SLC39A8 gene encoding a metal ion transporter: discovery and bench to bedside

DW Nebert, Z Liu - Human genomics, 2019 - Springer
SLC39A8 is an evolutionarily highly conserved gene that encodes the ZIP8 metal cation
transporter in all vertebrates. SLC39A8 is ubiquitously expressed, including pluripotent …

Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits

H Zhou, JM Sealock, S Sanchez-Roige, TK Clarke… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Problematic alcohol use (PAU) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
Although genome-wide association studies have identified PAU risk genes, the genetic …

Alcohol use and dementia: new research directions

R Visontay, RT Rao, L Mewton - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Future research would benefit from greater implementation of analytical and design-based
approaches to robustly model the alcohol use-dementia relationship in the general …

A population-based phenome-wide association study of cardiac and aortic structure and function

W Bai, H Suzuki, J Huang, C Francis, S Wang… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Differences in cardiac and aortic structure and function are associated with cardiovascular
diseases and a wide range of other types of disease. Here we analyzed cardiovascular …

CADM2 is implicated in impulsive personality and numerous other traits by genome- and phenome-wide association studies in humans and mice

S Sanchez-Roige, MV Jennings, HHA Thorpe… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Impulsivity is a multidimensional heritable phenotype that broadly refers to the tendency to
act prematurely and is associated with multiple forms of psychopathology, including …

The dopamine transporter gene SLC6A3: multidisease risks

MEA Reith, S Kortagere, CE Wiers, H Sun… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The human dopamine transporter gene SLC6A3 has been consistently implicated in several
neuropsychiatric diseases but the disease mechanism remains elusive. In this risk synthesis …

Genome-wide analyses of behavioural traits are subject to bias by misreports and longitudinal changes

A Xue, L Jiang, Z Zhu, NR Wray, PM Visscher… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have discovered numerous genetic variants
associated with human behavioural traits. However, behavioural traits are subject to …

Item-level genome-wide association study of the alcohol use disorders identification test in three population-based cohorts

TT Mallard, JE Savage, EC Johnson… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of the Alcohol Use Disorders
Identification Test (AUDIT), a 10-item screen for alcohol use disorder (AUD), have elucidated …

Genetic mechanisms of COVID-19 and its association with smoking and alcohol consumption

S Rao, A Baranova, H Cao, J Chen… - Briefings in …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We aimed to investigate the genetic mechanisms associated with coronavirus disease of
2019 (COVID-19) outcomes in the host and to evaluate the possible associations between …

Recent efforts to dissect the genetic basis of alcohol use and abuse

S Sanchez-Roige, AA Palmer, TK Clarke - Biological psychiatry, 2020 - Elsevier
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is defined by several symptom criteria, which can be dissected
further at the genetic level. Over the past several years, our understanding of the genetic …