Phenotypes, mechanisms and therapeutics: insights from bipolar disorder GWAS findings

M Li, T Li, X Xiao, J Chen, Z Hu, Y Fang - Molecular Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have reported substantial genomic loci
significantly associated with clinical risk of bipolar disorder (BD), and studies combining …

Gut microbiome at the crossroad of genetic variants and behavior disorders

L Cheng, H Wu, Z Chen, H Hao, X Zheng - Gut Microbes, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Genetic variants are traditionally known to shape the susceptibility to neuropsychiatric
disorders. An increasing number of studies indicate that remodeling of the gut microbiome …

[HTML][HTML] Functional genomic analysis delineates regulatory mechanisms of GWAS-identified bipolar disorder risk variants

R Chen, Z Yang, J Liu, X Cai… - Genome …, 2022 - genomemedicine.biomedcentral …
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified multiple risk loci for bipolar
disorder (BD). However, pinpointing functional (or causal) variants in the reported risk loci …

[HTML][HTML] Immunoglobulin genes expressed in lymphoblastoid cell lines discern and predict lithium response in bipolar disorder patients

L Mizrahi, A Choudhary, P Ofer, G Goldberg… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a neuropsychiatric mood disorder manifested by recurrent episodes
of mania and depression. More than half of BD patients are non-responsive to lithium, the …

[HTML][HTML] TCF7L2 lncRNA: a link between bipolar disorder and body mass index through glucocorticoid signaling

D Liu, TTL Nguyen, H Gao, H Huang, DC Kim… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Bipolar disorder (BD) and obesity are highly comorbid. We previously performed a genome-
wide association study (GWAS) for BD risk accounting for the effect of body mass index …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3 by lithium, a mechanism in search of specificity

D Chatterjee, JM Beaulieu - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Inhibition of Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) is a popular explanation for the effects of
lithium ions on mood regulation in bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses, including …

Polygenic risk score for bipolar disorder associates with divergent thinking and brain structures in the prefrontal cortex

H Takeuchi, R Kimura, H Tomita, Y Taki… - Human Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It has been hypothesized that a higher genetic risk of bipolar disorder (BD) is associated
with greater creativity. Given the clinical importance of bipolar disorder and the importance …

[HTML][HTML] Familial aggregation and shared genetic loading for major psychiatric disorders and type 2 diabetes

MH Su, YH Shih, YF Lin, PC Chen, CY Chen, PC Hsiao… - Diabetologia, 2022 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia (SCZ), major depressive
disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BPD), are highly comorbid with type 2 diabetes …

White matter dysfunction in psychiatric disorders is associated with neurotransmitter and genetic profiles

GJ Ji, J Sun, Q Hua, L Zhang, T Zhang, T Bai… - Nature Mental …, 2023 - nature.com
Functional changes of white matter are largely unexplored in patients with psychiatric
disorders. This study examined white matter dysfunctions common in four major psychiatric …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of convergence and divergence between bipolar disorder Type I and Type II: evidence from integrative genomic analyses

Y Huang, Y Liu, Y Wu, Y Tang, M Zhang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aim: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) analyses have revealed genetic evidence of
bipolar disorder (BD), but little is known about the genetic structure of BD subtypes. We …