2024
W22. EATING DISORDERS OVER THE WEIGHT SPECTRUM: DISSECTING GENETIC DIFFERENCES OF EATING DISORDERS, THINNESS, AND OBESITY
Xu J, Signer R, Hicks E, Johnston K, Termorshuizen J, Group P, Bulik C, Huckins L. W22. EATING DISORDERS OVER THE WEIGHT SPECTRUM: DISSECTING GENETIC DIFFERENCES OF EATING DISORDERS, THINNESS, AND OBESITY. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 87: 112. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.231.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTissue-specific mannerSignificant genesCC-GWASGenetic distanceConstitutional thinnessIdentified multiple risk variantsBonferroni significanceGenome-wide lociGenome-wide significanceMultiple risk variantsConcordant effect directionsBinge eatingClinical differencesEating disordersGTEx v8S-PrediXcanAN-BGene associationsGenetic relationshipsRisk variantsRisk genesWeight-related traitsGenetic etiologyGenesDifferential expression
2021
Multi-ethnic genome-wide association analyses of white blood cell and platelet traits in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study
Hu Y, Bien S, Nishimura K, Haessler J, Hodonsky C, Baldassari A, Highland H, Wang Z, Preuss M, Sitlani C, Wojcik G, Tao R, Graff M, Huckins L, Sun Q, Chen M, Mousas A, Auer P, Lettre G, Tang W, Qi L, Thyagarajan B, Buyske S, Fornage M, Hindorff L, Li Y, Lin D, Reiner A, North K, Loos R, Raffield L, Peters U, Avery C, Kooperberg C. Multi-ethnic genome-wide association analyses of white blood cell and platelet traits in the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study. BMC Genomics 2021, 22: 432. PMID: 34107879, PMCID: PMC8191001, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07745-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesPlatelet traitsAfrican AmericansPopulation ArchitectureAssociation studiesAssociation analysisAncestry-specific genome-wide association studiesEuropean ancestryGenome-wide association analysisAttenuation of effect estimatesGenome-wide significant variantsVariant association analysisGenome-wide significanceRacially/ethnically diverse populationsPopulations of European ancestryGenetic association studiesAncestry-specificComplex traitsSignificant variantsHispanics/LatinosMultiple genesAncestry groupsEffect estimatesEA populationsEA participants
2017
Investigation of common, low-frequency and rare genome-wide variation in anorexia nervosa
Huckins L, Hatzikotoulas K, Southam L, Thornton L, Steinberg J, Aguilera-McKay F, Treasure J, Schmidt U, Gunasinghe C, Romero A, Curtis C, Rhodes D, Moens J, Kalsi G, Dempster D, Leung R, Keohane A, Burghardt R, Ehrlich S, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, Ludolph A, Walton E, Deloukas P, Hofman A, Palotie A, Palta P, van Rooij F, Stirrups K, Adan R, Boni C, Cone R, Dedoussis G, van Furth E, Gonidakis F, Gorwood P, Hudson J, Kaprio J, Kas M, Keski-Rahonen A, Kiezebrink K, Knudsen G, Slof-Op 't Landt M, Maj M, Monteleone A, Monteleone P, Raevuori A, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Tozzi F, Tsitsika A, van Elburg A, Collier D, Sullivan P, Breen G, Bulik C, Zeggini E. Investigation of common, low-frequency and rare genome-wide variation in anorexia nervosa. Molecular Psychiatry 2017, 23: 1169-1180. PMID: 29155802, PMCID: PMC5828108, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.88.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide significanceGenomic search spaceGenome-wide variationLow-frequency variantsDetect low-frequency variantsPopulations of European originDe novo replicationIntergenic variantVariant associationsExome-chipAssociation studiesIntronic variantsRare variantsIn silicoEuropean originVariantsEffect sizeLociOPCMLWell-poweredSilicoReplicationNeuropsychiatric disordersNovel Bipolar And Schizophrenia Risk Genes Identified Through Genic Associations In Transcriptome Imputation
