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Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of cannabis use disorder yields insight into disease biology and public health implications
Levey D, Galimberti M, Deak J, Wendt F, Bhattacharya A, Koller D, Harrington K, Quaden R, Johnson E, Gupta P, Biradar M, Lam M, Cooke M, Rajagopal V, Empke S, Zhou H, Nunez Y, Kranzler H, Edenberg H, Agrawal A, Smoller J, Lencz T, Hougaard D, Børglum A, Demontis D, Gaziano J, Gandal M, Polimanti R, Stein M, Gelernter J. Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of cannabis use disorder yields insight into disease biology and public health implications. Nature Genetics 2023, 55: 2094-2103. PMID: 37985822, PMCID: PMC10703690, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01563-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphism-based heritabilityMulti-ancestry genome-wide association studyAssociation studiesMillion Veteran ProgramGenome-wide association studiesWide significant lociWide association studySignificant lociReference panelSmall populationDisease biologyAncestryAmerican ancestryHeritabilityVeteran ProgramNumerous medical comorbiditiesLung cancer riskRelationship analysisLociBiologyPublic health implicationsEast AsiansPublic health consequencesMedical comorbiditiesCigarette smokingMulti-ancestry study of the genetics of problematic alcohol use in over 1 million individuals
Zhou H, Kember R, Deak J, Xu H, Toikumo S, Yuan K, Lind P, Farajzadeh L, Wang L, Hatoum A, Johnson J, Lee H, Mallard T, Xu J, Johnston K, Johnson E, Nielsen T, Galimberti M, Dao C, Levey D, Overstreet C, Byrne E, Gillespie N, Gordon S, Hickie I, Whitfield J, Xu K, Zhao H, Huckins L, Davis L, Sanchez-Roige S, Madden P, Heath A, Medland S, Martin N, Ge T, Smoller J, Hougaard D, Børglum A, Demontis D, Krystal J, Gaziano J, Edenberg H, Agrawal A, Justice A, Stein M, Kranzler H, Gelernter J. Multi-ancestry study of the genetics of problematic alcohol use in over 1 million individuals. Nature Medicine 2023, 29: 3184-3192. PMID: 38062264, PMCID: PMC10719093, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02653-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Modeling the longitudinal changes of ancestry diversity in the Million Veteran Program
Wendt F, Pathak G, Vahey J, Qin X, Koller D, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Haeny A, Harrington K, Rajeevan N, Duong L, Levey D, De Angelis F, De Lillo A, Bigdeli T, Pyarajan S, Gaziano J, Gelernter J, Aslan M, Provenzale D, Helmer D, Hauser E, Polimanti R. Modeling the longitudinal changes of ancestry diversity in the Million Veteran Program. Human Genomics 2023, 17: 46. PMID: 37268996, PMCID: PMC10239111, DOI: 10.1186/s40246-023-00487-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Association of Variants in MANEA With Cocaine-Related Behaviors
Farrer LA, Kranzler HR, Yu Y, Weiss RD, Brady KT, Anton R, Cubells JF, Gelernter J. Association of Variants in MANEA With Cocaine-Related Behaviors. JAMA Psychiatry 2009, 66: 267-274. PMID: 19255376, PMCID: PMC2758158, DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.538.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Role of Variation in the Serotonin Transporter Protein Gene (SLC6A4) in Trait Disturbances in the Ventral Anterior Cingulate in Bipolar Disorder
Shah MP, Wang F, Kalmar JH, Chepenik LG, Tie K, Pittman B, Jones MM, Constable RT, Gelernter J, Blumberg HP. Role of Variation in the Serotonin Transporter Protein Gene (SLC6A4) in Trait Disturbances in the Ventral Anterior Cingulate in Bipolar Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2008, 34: 1301-1310. PMID: 19037205, PMCID: PMC2826628, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2008.204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentral anterior cingulate cortexBipolar disorderFeatures of BDS carriersAnterior cingulate cortexVentral anterior cingulateEvent-related functional magnetic resonanceFunctional magnetic resonanceTransporter promoter polymorphismSerotonergic systemBD subgroupsHealthy comparison participantsBD groupVACC activationHC groupPromoter polymorphismFuture treatmentHealthy individualsAnterior cingulateCingulate cortexNeural systemsFunctional connectivityDysfunctionSerotonin transporter protein geneAmygdala activation
1998
DRD2 Allele Frequencies and Linkage Disequilibria, Including the -141CIns/DelPromoter Polymorphism, in European-American, African-American, and Japanese Subjects
Gelernter J, Kranzler H, Cubells JF, Ichinose H, Nagatsu T. DRD2 Allele Frequencies and Linkage Disequilibria, Including the -141CIns/DelPromoter Polymorphism, in European-American, African-American, and Japanese Subjects. Genomics 1998, 51: 21-26. PMID: 9693029, DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinkage disequilibriumFunctional variantsSignificant linkage disequilibriumMutational analysis studiesFirst intronKb 5Linkage disequilibriaFrequencies of haplotypesPopulation stratificationGenetic associationDrd2 promoterPhysiological basisAllele frequenciesPhysiological relationshipGenesReceptor allelesEuropean-American subjectsD2 dopamine receptor (DRD2) allelesDisequilibriumBehavioral phenotypesPhenotypeFunctional meaningEuropean originVariantsAmerican population