2024
Genetically Informed Study Highlights Income-Independent Effect of Schizophrenia Liability on Mental and Physical Health
Kouakou M, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Pathak G, Cannon T, Polimanti R. Genetically Informed Study Highlights Income-Independent Effect of Schizophrenia Liability on Mental and Physical Health. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2024, sbae093. PMID: 38848523, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbae093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultivariable Mendelian randomizationMR analysisMedical endpointsMultivariable MR analysisNegative health outcomesSubstance usePsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumHigh-risk individualsFinnGen participantsMendelian randomizationMultiple testing correctionSocioeconomic inequalitiesHealth outcomesBonferroni multiple testing correctionUK BiobankSocioeconomic differencesPhysical healthMental healthAnalysis of schizophreniaGenetic liabilityAdjustment disorderHousehold incomeLife expectancyTesting correctionPersonality disorderGenetic Liability to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Its Association With Cardiometabolic and Respiratory Outcomes
Pathak G, Singh K, Choi K, Fang Y, Kouakou M, Lee Y, Zhou X, Fritsche L, Wendt F, Davis L, Polimanti R. Genetic Liability to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Its Association With Cardiometabolic and Respiratory Outcomes. JAMA Psychiatry 2024, 81: 34-44. PMID: 37910111, PMCID: PMC10620678, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.4127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderBody mass indexMass General BrighamPTSD symptom severityElectronic health recordsSymptom severityRespiratory outcomesMass indexRisk factorsMedical outcomesHealth outcomesMendelian randomizationDisease categoriesGenetic liabilityMeta-analyzed associationsSignificant medical outcomesNonspecific chest painC-reactive proteinMental health disordersUK BiobankMultivariable Mendelian randomizationPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomsChest painCardiac dysrhythmiasTobacco smoking
2021
The integration of genetically-regulated transcriptomics and electronic health records highlights a pattern of medical outcomes related to increased hepatic transthyretin expression
Pathak GA, De Lillo A, Wendt FR, De Angelis F, Koller D, Mendoza B, Jacoby D, Miller EJ, Buxbaum JN, Polimanti R. The integration of genetically-regulated transcriptomics and electronic health records highlights a pattern of medical outcomes related to increased hepatic transthyretin expression. Amyloid 2021, 29: 110-119. PMID: 34935565, PMCID: PMC9213571, DOI: 10.1080/13506129.2021.2018678.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) projectMulti-tissue analysisElectronic health recordsTTR amyloid formationGenetic regulationExpression projectRNA interferenceTranscriptomic profilesGene expressionExpression informationHepatic expressionHealth outcomesPhenotypic informationAmyloid formationHealth recordsCarpal tunnel syndromeTranscriptionTransthyretin expressionSystemic amyloidosesHepatic transcriptionPathological processesExpressionTunnel syndromeGastrointestinal diseasesSurgical procedures