Featured Publications
The impact of assortative mating, participation bias and socioeconomic status on the polygenic risk of behavioural and psychiatric traits
Cabrera-Mendoza B, Wendt F, Pathak G, Yengo L, Polimanti R. The impact of assortative mating, participation bias and socioeconomic status on the polygenic risk of behavioural and psychiatric traits. Nature Human Behaviour 2024, 8: 976-987. PMID: 38366106, PMCID: PMC11161911, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01828-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocioeconomic statusParticipation biasPsychiatric traitsPolygenic riskFrequency of drinking alcoholDepressive disorderTourette syndromeImpact of assortative matingAlcohol-related traitsAlcohol use disorderAlcohol-related phenotypesInvestigate assortative matingSocioeconomic status conditionsHabitual alcohol intakeAssortative matingAlcohol intakeDrinking alcoholBipolar disorderQuestionnaire respondentsUse disorderMeta-analysisParticipantsGametic phase disequilibriumDisordersTouretteAn Atlas of Genetic Correlations and Genetically Informed Associations Linking Psychiatric and Immune-Related Phenotypes
Tylee DS, Lee YK, Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Levey DF, De Angelis F, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. An Atlas of Genetic Correlations and Genetically Informed Associations Linking Psychiatric and Immune-Related Phenotypes. JAMA Psychiatry 2022, 79: 667-676. PMID: 35507366, PMCID: PMC9069342, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsImmune-related phenotypesMultivariable adjustmentUlcerative colitisCrohn's diseaseMendelian randomizationImmune-related disordersReciprocal risk factorsHealth-related behaviorsPsychiatric phenotypesFalse discovery rate correctionAllergic rhinitisGenetic association studiesGenetic associationInflammatory disordersClinical associationsMajor depressionImmune disordersMAIN OUTCOMEPsychiatric disordersSocial determinantsDisordersAssociation studiesColitisAsthmaMultivariate genome-wide analysis of education, socioeconomic status and brain phenome
Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Lencz T, Krystal JH, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Multivariate genome-wide analysis of education, socioeconomic status and brain phenome. Nature Human Behaviour 2020, 5: 482-496. PMID: 33349686, PMCID: PMC8068566, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-00980-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychosocial factorsSocioeconomic statusPsychiatric disordersBipolar disorderGenetic riskNeuronal cell typesMajor depressionTourette syndromeBrain morphologyDisordersImaging phenotypesCell typesRisky behaviorsPsychopathologyGenetic overlapRiskGenetic discoveriesPsychiatric traitsStatusSyndrome
2024
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obesity, and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Among US Military Veterans
Fischer I, Na P, Nagamatsu S, Jeste D, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Montalvo-Ortiz J, Krystal J, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Pietrzak R. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obesity, and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Among US Military Veterans. JAMA Psychiatry 2024, 81 PMID: 39476130, PMCID: PMC11581715, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.3403.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIdentifying Genetically Inferred Effects Linking Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to Women’s Health, Lipid Disorders, and Malaria Medications
Pathak G, Wendt F, Maihofer A, Consortium P, Ressler K, Stein M, Koenen K, Nievergelt C, Polimanti R. Identifying Genetically Inferred Effects Linking Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to Women’s Health, Lipid Disorders, and Malaria Medications. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2024, 181: 1127-1130. PMID: 39380377, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230832.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation patterns of antisocial personality disorder across substance use disorders
Low A, Stiltner B, Nunez Y, Adhikari K, Deak J, Pietrzak R, Kranzler H, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Association patterns of antisocial personality disorder across substance use disorders. Translational Psychiatry 2024, 14: 346. PMID: 39198385, PMCID: PMC11358160, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-024-03054-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntisocial personality disorderSubstance use disordersPersonality disorderUse disorderAssociation of antisocial personality disorderPresence of antisocial personality disorderPrevalence of antisocial personality disorderHazardous useDSM-5 SUD diagnosesSubstance use disorder severityDiagnostic criteriaInteraction effects with sexTobacco use disorderDSM-5Association of alcoholSUD diagnosisDisordersCocaineRacial/ethnic backgroundsIndividualsCocUDSeverityCannabisAssociation patternsAssociationUnraveling COVID-19 relationship with anxiety disorders and symptoms using genome-wide data
