Schizophrenia in translation: why the eye?

SM Silverstein, JJ Choi, KM Green… - Schizophrenia …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Schizophrenia is increasingly recognized as a systemic disease, characterized by
dysregulation in multiple physiological systems (eg, neural, cardiovascular, endocrine) …

An atlas of genetic correlations and genetically informed associations linking psychiatric and immune-related phenotypes

DS Tylee, YK Lee, FR Wendt, GA Pathak… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Certain psychiatric and immune-related disorders are reciprocal risk factors.
However, the nature of these associations is unclear. Objective To characterize the …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic architecture of pneumonia susceptibility implicates mucin biology and a relationship with psychiatric illness

WR Reay, MP Geaghan, MJ Cairns - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Pneumonia remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In this study, we use
genome-wide meta-analysis of lifetime pneumonia diagnosis (N= 391,044) to identify four …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of genetic overlap and causal relationships between blood-based biochemical traits and human cortical anatomy

DJ Kiltschewskij, WR Reay, MJ Cairns - Translational Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia are commonly associated with structural brain
alterations affecting the cortex. Recent genetic evidence suggests circulating metabolites …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the causal association between human blood metabolites and the risk of epilepsy

J Cai, X Li, S Wu, Y Tian, Y Zhang, Z Wei, Z Jin… - Journal of Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Background Metabolic disturbance has been reported in patients with epilepsy. Still, the
evidence about the causal role of metabolites in facilitating or preventing epilepsy is lacking …

[PDF][PDF] Genetics-informed precision treatment formulation in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

WR Reay, MP Geaghan, JR Atkins, VJ Carr… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
Genetically informed drug development and repurposing is an attractive prospect for
improving patient outcomes in psychiatry; however, the effectiveness of these endeavors is …

New insights from the last decade of research in psychiatric genetics: discoveries, challenges and clinical implications

OA Andreassen, GFL Hindley, O Frei… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Psychiatric genetics has made substantial progress in the last decade, providing new
insights into the genetic etiology of psychiatric disorders, and paving the way for precision …

Impairment of kidney function and kidney cancer: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study

Y Lin, Y Yang, T Fu, L Lin, X Zhang, Q Guo… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Many observational epidemiology studies discovered that kidney cancer and
impaired kidney function have a bidirectional relationship. However, it remains unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the biological mechanisms of human mental disorders resulting from gene-environment interdependence using novel functional genomic …

PP Silveira, MJ Meaney - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
We explore how functional genomics approaches that integrate datasets from human and
non-human model systems can improve our understanding of the effect of gene …

Exploring opportunities for drug repurposing and precision medicine in cannabis use disorder using genetics

LA Greco, WR Reay, CV Dayas, MJ Cairns - Addiction biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cannabis use disorder (CUD) remains a significant public health issue globally, affecting up
to one in five adults who use cannabis. Despite extensive research into the molecular …