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 …

Current state and future of polygenic risk scores in cardiometabolic disease: a scoping review

JS Phulka, M Ashraf, BK Bajwa, G Pare… - Circulation: Genomic …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
A polygenic risk score (PRS) is derived from a genome-wide association study and
represents an aggregate of thousands of single-nucleotide polymorphisms that provide a …

Integrative common and rare variant analyses provide insights into the genetic architecture of liver cirrhosis

J Ghouse, G Sveinbjörnsson, M Vujkovic, AS Seidelin… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
We report a multi-ancestry genome-wide association study on liver cirrhosis and its
associated endophenotypes, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and γ-glutamyl transferase …

Polygenic scores in the direct-to-consumer setting: challenges and opportunities for a new era in consumer genetic testing

JK Park, CY Lu - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests have generated considerable scholarly attention and
public intrigue. Although the current consumer genetic testing regime relies on the reporting …

Genetic determinants of cardiometabolic and pulmonary phenotypes and obstructive sleep apnoea in HCHS/SOL

Y Zhang, M Elgart, N Kurniansyah, BW Spitzer… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) often co-occurs with
cardiometabolic and pulmonary diseases. This study is to apply genetic analysis methods to …

Imputation Server PGS: an automated approach to calculate polygenic risk scores on imputation servers

L Forer, D Taliun, J LeFaive, AV Smith… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Polygenic scores (PGS) enable the prediction of genetic predisposition for a wide range of
traits and diseases by calculating the weighted sum of allele dosages for genetic variants …

Evaluating the use of blood pressure polygenic risk scores across race/ethnic background groups

N Kurniansyah, MO Goodman, AT Khan, J Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
We assess performance and limitations of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for multiple blood
pressure (BP) phenotypes in diverse population groups. We compare “clumping-and …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroimaging and biosample collection in the Toronto Adolescent and Youth Cohort Study: Rationale, methods, and early data

EW Dickie, SH Ameis, I Boileau, AO Diaconescu… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Toronto Adolescent and Youth (TAY) Cohort Study will
characterize the neurobiological trajectories of psychosis spectrum symptoms, functioning …

Polygenic risk score for blood pressure and lifestyle factors with overall and CVD mortality: A prospective cohort study in a Japanese population

R Fujii, A Hishida, M Nakatochi, H Okumiyama… - Hypertension …, 2024 - nature.com
Although previous polygenic risk score (PRS) studies for cardiovascular disease (CVD)
focused on incidence, few studies addressed CVD mortality and quantified risks by …

Associations of combined genetic and lifestyle risks with hypertension and home hypertension

M Takase, T Hirata, N Nakaya, T Nakamura… - Hypertension …, 2024 - nature.com
No study, to our knowledge, has constructed a polygenic risk score based on clinical blood
pressure and investigated the association of genetic and lifestyle risks with home …