2011
ACSL6 Is Associated with the Number of Cigarettes Smoked and Its Expression Is Altered by Chronic Nicotine Exposure
Chen J, Brunzell DH, Jackson K, van der Vaart A, Z. J, Payne TJ, Sherva R, Farrer LA, Gejman P, Levinson DF, Holmans P, Aggen SH, Damaj I, Kuo PH, Webb BT, Anton R, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J, Li MD, Kendler KS, Chen X. ACSL6 Is Associated with the Number of Cigarettes Smoked and Its Expression Is Altered by Chronic Nicotine Exposure. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e28790. PMID: 22205969, PMCID: PMC3243669, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028790.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsACSL6 geneNicotine exposureNicotinic receptor antagonist mecamylaminePrevious schizophrenia studiesChronic nicotine exposureNicotinic receptor activationHippocampus of miceNumber of cigarettesOsmotic mini pumpsQuantity of cigarettesNon-schizophrenic subjectsAssociation of schizophreniaCigarettes SmokedHeavy smokersTobacco smokingNicotine administrationAntagonist mecamylamineControl subjectsIndependent associationTobacco dependenceFTND scoreHigh riskMini pumpsChronic exposureReceptor activation
2010
Multiple Independent Loci at Chromosome 15q25.1 Affect Smoking Quantity: a Meta-Analysis and Comparison with Lung Cancer and COPD
Saccone NL, Culverhouse RC, Schwantes-An TH, Cannon DS, Chen X, Cichon S, Giegling I, Han S, Han Y, Keskitalo-Vuokko K, Kong X, Landi MT, Z. J, Short SE, Stephens SH, Stevens VL, Sun L, Wang Y, Wenzlaff AS, Aggen SH, Breslau N, Broderick P, Chatterjee N, Chen J, Heath AC, Heliövaara M, Hoft NR, Hunter DJ, Jensen MK, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Niu T, Payne TJ, Peltonen L, Pergadia ML, Rice JP, Sherva R, Spitz MR, Sun J, Wang JC, Weiss RB, Wheeler W, Witt SH, Yang BZ, Caporaso NE, Ehringer MA, Eisen T, Gapstur SM, Gelernter J, Houlston R, Kaprio J, Kendler KS, Kraft P, Leppert MF, Li MD, Madden PA, Nöthen MM, Pillai S, Rietschel M, Rujescu D, Schwartz A, Amos CI, Bierut LJ. Multiple Independent Loci at Chromosome 15q25.1 Affect Smoking Quantity: a Meta-Analysis and Comparison with Lung Cancer and COPD. PLOS Genetics 2010, 6: e1001053. PMID: 20700436, PMCID: PMC2916847, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseLung cancerNicotine dependenceSmoking behaviorSmoking quantityObstructive pulmonary diseaseSmoking-related diseasesLung cancer casesPulmonary diseaseNicotinic receptor subunit geneCOPD casesIndependent associationLung tissueCancer casesReceptor subunit genesMeta-AnalysisSignificant associationSmokingRs16969968CancerSmoking phenotypesGenetic association findingsSNP rs16969968MRNA levelsCHRNA5-CHRNA3