2022
Genetic variants associated with psychiatric disorders are enriched at epigenetically active sites in lymphoid cells
Lynall ME, Soskic B, Hayhurst J, Schwartzentruber J, Levey DF, Pathak GA, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Stein MB, Trynka G, Clatworthy MR, Bullmore E. Genetic variants associated with psychiatric disorders are enriched at epigenetically active sites in lymphoid cells. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 6102. PMID: 36243721, PMCID: PMC9569335, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33885-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple psychiatric disordersPsychiatric disordersPsychiatric risk variantT cellsLymphoid cellsRisk variantsImmune cell subsetsMental health disordersMultiple organ systemsAdaptive immune systemCell subsetsImmune cellsHealth disordersMyeloid cellsImmune systemBrain tissueOrgan systemsSpecific disordersDisordersPathogenesisAbnormalitiesGenetic variantsCellsCD4Variants
2021
Sex-stratified gene-by-environment genome-wide interaction study of trauma, posttraumatic-stress, and suicidality
Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Levey DF, Nuñez YZ, Overstreet C, Tyrrell C, Adhikari K, De Angelis F, Tylee DS, Goswami A, Krystal JH, Abdallah CG, Stein MB, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Sex-stratified gene-by-environment genome-wide interaction study of trauma, posttraumatic-stress, and suicidality. Neurobiology Of Stress 2021, 14: 100309. PMID: 33665242, PMCID: PMC7905234, DOI: 10.1016/j.ynstr.2021.100309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide interaction studyRisk lociChromatin interaction profilesExtracellular matrix biologyGene-based analysisMatrix biologyMolecular basisTranscriptomic profilesInteraction studiesMultivariate geneGenetic perspectiveSNP effectsSuicidal behavior severityLociNovel targetGenesInteraction profilesSynaptic plasticityCellsInteractorsGenetic riskBiologyStressGxEIndependent cohort