Asgel Z, Kouakou M, Koller D, Pathak G, Cabrera-Mendoza B, Polimanti R. Unraveling COVID-19 relationship with anxiety disorders and symptoms using genome-wide data. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2024, 352: 333-341. PMID: 38382819, PMCID: PMC10939738, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnxiety disordersAnxiety symptomsAnxiety outcomesPeriods of anxietyCorrelates of anxiety disordersGenome-wide dataLocal genetic correlationLatent causal variable analysesBrain morphologyAnxietyGenetic correlationsCOVID-19 positive statusGenetic causality proportionDisordersPleiotropic mechanismsMillion Veteran ProgramVeteran ProgramSymptomsCOVID-19 hospitalizationCOVID-19 Host Genetics InitiativeComorbidityMultiple lociHost Genetics InitiativeCOVID-19 outcomesPositive status
2023
Polysubstance addiction patterns among 7,989 individuals with cocaine use disorder
Stiltner B, Pietrzak R, Tylee D, Nunez Y, Adhikari K, Kranzler H, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. Polysubstance addiction patterns among 7,989 individuals with cocaine use disorder. IScience 2023, 26: 107336. PMID: 37554454, PMCID: PMC10405253, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCocaine use disorderUse disordersAddiction patternsMixed bipolar episodesLatent class analysisDSM-5 diagnosisPosttraumatic stress disorderAntisocial personality disorderPsA severityMedication useHigher PSAPSA subgroupsHigher oddsBipolar episodesStress disorderPersonality disorderDisordersSubgroupsAgeSexClass analysisParticipantsComorbiditiesDiseaseDiagnosis
2022
Genetic variants associated with psychiatric disorders are enriched at epigenetically active sites in lymphoid cells
Lynall ME, Soskic B, Hayhurst J, Schwartzentruber J, Levey DF, Pathak GA, Polimanti R, Gelernter J, Stein MB, Trynka G, Clatworthy MR, Bullmore E. Genetic variants associated with psychiatric disorders are enriched at epigenetically active sites in lymphoid cells. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 6102. PMID: 36243721, PMCID: PMC9569335, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33885-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple psychiatric disordersPsychiatric disordersPsychiatric risk variantT cellsLymphoid cellsRisk variantsImmune cell subsetsMental health disordersMultiple organ systemsAdaptive immune systemCell subsetsImmune cellsHealth disordersMyeloid cellsImmune systemBrain tissueOrgan systemsSpecific disordersDisordersPathogenesisAbnormalitiesGenetic variantsCellsCD4Variants
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 ProgramRole of microbes in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders
Goswami A, Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Tylee DS, De Angelis F, De Lillo A, Polimanti R. Role of microbes in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders. Frontiers In Neuroendocrinology 2021, 62: 100917. PMID: 33957173, PMCID: PMC8364482, DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2021.100917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuropsychiatric disordersDifferent anatomical sitesOral cavityAnatomical sitesHuman studiesBody sitesTranslational potentialPotential involvementPathogenesisGutMicrobial metabolitesDisordersBidirectional communicationStrong evidenceDiseaseNeurotransmittersBrainMicrobiome researchMicrobiome variation
2017
Trauma exposure interacts with the genetic risk of bipolar disorder in alcohol misuse of US soldiers
Polimanti R, Kaufman J, Zhao H, Kranzler HR, Ursano RJ, Kessler RC, Stein MB, Gelernter J. Trauma exposure interacts with the genetic risk of bipolar disorder in alcohol misuse of US soldiers. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2017, 137: 148-156. PMID: 29230810, PMCID: PMC6110087, DOI: 10.1111/acps.12843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBD polygenic risk scorePolygenic risk scoresAlcohol misuseBipolar disorderTrauma exposurePsychiatric disordersGenetic riskMajor depressive disorderNicotine dependence symptomsSubstance use disordersSchizophrenia polygenic risk scoresVoltage-gated calcium channel activityCalcium channel activityUS Army soldiersBeta2-adrenergic receptorDepressive disorderRisk scoreUse disordersAdrenergic receptorsMental disordersSubstance abuseDisordersDependence symptomsChannel activityExposureSchizophrenia and substance use comorbidity: a genome-wide perspective
Polimanti R, Agrawal A, Gelernter J. Schizophrenia and substance use comorbidity: a genome-wide perspective. Genome Medicine 2017, 9: 25. PMID: 28327175, PMCID: PMC5359801, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0423-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersPublic health messagesPremature mortalityPsychiatric disordersUse disordersDual diagnosisHealth messagesRecent genetic investigationsDiagnosisSchizophreniaDisordersGenetic investigationsWide association studyAssociation studiesComorbiditiesMortalityGenome-wide perspective