2023
Identification of Novel, Replicable Genetic Risk Loci for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among US Military Veterans
Kimbrel N, Ashley-Koch A, Qin X, Lindquist J, Garrett M, Dennis M, Hair L, Huffman J, Jacobson D, Madduri R, Trafton J, Coon H, Docherty A, Mullins N, Ruderfer D, Harvey P, McMahon B, Oslin D, Beckham J, Hauser E, Hauser M, Agarwal K, Ashley-Koch A, Aslan M, Beckham J, Begoli E, Bhattacharya T, Brown B, Calhoun P, Cheung K, Choudhury S, Cliff A, Cohn J, Crivelli S, Cuellar-Hengartner L, Deangelis H, Dennis M, Dhaubhadel S, Finley P, Ganguly K, Garvin M, Gelernter J, Hair L, Harvey P, Hauser E, Hauser M, Hengartner N, Jacobson D, Jones P, Kainer D, Kaplan A, Katz I, Kember R, Kimbrel N, Kirby A, Ko J, Kolade B, Lagergren J, Lane M, Levey D, Levin D, Lindquist J, Liu X, Madduri R, Manore C, Martins S, McCarthy J, McDevitt-Cashman M, McMahon B, Miller I, Morrow D, Oslin D, Pavicic-Venegas M, Pestian J, Pyarajan S, Qin X, Rajeevan N, Ramsey C, Ribeiro R, Rodriguez A, Romero J, Santel D, Schaefferkoetter N, Shi Y, Stein M, Sullivan K, Sun N, Tamang S, Townsend A, Trafton J, Walker A, Wang X, Wangia-Anderson V, Yang R, Yoon H, Yoo S, Zamora-Resendiz R, Zhao H, Docherty A, Mullins N, Coleman J, Shabalin A, Kang J, Murnyak B, Wendt F, Adams M, Campos A, DiBlasi E, Fullerton J, Kranzler H, Bakian A, Monson E, Rentería M, Andreassen O, Bulik C, Edenberg H, Kessler R, Mann J, Nurnberger J, Pistis G, Streit F, Ursano R, Awasthi S, Bergen A, Berrettini W, Bohus M, Brandt H, Chang X, Chen H, Chen W, Christensen E, Crawford S, Crow S, Duriez P, Edwards A, Fernández-Aranda F, Fichter M, Galfalvy H, Gallinger S, Gandal M, Gorwood P, Guo Y, Hafferty J, Hakonarson H, Halmi K, Hishimoto A, Jain S, Jamain S, Jiménez-Murcia S, Johnson C, Kaplan A, Kaye W, Keel P, Kennedy J, Kim M, Klump K, Levey D, Li D, Liao S, Lieb K, Lilenfeld L, Lori A, Magistretti P, Marshall C, Mitchell J, Myers R, Okazaki S, Otsuka I, Pinto D, Powers A, Ramoz N, Ripke S, Roepke S, Rozanov V, Scherer S, Schmahl C, Sokolowski M, Starnawska A, Strober M, Su M, Thornton L, Treasure J, Ware E, Watson H, Witt S, Woodside D, Yilmaz Z, Zillich L, Agerbo E, Børglum A, Breen G, Demontis D, Erlangsen A, Esko T, Gelernter J, Glatt S, Hougaard D, Hwu H, Kuo P, Lewis C, Li Q, Liu C, Martin N, McIntosh A, Medland S, Mors O, Nordentoft M, Nurnberger J, Olsen C, Porteous D, Smith D, Stahl E, Stein M, Wasserman D, Werge T, Whiteman D, Willour V, Coon H, Ruderfer D, Dedert E, Elbogen E, Fairbank J, Hurley R, Kilts J, Martindale S, Marx C, McDonald S, Moore S, Morey R, Naylor J, Rowland J, Shura R, Swinkels C, Tupler L, Van Voorhees E, Yoash-Gantz R, Gaziano J, Muralidhar S, Ramoni R, Chang K, O’Donnell C, Tsao P, Breeling J, Hauser E, Sun Y, Huang G, Casas J, Moser J, Whitbourne S, Brewer J, Conner T, Argyres D, Stephens B, Brophy M, Humphries D, Selva L, Do N, Shayan S, Cho K, Churby L, Wilson P, McArdle R, Dellitalia L, Mattocks K, Harley J, Whittle J, Jacono F, Wells J, Gutierrez S, Gibson G, Hammer K, Kaminsky L, Villareal G, Kinlay S, Xu J, Hamner M, Mathew R, Bhushan S, Iruvanti P, Godschalk M, Ballas Z, Ivins D, Mastorides S, Moorman J, Gappy S, Klein J, Ratcliffe N, Florez H, Okusaga O, Murdoch M, Sriram P, Yeh S, Tandon N, Jhala D, Liangpunsakul S, Oursler K, Whooley M, Ahuja S, Constans J, Meyer P, Greco J, Rauchman M, Servatius R, Gaddy M, Wallbom A, Morgan T, Stapley T, Sherman S, Ross G, Strollo P, Boyko E, Meyer L, Gupta S, Huq M, Fayad J, Hung A, Lichy J, Hurley R, Robey B, Striker R. Identification of Novel, Replicable Genetic Risk Loci for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among US Military Veterans. JAMA Psychiatry 2023, 80: 135-145. PMID: 36515925, PMCID: