2022
Understanding the complex genetic architecture connecting rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and inflammation: discovering causal pathways
Kasher M, Williams F, Freidin M, Malkin I, Cherny S, Benjamin E, Chasman D, Dehghan A, Ahluwalia T, Meigs J, Tracy R, Alizadeh B, Ligthart S, Bis J, Eiriksdottir G, Pankratz N, Gross M, Rainer A, Snieder H, Wilson J, Psaty B, Dupuis J, Prins B, Vaso U, Stathopoulou M, Franke L, Lehtimaki T, Koenig W, Jamshidi Y, Siest S, Abbasi A, Uitterlinden A, Abdollahi M, Schnabel R, Schick U, Nolte I, Kraja A, Hsu Y, Tylee D, Zwicker A, Uher R, Davey-Smith G, Morrison A, Hicks A, van Duijn C, Ward-Caviness C, Boerwinkle E, Rotter J, Rice K, Lange L, Perola M, de Geus E, Morris A, Makela K, Stacey D, Eriksson J, Frayling T, Slagboom E, Livshits G. Understanding the complex genetic architecture connecting rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and inflammation: discovering causal pathways. Human Molecular Genetics 2022, 31: 2623-2632. PMID: 35349660, PMCID: PMC9402243, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCausal single nucleotide polymorphismsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenetic architectureColocalization analysisSame molecular functionAnalysis of pleiotropyComplex genetic architectureGenome-wide association study summary statisticsOp phenotypeMolecular functionsGenomic regionsPleiotropyOsteoporosis ConsortiumGenetic relationshipsGenetic backgroundGenetic variantsNucleotide polymorphismsMendelian randomizationGenesTraitsPhenotypeGenetic factorsProtein bindingUK BiobankHorizontal pleiotropyGenetically regulated multi-omics study for symptom clusters of posttraumatic stress disorder highlights pleiotropy with hematologic and cardio-metabolic traits
Pathak GA, Singh K, Wendt FR, Fleming TW, Overstreet C, Koller D, Tylee DS, De Angelis F, Cabrera Mendoza B, Levey DF, Koenen KC, Krystal JH, Pietrzak RH, O’ Donell C, Gaziano JM, Falcone G, Stein MB, Gelernter J, Pasaniuc B, Mancuso N, Davis LK, Polimanti R. Genetically regulated multi-omics study for symptom clusters of posttraumatic stress disorder highlights pleiotropy with hematologic and cardio-metabolic traits. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 1394-1404. PMID: 35241783, PMCID: PMC9210390, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01488-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal genetic correlationsCell type-specific expressionVanderbilt University biorepositoryMulti-omics studiesMulti-omics investigationsDorsolateral prefrontal cortex tissueGenomic evidenceLaboratory traitsSpecific expressionCardio-metabolic traitsMillion Veteran ProgramPrefrontal cortex tissueMiR-148GenesGenetic correlationsRegulatory profileTraitsProtein expressionCardiometabolic traitsExpressionVeteran ProgramCortex tissueBiological heterogeneitySplicingPrioritization approach
2020
Characterizing the effect of background selection on the polygenicity of brain-related traits
Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Overstreet C, Tylee DS, Gelernter J, Atkinson EG, Polimanti R. Characterizing the effect of background selection on the polygenicity of brain-related traits. Genomics 2020, 113: 111-119. PMID: 33278486, PMCID: PMC7855394, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.11.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesBrain-related traitsGWAS of schizophreniaTrait-associated lociLocus effect sizesSubset of traitsGenotype networksGenetic architectureIntolerant regionsBrain-related phenotypesBackground selectionNatural selectionEvolutionary pressurePositive selectionSNP heritabilityLocal ancestryAssociation studiesTraitsFunctional significanceLociPolygenicityBinary annotationPhenotypeRisk allelesSize variance