Huckins L, Dobbyn A, Ruderfer D, Fromer M, Consortium C, Cox N, Im H, Sieberts S, Devlin B, Roussos P, Purcell S, Sklar P, Stahl E. Novel Bipolar And Schizophrenia Risk Genes Identified Through Genic Associations In Transcriptome Imputation. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2017, 27: s487. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2016.09.577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumGenome-wide significanceGenic associationsGene expressionAssociation studiesPsychiatric Genomics Consortium schizophreniaRisk genesLarge-scale transcriptome datasetsVariants regulate gene expressionBackgroundGenome-wide association studiesTissue-specific gene expression levelsGWAS sample sizeNovel risk genesRNA-seq dataBipolar disorderSchizophrenia risk genesBiologically relevant dataCase-control sampleGWAS lociGene expression levelsGenome-wideGWAS datasetDisease architectureGenomic regionsTop loci
2014
A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa
Boraska V, Franklin C, Floyd J, Thornton L, Huckins L, Southam L, Rayner N, Tachmazidou I, Klump K, Treasure J, Lewis C, Schmidt U, Tozzi F, Kiezebrink K, Hebebrand J, Gorwood P, Adan R, Kas M, Favaro A, Santonastaso P, Fernández-Aranda F, Gratacos M, Rybakowski F, Dmitrzak-Weglarz M, Kaprio J, Keski-Rahkonen A, Raevuori A, Van Furth E, Slof-Op 't Landt M, Hudson J, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Knudsen G, Monteleone P, Kaplan A, Karwautz A, Hakonarson H, Berrettini W, Guo Y, Li D, Schork N, Komaki G, Ando T, Inoko H, Esko T, Fischer K, Männik K, Metspalu A, Baker J, Cone R, Dackor J, DeSocio J, Hilliard C, O'Toole J, Pantel J, Szatkiewicz J, Taico C, Zerwas S, Trace S, Davis O, Helder S, Bühren K, Burghardt R, de Zwaan M, Egberts K, Ehrlich S, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, Herzog W, Imgart H, Scherag A, Scherag S, Zipfel S, Boni C, Ramoz N, Versini A, Brandys M, Danner U, de Kovel C, Hendriks J, Koeleman B, Ophoff R, Strengman E, van Elburg A, Bruson A, Clementi M, Degortes D, Forzan M, Tenconi E, Docampo E, Escaramís G, Jiménez-Murcia S, Lissowska J, Rajewski A, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Slopien A, Hauser J, Karhunen L, Meulenbelt I, Slagboom P, Tortorella A, Maj M, Dedoussis G, Dikeos D, Gonidakis F, Tziouvas K, Tsitsika A, Papezova H, Slachtova L, Martaskova D, Kennedy J, Levitan R, Yilmaz Z, Huemer J, Koubek D, Merl E, Wagner G, Lichtenstein P, Breen G, Cohen-Woods S, Farmer A, McGuffin P, Cichon S, Giegling I, Herms S, Rujescu D, Schreiber S, Wichmann H, Dina C, Sladek R, Gambaro G, Soranzo N, Julia A, Marsal S, Rabionet R, Gaborieau V, Dick D, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Widén E, Andreassen O, Espeseth T, Lundervold A, Reinvang I, Steen V, Le Hellard S, Mattingsdal M, Ntalla I, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Navratilova M, Gallinger S, Pinto D, Scherer S, Aschauer H, Carlberg L, Schosser A, Alfredsson L, Ding B, Klareskog L, Padyukov L, Courtet P, Guillaume S, Jaussent I, Finan C, Kalsi G, Roberts M, Logan D, Peltonen L, Ritchie G, Barrett J, Estivill X, Hinney A, Sullivan P, Collier D, Zeggini E, Bulik C. A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa. Molecular Psychiatry 2014, 19: 1085-1094. PMID: 24514567, PMCID: PMC4325090, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesGenome-wide significanceReplicate data setsCase-control sampleReplicated genotypesGlobal meta-analysisIntronic variantsGenetics ConsortiumGene studiesEuropean ancestryDe novoIn silicoAN casesAnorexia nervosaReplicationMeta-analyzedMeta-analysisSPATA13Discovery dataFAM124BReplicate resultsLower body weightCul3Discovery