PMC9857322, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.3896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMolecular genetic basisRisk lociSingle nucleotide variantsGWS lociGenetic basisGenomic risk lociRisk genesGenome-wide association studiesSignificant enrichmentGene-based analysisGenetic risk lociCandidate risk genesCyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signalingIdentification of novelPolygenic risk score analysisGene clusterFocal adhesionsGenetic substructureUbiquitination processChromosome 2Enrichment analysisAssociation studiesAxon guidanceAfrican ancestryNCAM1-TTC12
2022
Penetrance and Pleiotropy of Polygenic Risk Scores for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Depression Among Adults in the US Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Bigdeli TB, Voloudakis G, Barr PB, Gorman BR, Genovese G, Peterson RE, Burstein DE, Velicu VI, Li Y, Gupta R, Mattheisen M, Tomasi S, Rajeevan N, Sayward F, Radhakrishnan K, Natarajan S, Malhotra AK, Shi Y, Zhao H, Kosten TR, Concato J, O’Leary T, Przygodzki R, Gleason T, Pyarajan S, Brophy M, Huang GD, Muralidhar S, Gaziano JM, Aslan M, Fanous AH, Harvey PD, Roussos P, Aslan M, Antonelli M, de Asis M, Bauer M, Brophy M, Concato J, Cunningham F, Freedman R, Gaziano M, Gleason T, Harvey P, Huang G, Kelsoe J, Kosten T, Lehner T, Lohr J, Marder S, Miller P, O Leary T, Patterson T, Peduzzi P, Przygodski R, Siever L, Sklar P, Strakowski S, Zhao H, Fanous A, Farwell W, Malhorta A, Mane S, Palacios P, Bigdeli T, Corsey M, Zaluda L, Johnson J, Sueiro M, Cavaliere D, Jeanpaul V, Maffucci A, Mancini L, Deen J, Muldoon G, Whitbourne S, Canive J, Adamson L, Calais L, Fuldauer G, Kushner R, Toney G, Lackey M, Mank A, Mahdavi N, Villarreal G, Muly E, Amin F, Dent M, Wold J, Fischer B, Elliott A, Felix C, Gill G, Parker P, Logan C, McAlpine J, DeLisi L, Reece S, Hammer M, Agbor-Tabie D, Goodson W, Aslam M, Grainger M, Richtand N, Rybalsky A, Al Jurdi R, Boeckman E, Natividad T, Smith D, Stewart M, Torres S, Zhao Z, Mayeda A, Green A, Hofstetter J, Ngombu S, Scott M, Strasburger A, Sumner J, Paschall G, Mucciarelli J, Owen R, Theus S, Tompkins D, Potkin S, Reist C, Novin M, Khalaghizadeh S, Douyon R, Kumar N, Martinez B, Sponheim S, Bender T, Lucas H, Lyon A, Marggraf M, Sorensen L, Surerus C, Sison C, Amato J, Johnson D, Pagan-Howard N, Adler L, Alerpin S, Leon T, Mattocks K, Araeva N, Sullivan J, Suppes T, Bratcher K, Drag L, Fischer E, Fujitani L, Gill S, Grimm D, Hoblyn J, Nguyen T, Nikolaev E, Shere L, Relova R, Vicencio A, Yip M, Hurford I, Acheampong S, Carfagno G, Haas G, Appelt C, Brown E, Chakraborty B, Kelly E, Klima G, Steinhauer S, Hurley R, Belle R, Eknoyan D, Johnson K, Lamotte J, Granholm E, Bradshaw K, Holden J, Jones R, Le T, Molina I, Peyton M, Ruiz I, Sally L, Tapp A, Devroy S, Jain V, Kilzieh N, Maus L, Miller K, Pope H, Wood A, Meyer E, Givens P, Hicks P, Justice S, McNair K, Pena J, Tharp D, Davis L, Ban M, Cheatum L, Darr P, Grayson W, Munford J, Whitfield B, Wilson E, Melnikoff S, Schwartz B, Tureson M, D Souza D, Forselius K, Ranganathan M, Rispoli L, Sather M, Colling C, Haakenson C, Kruegar D, Muralidhar S, Ramoni R, Breeling J, Chang K, O Donnell C, Tsao P, Moser J, Brewer J, Warren S, Argyres D, Stevens B, Humphries D, Do N, Shayan S, Nguyen X, Pyarajan S, Cho K, Hauser E, Sun Y, Wilson P, McArdle R, Dellitalia L, Harley J, Whittle J. Penetrance and Pleiotropy of Polygenic Risk Scores for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Depression Among Adults in the US Veterans Affairs Health Care System. JAMA Psychiatry 2022, 79: 1092-1101. PMID: 36103194, PMCID: PMC9475441, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnosis of schizophreniaPolygenic risk scoresBipolar disorderHealth