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
2018
Genetic correlations among psychiatric and immune‐related phenotypes based on genome‐wide association data
Tylee DS, Sun J, Hess JL, Tahir MA, Sharma E, Malik R, Worrall BB, Levine AJ, Martinson JJ, Nejentsev S, Speed D, Fischer A, Mick E, Walker BR, Crawford A, Grant SFA, Polychronakos C, Bradfield JP, Sleiman PMA, Hakonarson H, Ellinghaus E, Elder JT, Tsoi LC, Trembath RC, Barker JN, Franke A, Dehghan A, Team T, Consortium T, Consortium T, Registry T, Group T, Consortium T, Faraone SV, Glatt SJ. Genetic correlations among psychiatric and immune‐related phenotypes based on genome‐wide association data. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2018, 177: 641-657. PMID: 30325587, PMCID: PMC6230304, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune-related phenotypesPsychiatric disordersSystemic lupus erythematosusPrimary biliary cirrhosisLinkage disequilibrium score regressionImmune-related disordersAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderAutoimmune comorbiditiesDeficit hyperactivity disorderLupus erythematosusUlcerative colitisBiliary cirrhosisCrohn's diseaseObsessive-compulsive disorderMajor depressionImmunological stateSmoking behaviorTourette syndromeBipolar disorderAnorexia nervosaSummary-level dataEpidemiological literatureImmune signalingRespective disordersDisorders