Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder

JP Connor, D Stjepanović, B Le Foll, E Hoch… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is an underappreciated risk of using cannabis that affects~
10% of the 193 million cannabis users worldwide. The individual and public health burdens …

Using genetic data to strengthen causal inference in observational research

JB **ault, PF O'reilly, T Schoeler… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Causal inference is essential across the biomedical, behavioural and social sciences. By
progressing from confounded statistical associations to evidence of causal relationships …

Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction

R Karlsson Linnér, TT Mallard, PB Barr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, such as substance use, antisocial
behavior and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, are collectively referred to as …

Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

R Karlsson Linnér, P Biroli, E Kong, SFW Meddens… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1
million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk …

Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

RK Walters, R Polimanti, EC Johnson… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Liability to alcohol dependence (AD) is heritable, but little is known about its complex
polygenic architecture or its genetic relationship with other disorders. To discover loci …

GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal effect of schizophrenia liability

JA Pasman, KJH Verweij, Z Gerring, S Stringer… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Cannabis use is a heritable trait that has been associated with adverse mental health
outcomes. In the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) for lifetime cannabis use to …

Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository

J Becker, CAP Burik, G Goldman, N Wang… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Polygenic indexes (PGIs) are DNA-based predictors. Their value for research in many
scientific disciplines is growing rapidly. As a resource for researchers, we used a consistent …

Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and genetic overlap with other health-related traits in UK Biobank (N= 112 117)

TK Clarke, MJ Adams, G Davies, DM Howard… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Alcohol consumption has been linked to over 200 diseases and is responsible for over 5%
of the global disease burden. Well-known genetic variants in alcohol metabolizing genes, for …

Genetics of substance use disorders in the era of big data

J Gelernter, R Polimanti - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are conditions in which the use of legal or illegal
substances, such as nicotine, alcohol or opioids, results in clinical and functional …

Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain

A Abdellaoui, D Hugh-Jones, L Yengo… - Nature human …, 2019 - nature.com
Human DNA polymorphisms vary across geographic regions, with the most commonly
observed variation reflecting distant ancestry differences. Here we investigate the …