2023
Sex differences in the polygenic architecture of hearing problems in adults
De Angelis F, Zeleznik O, Wendt F, Pathak G, Tylee D, De Lillo A, Koller D, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Clifford R, Maihofer A, Nievergelt C, Curhan G, Curhan S, Polimanti R. Sex differences in the polygenic architecture of hearing problems in adults. Genome Medicine 2023, 15: 36. PMID: 37165447, PMCID: PMC10173489, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-023-01186-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHearingHumansMaleMultifactorial InheritanceSex CharacteristicsConceptsPolygenic architectureRisk lociGenome-wide investigationLarge-scale genetic studiesTranscriptomic regulationGWAS findingsTranscriptomic associationsGene interactionsPotential roleRegulation analysisGenetic studiesInference analysisMillion Veteran ProgramHealth Professionals FollowMolecular pathwaysPolygenic riskPreventive screening programsMultivariate interaction analysisNovel insightsCentral nervous systemEnvironmental risk factorsSex-stratified analysesSex-specific analysesSex differencesMental health outcomes
2021
Drinking and smoking polygenic risk is associated with childhood and early-adulthood psychiatric and behavioral traits independently of substance use and psychiatric genetic risk
De Angelis F, Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Tylee DS, Goswami A, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Drinking and smoking polygenic risk is associated with childhood and early-adulthood psychiatric and behavioral traits independently of substance use and psychiatric genetic risk. Translational Psychiatry 2021, 11: 586. PMID: 34775470, PMCID: PMC8590689, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01713-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlcohol DrinkingChildHumansMultifactorial InheritanceRisk FactorsSmokingSubstance-Related DisordersTobacco SmokingYoung AdultConceptsSubstance useYoung adultsBehavioral traitsPhiladelphia Neurodevelopmental CohortRemoval of participantsAnxiety-related traitsRisk-taking behaviorVerbal reasoningCognitive performancePolygenic risk scoresSocial competenciesNeurobiological processesNeurodevelopmental CohortPsychiatric genetic riskDrinking behaviorParent educationPRS associationsPolygenic riskPsychopathologyGenetic overlapPsychotic symptomsAdverse health outcomesHazardous behaviorEducational attainmentTobacco smoking
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrainGenetic BackgroundGenetic HeterogeneityHumansMental DisordersMultifactorial InheritancePhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideSelection, GeneticConceptsGenome-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
2019
A polygenic resilience score moderates the genetic risk for schizophrenia
Hess JL, Tylee DS, Mattheisen M, Børglum A, Als T, Grove J, Werge T, Mortensen P, Mors O, Nordentoft M, Hougaard D, Byberg-Grauholm J, Bækvad-Hansen M, Greenwood T, Tsuang M, Curtis D, Steinberg S, Sigurdsson E, Stefánsson H, Stefánsson K, Edenberg H, Holmans P, Faraone S, Glatt S. A polygenic resilience score moderates the genetic risk for schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry 2019, 26: 800-815. PMID: 31492941, PMCID: PMC7058518, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0463-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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