pathwaysQuantitative loci analysisSNP-expression associationsCis-acting regulatory effectsDiscovery sampleSNP-disease associationsNumerous genesReplication sampleLocus analysisAssociation studiesAssociation analysisRisk SNPsTranscript expressionSNPsRegulatory effectsGenesPathwayEuropean descentExpression