2024
Effects of genetically predicted posttraumatic stress disorder on autoimmune phenotypes
Maihofer A, Ratanatharathorn A, Hemmings S, Costenbader K, Michopoulos V, Polimanti R, Rothbaum A, Seedat S, Mikita E, Smith A, Salem R, Shaffer R, Wu T, Sebat J, Ressler K, Stein M, Koenen K, Wolf E, Sumner J, Nievergelt C. Effects of genetically predicted posttraumatic stress disorder on autoimmune phenotypes. Translational Psychiatry 2024, 14: 172. PMID: 38561342, PMCID: PMC10984931, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-02869-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderMendelian randomizationTwo-sample Mendelian randomizationLinkage disequilibrium score regressionGenome-wide significant single nucleotide polymorphismsCorrelated horizontal pleiotropyGenetic architectures of phenotypesMultivariable MR analysisSignificant single nucleotide polymorphismsAssociation of posttraumatic stress disorderCausal effectsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenetic correlationsMR-PRESSOHorizontal pleiotropyStress disorderMR analysisScore regressionGenetic architectureC-reactive proteinInverse varianceMR estimatesNucleotide polymorphismsPathway variablesEpidemiological evidence
2021
Pleiotropic effects of telomere length loci with brain morphology and brain tissue expression
Pathak GA, Wendt FR, Levey DF, Mecca AP, van Dyck CH, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Pleiotropic effects of telomere length loci with brain morphology and brain tissue expression. Human Molecular Genetics 2021, 30: 1360-1370. PMID: 33831179, PMCID: PMC8255129, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddab102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethylation expressionGenetic variantsMapping gene functionTelomere lengthChromatin associationChromatin profilesGene functionGenetic colocalizationGene mappingGenomic relationshipsNeuropsychiatric traitsPleiotropic rolesDrug-gene interactionsCertain lociBrain tissue expressionGenesLociPleiotropic effectsBrain morphology measuresNucleotide polymorphismsAncestry populationsTissue expressionPhenotypic associationsPleiotropyAncestry groups