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Widespread signatures of positive selection in common risk alleles associated to autism spectrum disorder
Polimanti R, Gelernter J. Widespread signatures of positive selection in common risk alleles associated to autism spectrum disorder. PLOS Genetics 2017, 13: e1006618. PMID: 28187187, PMCID: PMC5328401, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAutism Spectrum DisorderBipolar DisorderBrainComputational BiologyDepressive Disorder, MajorGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsHumansPituitary GlandPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsSchizophreniaTranscriptomeConceptsPositive selectionGene Ontology enrichmentGene expression enrichmentPrevious genetic studiesGWAS summary statisticsNervous system developmentCommon risk allelesPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumSystems geneticsOntology enrichmentRisk allelesSynapse organizationWidespread signaturesEvolutionary processesGenetic studiesGenomics ConsortiumGWASHuman evolutionAllelesIncomplete selectionEffect directionMinor alleleComplete selectionEnrichmentSummary statistics
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 disorderEstimating the direct effects of the genetic liabilities to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and behavioral traits on suicide attempt using a multivariable Mendelian randomization approach
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Aydin N, Fries G, Docherty A, Walss-Bass C, Polimanti R. Estimating the direct effects of the genetic liabilities to bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and behavioral traits on suicide attempt using a multivariable Mendelian randomization approach. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 49: 1383-1391. PMID: 38396255, PMCID: PMC11250798, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01833-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with higher oddsPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumSubstance use disordersSocioeconomic factorsMendelian randomizationBipolar disorderGenetic liabilitySuicide attemptsHigher oddsTwo-sample Mendelian randomizationGenetic liability to bipolar disorderEffects of mental distressUK Biobank (UKBLiability to bipolar disorderMultivariable MR approachMendelian randomization approachComprehensive mental health assessmentGenome-wide association dataRisk of psychiatric disordersMental health assessmentBehavioral traitsAssociated with lonelinessHigh-risk individualsMental distressContext of SA
2022
Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent genome-wide significant risk loci
Deak JD, Zhou H, Galimberti M, Levey DF, Wendt FR, Sanchez-Roige S, Hatoum AS, Johnson EC, Nunez YZ, Demontis D, Børglum AD, Rajagopal VM, Jennings MV, Kember RL, Justice AC, Edenberg HJ, Agrawal A, Polimanti R, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J. Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent genome-wide significant risk loci. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 3970-3979. PMID: 35879402, PMCID: PMC9718667, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01709-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide significant risk lociAssociation studiesVariant associationsLarge-scale genome-wide association studiesGenetic correlationsSignificant risk lociPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumMulti-trait analysisPolygenic risk score analysisSingle-variant associationsGWS lociGenetic architectureIndividuals of EuropeanGWS associationsRisk lociGene regionGenomics ConsortiumMillion Veteran ProgramSusceptibility lociAfrican ancestryLociRisk score analysisGenetic informativenessSNPs one
2021
Potential causal effect of posttraumatic stress disorder on alcohol use disorder and alcohol consumption in individuals of European descent: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Bountress KE, Wendt F, Bustamante D, Agrawal A, Webb B, Gillespie N, Edenberg H, Sheerin C, Johnson E, Group T, Polimanti R, Amstadter A. Potential causal effect of posttraumatic stress disorder on alcohol use disorder and alcohol consumption in individuals of European descent: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2021, 45: 1616-1623. PMID: 34120358, PMCID: PMC8429238, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderAlcohol use disorderStress disorderTrauma-related symptomsSelf-medication modelUse disordersAlcohol consumptionLarge-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) dataCausal effectNicotine usePotential causal effectsPTSD coLatent analysisEtiologic influencesAlcohol phenotypesHealth behaviorsPrevention effortsCorrelated riskDisordersPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumMendelian randomization studyFindingsIndividualsClinical studiesMillion Veteran Program
2020
Leveraging genome-wide data to investigate differences between opioid use vs. opioid dependence in 41,176 individuals from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
Polimanti R, Walters RK, Johnson EC, McClintick JN, Adkins AE, Adkins DE, Bacanu SA, Bierut LJ, Bigdeli TB, Brown S, Bucholz KK, Copeland WE, Costello EJ, Degenhardt L, Farrer LA, Foroud TM, Fox L, Goate AM, Grucza R, Hack LM, Hancock DB, Hartz SM, Heath AC, Hewitt JK, Hopfer CJ, Johnson EO, Kendler KS, Kranzler HR, Krauter K, Lai D, Madden PAF, Martin NG, Maes HH, Nelson EC, Peterson RE, Porjesz B, Riley BP, Saccone N, Stallings M, Wall TL, Webb BT, Wetherill L, Edenberg H, Agrawal A, Gelernter J. Leveraging genome-wide data to investigate differences between opioid use vs. opioid dependence in 41,176 individuals from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium. Molecular Psychiatry 2020, 25: 1673-1687. PMID: 32099098, PMCID: PMC7392789, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-020-0677-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Evidence of causal effect of major depression on alcohol dependence: findings from the psychiatric genomics consortium
Polimanti R, Peterson RE, Ong JS, MacGregor S, Edwards AC, Clarke TK, Frank J, Gerring Z, Gillespie NA, Lind PA, Maes HH, Martin NG, Mbarek H, Medland SE, Streit F, Agrawal A, Edenberg H, Kendler K, Lewis C, Sullivan P, Wray N, Gelernter J, Derks E. Evidence of causal effect of major depression on alcohol dependence: findings from the psychiatric genomics consortium. Psychological Medicine 2019, 49: 1218-1226. PMID: 30929657, PMCID: PMC6565601, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291719000667.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressionAlcohol dependenceAlcohol consumptionPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumImportant public health concernMendelian randomizationPublic health concernUK BiobankClinical associationsHealth concernMR analysisReverse causationCausal roleNon-significant resultsCausal relationshipGenetic liabilityGenomics ConsortiumLinkage disequilibrium score regressionIntervention efforts