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 …

Genetics of substance use disorders: a review

JD Deak, EC Johnson - Psychological medicine, 2021 - cambridge.org
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are prevalent and result in an array of negative
consequences. They are influenced by genetic factors (h2=~ 50%). Recent years have …

Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains

D Demontis, GB Walters, G Athanasiadis, R Walters… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder
with a major genetic component. Here, we present a genome-wide association study meta …

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of cannabis use disorder yields insight into disease biology and public health implications

DF Levey, M Galimberti, JD Deak, FR Wendt… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
As recreational use of cannabis is being decriminalized in many places and medical use
widely sanctioned, there are growing concerns about increases in cannabis use disorder …

Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders

AS Hatoum, SMC Colbert, EC Johnson… - Nature mental …, 2023 - nature.com
Genetic liability to substance use disorders can be parsed into loci that confer general or
substance-specific addiction risk. We report a multivariate genome-wide association meta …

Cannabis use disorder and subsequent risk of psychotic and nonpsychotic unipolar depression and bipolar disorder

OH Jefsen, A Erlangsen, M Nordentoft… - JAMA psychiatry, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cannabis use is increasing worldwide and is suspected to be associated with
increased risk of psychiatric disorders; however, the association with affective disorders has …

Cross-ancestry meta-analysis of opioid use disorder uncovers novel loci with predominant effects in brain regions associated with addiction

RL Kember, R Vickers-Smith, H Xu, S Toikumo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite an estimated heritability of~ 50%, genome-wide association studies of opioid use
disorder (OUD) have revealed few genome-wide significant loci. We conducted a cross …

Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent genome-wide …

JD Deak, H Zhou, M Galimberti, DF Levey… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the large toll of opioid use disorder (OUD), genome-wide association studies
(GWAS) of OUD to date have yielded few susceptibility loci. We performed a large-scale …

Transcriptional signatures of heroin intake and relapse throughout the brain reward circuitry in male mice

CJ Browne, R Futamura, A Minier-Toribio, EM Hicks… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Opioid use disorder (OUD) looms as one of the most severe medical crises facing society.
More effective therapeutics will require a deeper understanding of molecular changes …

Multi-ancestry study of the genetics of problematic alcohol use in over 1 million individuals

H Zhou, RL Kember, JD Deak, H Xu, S Toikumo… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Problematic alcohol use (PAU), a trait that combines alcohol use disorder and alcohol-
related problems assessed with a questionnaire, is a leading cause of death and morbidity …