2018
Local adaptation in European populations affected the genetics of psychiatric disorders and behavioral traits
Polimanti R, Kayser MH, Gelernter J. Local adaptation in European populations affected the genetics of psychiatric disorders and behavioral traits. Genome Medicine 2018, 10: 24. PMID: 29580271, PMCID: PMC5870256, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-018-0532-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal adaptationPathogen diversityEuropean populationsBehavioral traitsGenome-wide investigationGenome-wide dataPolygenic risk score analysisProtozoan diversityWinter minimum temperaturesGenetic diversityEvolutionary mechanismsPositive selectionWidespread signalMolecular mechanismsTop findingsRisk score analysisDiversityTraitsCommon variationBehavioral phenotypesAdaptationGeneticsPopulationPhenotypeMechanism
2017
Population diversity of the genetically determined TTR expression in human tissues and its implications in TTR amyloidosis
Iorio A, De Angelis F, Di Girolamo M, Luigetti M, Pradotto LG, Mazzeo A, Frusconi S, My F, Manfellotto D, Fuciarelli M, Polimanti R. Population diversity of the genetically determined TTR expression in human tissues and its implications in TTR amyloidosis. BMC Genomics 2017, 18: 254. PMID: 28335735, PMCID: PMC5364715, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3646-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenotype-phenotype correlationHuman populationComplex genotype-phenotype correlationsFamilial amyloidotic cardiomyopathyTTR expressionTTR amyloidosisGTEx projectGenome ProjectSkeletal muscle tissueAncestral groupsAncestry diversityRelevant tissuesScandinavian populationsAmyloidotic cardiomyopathyPopulation diversityAncestry groupsExpressionHuman tissuesDiversityMuscle tissueHereditary diseasePolygenic scoresTissueClinical variabilityLesser extent