2023
Schizophrenia risk conferred by rare protein-truncating variants is conserved across diverse human populations
Liu D, Meyer D, Fennessy B, Feng C, Cheng E, Johnson J, Park Y, Rieder M, Ascolillo S, de Pins A, Dobbyn A, Lebovitch D, Moya E, Nguyen T, Wilkins L, Hassan A, Burdick K, Buxbaum J, Domenici E, Frangou S, Hartmann A, Laurent-Levinson C, Malhotra D, Pato C, Pato M, Ressler K, Roussos P, Rujescu D, Arango C, Bertolino A, Blasi G, Bocchio-Chiavetto L, Campion D, Carr V, Fullerton J, Gennarelli M, González-Peñas J, Levinson D, Mowry B, Nimgaokar V, Pergola G, Rampino A, Cervilla J, Rivera M, Schwab S, Wildenauer D, Daly M, Neale B, Singh T, O’Donovan M, Owen M, Walters J, Ayub M, Malhotra A, Lencz T, Sullivan P, Sklar P, Stahl E, Huckins L, Charney A. Schizophrenia risk conferred by rare protein-truncating variants is conserved across diverse human populations. Nature Genetics 2023, 55: 369-376. PMID: 36914870, PMCID: PMC10011128, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01305-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-truncating variantsRare protein-truncating variantsControls of diverse ancestryGenetic architecture of schizophreniaRare variant signalsProtein-coding regionsSchizophrenia risk genesCustom sequencing panelAncestral populationsAllelic spectrumGenetic architectureHuman populationDiverse ancestryHuman geneticsRisk genesVariant signalsGenesSequencing panelSchizophrenia casesSchizophrenia riskChronic mental illnessAncestryGeneticsMental illnessVariants
2019
International Society of Psychiatric Genetics Ethics Committee: Issues facing us
Lázaro‐Muñoz G, Sabatello M, Huckins L, Peay H, Degenhardt F, Meiser B, Lencz T, Soda T, Docherty A, Crepaz‐Keay D, Austin J, Peterson R, Davis L, Committee O. International Society of Psychiatric Genetics Ethics Committee: Issues facing us. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2019, 180: 543-554. PMID: 31124312, PMCID: PMC6861601, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational Society of Psychiatric GeneticsPsychiatric geneticsPsychiatric genetic researchGenetic researchELSI challengesGenetic counselorsClinical geneticistsEthics CommitteeGeneticsELSI issuesMental health professionalsLegal proceedingsClinical settingPatientsInternational organizationsEthical translationMental illnessInternational reachInternational SocietyBiological underpinningsGeneticistsELSIIncreased awarenessPsychiatric researchHealth professionals