Featured Publications
Genome-wide association analyses of post-traumatic stress disorder and its symptom subdomains in the Million Veteran Program
Stein MB, Levey DF, Cheng Z, Wendt FR, Harrington K, Pathak GA, Cho K, Quaden R, Radhakrishnan K, Girgenti MJ, Ho YA, Posner D, Aslan M, Duman RS, Zhao H, Polimanti R, Concato J, Gelernter J. Genome-wide association analyses of post-traumatic stress disorder and its symptom subdomains in the Million Veteran Program. Nature Genetics 2021, 53: 174-184. PMID: 33510476, PMCID: PMC7972521, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-00767-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association analysisAssociation analysisMillion Veteran ProgramGenomic structural equation modelingSignificant lociGenetic varianceGene expressionDrug repositioning candidatesBiological coherenceVeteran ProgramMultiple testing correctionSymptom phenotypeLociRepositioning candidatesAfrican ancestryHeritabilityPhenotypeAncestryExpressionPTSD symptom factorsRegionSubdomainsEnrichment
2018
Phenomic Impact of Genetically-Determined Euthyroid Function and Molecular Differences between Thyroid Disorders
Ravera S, Carrasco N, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Phenomic Impact of Genetically-Determined Euthyroid Function and Molecular Differences between Thyroid Disorders. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2018, 7: 296. PMID: 30248900, PMCID: PMC6210201, DOI: 10.3390/jcm7100296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEuthyroid functionThyroid disordersMolecular differencesExchange factor activityGenome-wide dataMultiple testing correctionConsistent genetic correlationsFree thyroxine levelsTwo-sample Mendelian randomization studyBody fat distributionJAK/STATMendelian randomization studyPhenotypic traitsInter-individual variabilityPotential confoundersFat distributionFemale infertilityMolecular mechanismsThyroxine levelsImmune pathwaysMolecular pathwaysRandomization studyGenetic correlationsHyperthyroidismHypothyroidism
2016
DNA co-methylation modules in postmortem prefrontal cortex tissues of European Australians with alcohol use disorders
Wang F, Xu H, Zhao H, Gelernter J, Zhang H. DNA co-methylation modules in postmortem prefrontal cortex tissues of European Australians with alcohol use disorders. Scientific Reports 2016, 6: 19430. PMID: 26763658, PMCID: PMC4725922, DOI: 10.1038/srep19430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCo-methylation modulesPostmortem prefrontal cortex tissueDNA methylome alterationsCo-methylation analysisDNA methylation alterationsSubstance dependence phenotypesTranscriptional regulationDNA methylomeMethylation alterationsMethylome alterationsBiological processesPostmortem prefrontal cortexExpression relationshipsNeural developmentDifferential expressionPrefrontal cortex tissueGenesDependence phenotypesMultiple testing correctionCpGAUD subjectsFemale pairsCortex tissueMethylomePhenotype