2024
Polygenic risk for suicide attempt is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of parental risk
Stein M, Jain S, Papini S, Campbell-Sills L, Choi K, Martis B, Sun X, He F, Ware E, Naifeh J, Aliaga P, Ge T, Consortium F, Workgroup F, Program F, Consortium F, Smoller J, Gelernter J, Kessler R, Ursano R. Polygenic risk for suicide attempt is associated with lifetime suicide attempt in US soldiers independent of parental risk. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 351: 671-682. PMID: 38309480, PMCID: PMC11259154, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDepressive Disorder, MajorHumansMilitary PersonnelParentsRisk FactorsSelf-Injurious BehaviorSuicidal IdeationSuicide, AttemptedConceptsHistory of Major Depressive DisorderMajor depressive disorderNon-suicidal self-injuryLifetime non-suicidal self-injuryHistory of SAAssociated with lifetime SAParental historyMultivariate modelLifetime SASuicide attemptsParental major depressive disorderAssociated with non-suicidal self-injuryAssociated with lifetime suicide attemptsLifetime suicide attemptsClinical decision-makingDepressive disorderGWA studiesPolygenic risk scoresRisk scoreCohortEuropean ancestrySelf-injuryParental SAGenetic liabilityCombined analysis
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
Genetic liability to suicidal thoughts and behaviors and risk of suicide attempt in US military veterans: moderating effects of cumulative trauma burden
Nichter B, Koller D, De Angelis F, Wang J, Girgenti M, Na P, Hill M, Norman S, Krystal J, Gelernter J, Polimanti R, Pietrzak R. Genetic liability to suicidal thoughts and behaviors and risk of suicide attempt in US military veterans: moderating effects of cumulative trauma burden. Psychological Medicine 2022, 53: 6325-6333. PMID: 36444557, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291722003646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleRisk FactorsSuicidal IdeationSuicide, AttemptedVeteransConceptsPolygenic risk scoresUS military veteransLifetime suicide attemptsSuicide attemptsTrauma exposureTrauma burdenGenetic liabilityMilitary veteransDrug repurposing analysisPopulation-based sampleCumulative trauma exposureLifetime trauma exposureLow trauma exposureSuicide prediction modelsChronic inflammationInflammatory processNervous system developmentRisk scorePsychiatric characteristicsSuicidal behaviorExposure interactionsLarge genome-wide association studiesHigh levelsVeteransSuicidality
2021
Psychosocial moderators of polygenic risk for suicidal ideation: Results from a 7-year population-based, prospective cohort study of U.S. veterans
Na PJ, De Angelis F, Nichter B, Wendt FR, Krystal JH, Southwick SM, Levey DF, Gelernter J, Polimanti R, Pietrzak RH. Psychosocial moderators of polygenic risk for suicidal ideation: Results from a 7-year population-based, prospective cohort study of U.S. veterans. Molecular Psychiatry 2021, 27: 1068-1074. PMID: 34725455, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01352-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCohort StudiesGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansProspective StudiesSuicidal IdeationVeteransConceptsNew-onset suicidal ideationChronic suicidal ideationPolygenic risk scoresSuicidal ideationProspective cohort studyPolygenic riskRisk of SIHigher baseline levelsHigh polygenic riskModifiable psychosocial factorsSocial supportDispositional optimismCohort studyProspective cohortUS veteransSymptomatic courseRisk scorePsychosocial factorsGenome-wide association studiesBaseline levelsU.S. veteransSuicidal thoughtsPsychosocial moderatorsStudy periodLarge genome-wide association studiesMulti-environment gene interactions linked to the interplay between polysubstance dependence and suicidality
Polimanti R, Levey DF, Pathak GA, Wendt FR, Nunez YZ, Ursano RJ, Kessler RC, Kranzler HR, Stein MB, Gelernter J. Multi-environment gene interactions linked to the interplay between polysubstance dependence and suicidality. Translational Psychiatry 2021, 11: 34. PMID: 33431810, PMCID: PMC7801457, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-01153-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicidal ideationPolysubstance dependenceSuicide attemptsOdds ratioGene-environment interactionsYale-PennMultivariate logistic regressionImportant risk factorMultivariate gene-environment interactionsMental health risksOpioid dependenceRisk factorsNicotine dependenceSuicidality outcomesCocaine dependenceLogistic regressionSubstance dependenceSuicidalityCohortLifetime suicidalityLinear mixed modelsMultiple substancesArmy STARRSArmy personnelHealth risks
2011
Variation in OPRM1 and Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Drug‐Dependent Individuals
Arias AJ, Chan G, Gelernter J, Farrer L, Kranzler HR. Variation in OPRM1 and Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Drug‐Dependent Individuals. American Journal On Addictions 2011, 21: 5-10. PMID: 22211341, PMCID: PMC3674102, DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00195.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research