Ten challenges for clinical translation in psychiatric genetics

EM Derks, JG Thorp, ZF Gerring - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of robust genetic associations
underlying psychiatric disorders and provided important biological insights into disease …

Reviewing the genetics of heterogeneity in depression: operationalizations, manifestations and etiologies

N Cai, KW Choi, EI Fried - Human molecular genetics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
With progress in genome-wide association studies of depression, from identifying zero hits
in~ 16 000 individuals in 2013 to 223 hits in more than a million individuals in 2020 …

Phenotype integration improves power and preserves specificity in biobank-based genetic studies of major depressive disorder

A Dahl, M Thompson, U An, M Krebs, V Appadurai… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Biobanks often contain several phenotypes relevant to diseases such as major depressive
disorder (MDD), with partly distinct genetic architectures. Researchers face complex …

Open problems in human trait genetics

N Brandes, O Weissbrod, M Linial - Genome Biology, 2022 - Springer
Genetic studies of human traits have revolutionized our understanding of the variation
between individuals, and yet, the genetics of most traits is still poorly understood. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in asthma and allergic disease genetics: Is bigger always better?

N Schoettler, E Rodríguez, S Weidinger… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This review focuses on genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of asthma and allergic
diseases published between January 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019. During this time period …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing discovery of genetic variants for posttraumatic stress disorder through integration of quantitative phenotypes and trauma exposure information

AX Maihofer, KW Choi, JRI Coleman, NP Daskalakis… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is heritable and a potential consequence
of exposure to traumatic stress. Evidence suggests that a quantitative approach to PTSD …

A robust method uncovers significant context-specific heritability in diverse complex traits

A Dahl, K Nguyen, N Cai, MJ Gandal, J Flint… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - cell.com
Gene-environment interactions (GxE) can be fundamental in applications ranging from
functional genomics to precision medicine and is a conjectured source of substantial …

A comprehensive study of metabolite genetics reveals strong pleiotropy and heterogeneity across time and context

A Gallois, J Mefford, A Ko, A Vaysse, H Julienne… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genetic studies of metabolites have identified thousands of variants, many of which are
associated with downstream metabolic and obesogenic disorders. However, these studies …

Emerging phenoty** strategies will advance our understanding of psychiatric genetics

S Sanchez-Roige, AA Palmer - Nature neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Over the last decade, genome-wide association studies of psychiatric disorders have
identified numerous significant loci. Whereas these studies initially depended on cohorts …

Mendelian randomization highlights significant difference and genetic heterogeneity in clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease GWAS and self-report proxy …

H Liu, Y Hu, Y Zhang, H Zhang, S Gao, L Wang… - Alzheimer's Research & …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Until now, Mendelian randomization (MR) studies have investigated
the causal association of risk factors with Alzheimer's disease (AD) using large-scale AD …