care systemElectronic health recordsBilling codesRisk scoreUS Veterans Affairs Health Care SystemClinical InterviewVeterans Health Administration health care systemVeterans Affairs Health Care SystemDisorder-specific genetic factorsVeterans Health Administration electronic health recordsCare systemICD-9/10 codesMajor depression polygenic risk scoresSerious mental illnessEuropean ancestryDepression polygenic risk scoresPhysical health problemsAfrican ancestryUS veteransMajor depressionMillion Veteran ProgramMAIN OUTCOMEAssociation of Kidney Comorbidities and Acute Kidney Failure With Unfavorable Outcomes After COVID-19 in Individuals With the Sickle Cell Trait
Verma A, Huffman JE, Gao L, Minnier J, Wu WC, Cho K, Ho YL, Gorman BR, Pyarajan S, Rajeevan N, Garcon H, Joseph J, McGeary JE, Suzuki A, Reaven PD, Wan ES, Lynch JA, Petersen JM, Meigs JB, Freiberg MS, Gatsby E, Lynch KE, Zekavat SM, Natarajan P, Dalal S, Jhala DN, Arjomandi M, Bonomo RA, Thompson TK, Pathak GA, Zhou JJ, Donskey CJ, Madduri RK, Wells QS, Gelernter J, Huang RDL, Polimanti R, Chang KM, Liao KP, Tsao PS, Sun YV, Wilson PWF, O’Donnell C, Hung AM, Gaziano JM, Hauger RL, Iyengar SK, Luoh SW, Muralidhar S, Beckham J, Moser J, Thomann L, Garcon H, Kosik N, Damrauer S, Assimes T, Roussos P, Striker R, Tuteja S, DuVall S, Lynch K, Gatsby E, Ramoni R, Breeling J, Huang G, Whitbourne S, Brewer J, Aslan M, Connor T, Argyres D, Stephens B, Brophy M, Humphries D, Selva L, Do N, Shayan S, Churby L, Hauser E, Zhao H, Wilson P, McArdle R, Dellitalia L, Mattocks K, Harley J, Whittle J, Jacono F, Wells J, Gutierrez S, Gibson G, Hammer K, Kaminsky L, Villareal G, Kinlay S, Xu J, Hamner M, Mathew R, Bhushan S, Iruvanti P, Godschalk M, Ballas Z, Ivins D, Mastorides S, Moorman J, Gappy S, Klein J, Ratcliffe N, Florez H, Okusaga O, Murdoch M, Sriram P, Yeh S, Tandon N, Jhala D, Aguayo S, Cohen D, Sharma S, Liangpunsakul S, Oursler K, Whooley M, Ahuja S, Constans J, Meyer P, Greco J, Rauchman M, Servatius R, Gaddy M, Wallbom A, Morgan T, Stapley T, Sherman S, Ross G, Tsao P, Strollo P, Boyko E, Meyer L, Gupta S, Huq M, Fayad J, Hung A, Lichy J, Hurley R, Robey B. Association of Kidney Comorbidities and Acute Kidney Failure With Unfavorable Outcomes After COVID-19 in Individuals With the Sickle Cell Trait. JAMA Internal Medicine 2022, 182: 796-804. PMID: 35759254, PMCID: PMC9237798, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney failureSickle cell traitAssociation of SCTCOVID-19 outcomesCOVID-19 mortalityKidney diseaseKidney failureCell traitMillion Veteran ProgramCOVID-19Chronic kidney diseaseDiabetic kidney diseaseHypertensive kidney diseaseElectronic health recordsIndex dateAfrican ancestryPulmonary embolismClinical outcomesCerebrovascular diseaseMean ageUnfavorable outcomeClinical dataDiseases codesKidney morbidityMAIN OUTCOME
2021
Polygenic Breast Cancer Risk for Women Veterans in the Million Veteran Program
Minnier J, Rajeevan N, Gao L, Park B, Pyarajan S, Spellman P, Haskell SG, Brandt CA, Luoh SW. Polygenic Breast Cancer Risk for Women Veterans in the Million Veteran Program. JCO Precision Oncology 2021, 5: 1178-1191. PMID: 34381935, PMCID: PMC8345920, DOI: 10.1200/po.20.00541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast Cancer Risk Assessment ToolCancer Risk Assessment ToolIncident breast cancerAbsolute lifetime riskAA womenRisk assessment toolIncident casesLifetime riskBreast cancerMillion Veteran ProgramAccurate breast cancer risk assessmentProstate Cancer Cohort ConsortiumBreast cancer risk assessmentPrior BC diagnosisBreast cancer riskClinical risk modelVeteran ProgramRisk prediction modelCancer risk assessmentAssessment toolIncident BCAfrican ancestryHazard ratioProspective cohortMultiracial cohort