2018
Genetic influences on eight psychiatric disorders based on family data of 4 408 646 full and half-siblings, and genetic data of 333 748 cases and controls
Pettersson E, Lichtenstein P, Larsson H, Song J, Agrawal A, Børglum A, Bulik C, Daly M, Davis L, Demontis D, Edenberg H, Grove J, Gelernter J, Neale B, Pardiñas A, Stahl E, Walters J, Walters R, Sullivan P, Posthuma D, Polderman T. Genetic influences on eight psychiatric disorders based on family data of 4 408 646 full and half-siblings, and genetic data of 333 748 cases and controls. Psychological Medicine 2018, 49: 1166-1173. PMID: 30221610, PMCID: PMC6421104, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291718002039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlcoholismAnorexia NervosaAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAutism Spectrum DisorderBipolar DisorderCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesDepressive Disorder, MajorFamilyFemaleGene-Environment InteractionGenotypeHumansMaleMental DisordersObsessive-Compulsive DisorderQuantitative Trait, HeritableSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologySiblingsSweden
1998
Evidence for linkage disequilibrium between serotonin transporter protein gene (SLC6A4) and obsessive compulsive disorder
McDougle CJ, Epperson CN, Price LH, Gelernter J. Evidence for linkage disequilibrium between serotonin transporter protein gene (SLC6A4) and obsessive compulsive disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 1998, 3: 270-273. PMID: 9672904, DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderCompulsive disorderTreatment of OCDSerotonin transporter proteinHeterozygous parentsMedication targetsDrug nonrespondersMeasures of anxietyInhibitor drugsProtein expressionSerotonin transporter protein geneSLC6A4 allelesLinkage disequilibriumBehavioral phenotypes