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Estimating 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
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Blood epigenome-wide association studies of suicide attempt in adults with bipolar disorder
Mirza S, Lima C, Del Favero-Campbell A, Rubinstein A, Topolski N, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Kovács E, Blumberg H, Richards J, Williams A, Wemmie J, Magnotta V, Fiedorowicz J, Gaine M, Walss-Bass C, Quevedo J, Soares J, Fries G. Blood epigenome-wide association studies of suicide attempt in adults with bipolar disorder. Translational Psychiatry 2024, 14: 70. PMID: 38296944, PMCID: PMC10831084, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-02760-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenome-wide association studiesDifferentially methylated regionsDifferentially methylated positionsAssociation studiesCo-methylation network analysisBipolar disorderDNA methylation patternsSuicide attemptsReplication cohortHistory of SAGene ontology analysisSignificant CpG sitesMethylation patternsDNA methylationCpG sitesOntology analysisImmune-related genesEnrichment analysisNon-psychiatric controlsCalcium signalingGenesDNAClinical interviewSA historyNetwork analysis