2023
Male-specific, replicable and functional roles of genetic variants and cerebral gray matter volumes in ADHD: a gene-wide association study across KTN1 and a region-wide functional validation across brain
Luo X, Lin X, Ide J, Luo X, Zhang Y, Xu J, Wang L, Chen Y, Cheng W, Zheng J, Wang Z, Yu T, Taximaimaiti R, Jing X, Wang X, Cao Y, Tan Y, Li C. Male-specific, replicable and functional roles of genetic variants and cerebral gray matter volumes in ADHD: a gene-wide association study across KTN1 and a region-wide functional validation across brain. Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Mental Health 2023, 17: 4. PMID: 36609385, PMCID: PMC9824933, DOI: 10.1186/s13034-022-00536-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGray matter volumeAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderTotal intracranial volumeSubcortical gray matter volumesMRNA expressionBasal gangliaEuropean cohortABCD cohortMatter volumeCerebral gray matter volumeRisk of ADHDPathogenesis of ADHDGene-wide association studyAmygdala gray matter volumeRegulatory effectsDeficit hyperactivity disorderBrain cohortSubcortical regionsBrain regionsIntracranial volumeCohortSubcortical structuresADHD risk allelesADHD riskHyperactivity disorder
2021
An independent, replicable, functional and significant risk variant block at intron 3 of CACNA1C for schizophrenia
Wang Z, Chen W, Cao Y, Dou Y, Fu Y, Zhang Y, Luo X, Kang L, Liu N, Shi YS, Li CR, Xu Y, Guo X, Luo X. An independent, replicable, functional and significant risk variant block at intron 3 of CACNA1C for schizophrenia. Australian & New Zealand Journal Of Psychiatry 2021, 56: 385-397. PMID: 33938268, DOI: 10.1177/00048674211009595.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMessenger RNA expressionGray matter volumeMatter volumeSingle nucleotide polymorphismsRisk allelesRNA expressionPathogenesis of schizophreniaSingle nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs1006737Isthmus cingulate cortexMinor allele ARisk single nucleotide polymorphismsBrain cohortCingulate cortexBrain regionsCortical regionsSubcortical structuresSchizophreniaRs1006737Allele ARegulatory effectsRisk genesSignificant risk genesCohortCortexAfrican American sample
2017
Transcriptome-wide piRNA profiling in human brains of Alzheimer's disease
Qiu W, Guo X, Lin X, Yang Q, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Zuo L, Zhu Y, Li CR, Ma C, Luo X. Transcriptome-wide piRNA profiling in human brains of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology Of Aging 2017, 57: 170-177. PMID: 28654860, PMCID: PMC5542056, DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.05.020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
NKAIN1–SERINC2 is a functional, replicable and genome-wide significant risk gene region specific for alcohol dependence in subjects of European descent
Zuo L, Wang K, Zhang XY, Krystal JH, Li CS, Zhang F, Zhang H, Luo X. NKAIN1–SERINC2 is a functional, replicable and genome-wide significant risk gene region specific for alcohol dependence in subjects of European descent. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2013, 129: 254-264. PMID: 23455491, PMCID: PMC3628730, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesExpression quantitative loci (eQTL) analysisGene regionMetabolic pathwaysQuantitative loci analysisSNP-expression associationsCis-acting regulatory effectsDiscovery sampleSNP-disease associationsNumerous genesReplication sampleLocus analysisAssociation studiesAssociation analysisRisk SNPsTranscript expressionSNPsRegulatory effectsGenesPathwayEuropean descentExpression
2012
Genome‐wide search for replicable risk gene regions in alcohol and nicotine co‐dependence
Zuo L, Zhang F, Zhang H, Zhang X, Wang F, Li C, Lu L, Hong J, Lu L, Krystal J, Deng H, Luo X. Genome‐wide search for replicable risk gene regions in alcohol and nicotine co‐dependence. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2012, 159B: 437-444. PMID: 22488850, PMCID: PMC3405545, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromosome 3Genome-wide false discovery rateGene regionFalse discovery rateGenome-wide association analysisExpression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysisQuantitative trait locus (QTL) analysisRisk SNPsTranscript expressionGenome-wide association strategyGenome-wide searchCombined P valueSNP-disease associationsAssociation peakGenomic regionsEQTL analysisEuropean American casesCausal lociLocus analysisGene expressionAssociation analysisGenesSNPsRegulatory effectsDiscovery rate