2024
F95. LOCAL ANCESTRY-AWARE META-ANALYSIS OF GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN LATIN AMERICAN POPULATIONS
Martinez-Magana J, Atkinson E, Giusti-Rodriguez P, Santoro M, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Daviglus M, Perreira K, Nicolini H, Pereira A, Belangero S, Moyses-Oliveira M, Tucker K, Ordovas J, Villatoro-Velazquez J, Montalvo-Ortiz J. F95. LOCAL ANCESTRY-AWARE META-ANALYSIS OF GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN LATIN AMERICAN POPULATIONS. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 87: 256. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide association study studiesAncestry-specific effectsIntergenic variantAlcohol consumptionAncestry-specific lociNative-American ancestryFrequency of alcohol consumptionAssociated with alcohol consumptionMeta-analysisLocal ancestryAdmixed populationsGWA studiesGenomic backgroundAssociation studiesSLIT3 geneMAGI1 genesGenomics ConsortiumGenetic associationGenesLatin American populationsAfrican ancestryGenetic liabilityUnited StatesAncestryA phenome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation study of alcohol use variants in a diverse cohort comprising over 3 million individuals
Jennings M, Martínez-Magaña J, Courchesne-Krak N, Cupertino R, Vilar-Ribó L, Bianchi S, Hatoum A, Atkinson E, Giusti-Rodriguez P, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Gelernter J, Artigas M, 23andMe I, Aslibekyan S, Auton A, Babalola E, Bell R, Bielenberg J, Bryc K, Bullis E, Coker D, Partida G, Dhamija D, Das S, Elson S, Eriksson N, Filshtein T, Fitch A, Fletez-Brant K, Fontanillas P, Freyman W, Granka J, Heilbron K, Hernandez A, Hicks B, Hinds D, Jewett E, Jiang Y, Kukar K, Kwong A, Lin K, Llamas B, Lowe M, McCreight J, McIntyre M, Micheletti S, Moreno M, Nandakumar P, Nguyen D, Noblin E, O'Connell J, Petrakovitz A, Poznik G, Reynoso A, Schumacher M, Shastri A, Shelton J, Shi J, Shringarpure S, Su Q, Tat S, Tchakouté C, Tran V, Tung J, Wang X, Wang W, Weldon C, Wilton P, Wong C, Elson S, Edenberg H, Fontanillas P, Palmer A, Sanchez-Roige S. A phenome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation study of alcohol use variants in a diverse cohort comprising over 3 million individuals. EBioMedicine 2024, 103: 105086. PMID: 38580523, PMCID: PMC11121167, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple domains of healthDomains of healthEffects of alcohol consumptionAlcohol consumptionHealth outcomesPhenome-wide association studyAlcohol-related behaviorsCardio-metabolic healthPotential causal effectMendelian randomisation studiesGenome-wide association studiesPhenome-wide associationMR analysisPheWAS associationsMultiple domainsHypothesis-free approachPreventive medicineDiverse cohortPheWASAssociation studiesHealthReproductive healthAlcohol behaviorConsequences of drinkingEuropean cohortNeuronal-specific methylome and hydroxymethylome analysis reveal significant loci associated with alcohol use disorder
Andrade-Brito D, Núñez-Ríos D, Martínez-Magaña J, Nagamatsu S, Rompala G, Zillich L, Witt S, Clark S, Lattig M, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Alvarez V, Benedek D, Che A, Cruz D, Davis D, Girgenti M, Hoffman E, Holtzheimer P, Huber B, Kaye A, Keane T, Krystal J, Labadorf A, Logue M, Marx B, Mash D, McKee A, Miller M, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Noller C, Schnurr P, Scott W, Stein T, Ursano R, Williamson D, Wolf E, Young K. Neuronal-specific methylome and hydroxymethylome analysis reveal significant loci associated with alcohol use disorder. Frontiers In Genetics 2024, 15: 1345410. PMID: 38633406, PMCID: PMC11021708, DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1345410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociated with alcohol use disorderAlcohol use disorderOrbitofrontal cortexEpigenome-wide association studiesUse disorderStudy of alcohol use disorderHuman orbitofrontal cortexAlcohol-related traitsHuman brainPostmortem brain samplesHuman postmortem brain samplesEnrichment analysisDifferential CpG sitesPostmortem brain tissueGenome-wide levelOxidative bisulfite sequencingAssessed 5Functional enrichment analysisBrain tissueFalse discovery rateBisulfite sequencingAssociation studiesDifferential methylationIdentified genesDNA methylation
2022
Epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder identifies novel loci in U.S. military veterans
Montalvo-Ortiz JL, Gelernter J, Cheng Z, Girgenti MJ, Xu K, Zhang X, Gopalan S, Zhou H, Duman RS, Southwick SM, Krystal JH, Pietrzak R. Epigenome-wide association study of posttraumatic stress disorder identifies novel loci in U.S. military veterans. Translational Psychiatry 2022, 12: 65. PMID: 35177594, PMCID: PMC8854688, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-01822-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesTranscription regulationCpG sitesGenome-wide association studiesCell type proportionsPosttraumatic stress disorderPotential epigenetic biomarkersSignificant CpG sitesEpigenetic mechanismsDNA methylationNovel lociCell signalingEpigenetic biomarkersMethylation analysisAxonal guidanceNovel molecular biomarkersEPIC BeadChipLifetime posttraumatic stress disorderMilitary veteransPostmortem brain tissueMedial orbitofrontal cortexMolecular biomarkersRegulationU.S. military veterans
2019
Epigenome‐Wide DNA Methylation Association Analysis Identified Novel Loci in Peripheral Cells for Alcohol Consumption Among European American Male Veterans
Xu K, Montalvo‐Ortiz J, Zhang X, Southwick SM, Krystal JH, Pietrzak RH, Gelernter J. Epigenome‐Wide DNA Methylation Association Analysis Identified Novel Loci in Peripheral Cells for Alcohol Consumption Among European American Male Veterans. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2019, 43: 2111-2121. PMID: 31386212, PMCID: PMC9377208, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenome-wide association studiesDNA methylationCpG sitesSignificant CpG sitesHigh-density methylation arraysNovel DNA methylation sitesNew CpG sitesDNA methylation sitesEpigenome-wide DNA methylationAmino acid transportIndividual CpG sitesGene lengthPeripheral cellsNovel lociDNA sitesKEGG databaseMethylation sitesEnrichment analysisMethylation arraysAssociation studiesAssociation analysisGenesMethylationAcid transportFalse discovery rateGenomewide Study of Epigenetic Biomarkers of Opioid Dependence in European- American Women
Montalvo-Ortiz JL, Cheng Z, Kranzler HR, Zhang H, Gelernter J. Genomewide Study of Epigenetic Biomarkers of Opioid Dependence in European- American Women. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 4660. PMID: 30874594, PMCID: PMC6420601, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41110-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenome-wide association studiesEpigenetic mechanismsAssociation studiesAssociation analysisCpG sitesFirst epigenome-wide association studyGenome-wide association studiesPrevious genome-wide association studyCandidate gene approachChromatin remodelingDNA bindingGene approachGenomewide studiesDNA methylation ageCell survivalEpigenetic biomarkersRisk variantsPopulation stratificationMethylation ageGenesCell projectionsOpioid dependenceNovel peripheral biomarkersEuropean American womenCell proportion