2024
Dissecting the biology of feeding and eating disorders
Huckins L, Brennand K, Bulik C. Dissecting the biology of feeding and eating disorders. Trends In Molecular Medicine 2024, 30: 380-391. PMID: 38431502, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2024.01.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesVariants to genesGenes to pathwaysSignificant lociFunctional genomicsAssociation studiesGenetic relationshipsIntestinal microbiotaGenetic researchGenomeGenetic correlationsGenesMetabolic contributorsAnorexia nervosaEating disordersPathwayBiologyMetabolic outcomesRisk factorsLociMicrobiotaPhenomicsLethal illnessTraitsFeeding
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