2024
Genomic insights into the comorbidity between type 2 diabetes and schizophrenia
Arruda A, Khandaker G, Morris A, Smith G, Huckins L, Zeggini E. Genomic insights into the comorbidity between type 2 diabetes and schizophrenia. Schizophrenia 2024, 10: 22. PMID: 38383672, PMCID: PMC10881980, DOI: 10.1038/s41537-024-00445-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexType 2 diabetesType 2 diabetes riskEffect of body mass indexPutative effector genesN-methyl-D-aspartatePublic health challengeIncreased body mass indexLipid-related pathwaysRisk-increasing effectMulti-omics dataMendelian randomizationPotential causal relationshipGene expression studiesDirection of effectMental healthDrug repurposing opportunitiesAssociation signalsGenomic lociGenomic insightsHealth challengesEffector genesGenetic liabilityMass indexExpression studies
2018
Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection
Pardiñas A, Holmans P, Pocklington A, Escott-Price V, Ripke S, Carrera N, Legge S, Bishop S, Cameron D, Hamshere M, Han J, Hubbard L, Lynham A, Mantripragada K, Rees E, MacCabe J, McCarroll S, Baune B, Breen G, Byrne E, Dannlowski U, Eley T, Hayward C, Martin N, McIntosh A, Plomin R, Porteous D, Wray N, Caballero A, Geschwind D, Huckins L, Ruderfer D, Santiago E, Sklar P, Stahl E, Won H, Agerbo E, Als T, Andreassen O, Bækvad-Hansen M, Mortensen P, Pedersen C, Børglum A, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Djurovic S, Durmishi N, Pedersen M, Golimbet V, Grove J, Hougaard D, Mattheisen M, Molden E, Mors O, Nordentoft M, Pejovic-Milovancevic M, Sigurdsson E, Silagadze T, Hansen C, Stefansson K, Stefansson H, Steinberg S, Tosato S, Werge T, GERAD1 Consortium, CRESTAR Consortium, Collier D, Rujescu D, Kirov G, Owen M, O’Donovan M, Walters J. Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection. Nature Genetics 2018, 50: 381-389. PMID: 29483656, PMCID: PMC5918692, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0059-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutation-intolerant genesGenetic architecture of schizophreniaGenome-wide association studiesChromosome conformation dataGenome fine mappingVariant association signalsAssociation signalsFine-mappingGenetic architectureCausal genesGenomic studiesAssociation studiesRisk variantsSelection pressureGenesLociBrain expressionAssociated with poor qualityBiologyConformational dataDecreased life expectancyChromosomeDebilitating psychiatric conditionAllelesLife expectancy