[PDF][PDF] 15 years of GWAS discovery: Realizing the promise

A Abdellaoui, L Yengo, KJH Verweij… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
It has been 15 years since the advent of the genome-wide association study (GWAS) era.
Here, we review how this experimental design has realized its promise by facilitating an …

Ten challenges for clinical translation in psychiatric genetics

EM Derks, JG Thorp, ZF Gerring - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of robust genetic associations
underlying psychiatric disorders and provided important biological insights into disease …

[PDF][PDF] Genotyping and population characteristics of the China Kadoorie Biobank

RG Walters, IY Millwood, K Lin, DS Valle, P McDonnell… - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) is a population-based prospective cohort of>
512,000 adults recruited from 2004 to 2008 from 10 geographically diverse regions across …

Behavioural genetics methods

EA Willoughby, TJC Polderman… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2023 - nature.com
The question of why people show individual differences in their behaviours and capacities
has intrigued researchers for centuries. Behaviour genetics offers us various methods to …

A single-cell transcriptome atlas of glial diversity in the human hippocampus across the postnatal lifespan

Y Su, Y Zhou, ML Bennett, S Li, M Carceles-Cordon… - Cell stem cell, 2022 - cell.com
The molecular diversity of glia in the human hippocampus and their temporal dynamics over
the lifespan remain largely unknown. Here, we performed single-nucleus RNA sequencing …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic basis of major depressive disorder

J Flint - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The genetic dissection of major depressive disorder (MDD) ranks as one of the success
stories of psychiatric genetics, with genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identifying …

Growing placebo response in TMS treatment for depression: a meta-analysis of 27-year randomized sham-controlled trials

Y Xu, Y Zhang, D Zhao, Y Tian, TF Yuan - Nature mental health, 2023 - nature.com
This meta-analysis investigated placebo responses in repetitive transcranial magnetic
stimulation treatment for depression, an area with limited systematic analysis. The initial …

[HTML][HTML] Mendelian randomisation study of body composition and depression in people of East Asian ancestry highlights potential setting-specific causality

J O'Loughlin, F Casanova, Z Fairhurst-Hunter… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Extensive evidence links higher body mass index (BMI) to higher odds of
depression in people of European ancestry. However, our understanding of the relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Major depressive disorder: Existing hypotheses about pathophysiological mechanisms and new genetic findings

M Kamran, F Bibi, A ur. Rehman, DW Morris - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common mental disorder generally characterized by
symptoms associated with mood, pleasure and effectiveness in daily life activities. MDD is …

The impact of COVID-19 on a college freshman sample reveals genetic and nongenetic forms of susceptibility and resilience to stress

CA Turner, H Khalil… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Using a longitudinal approach, we sought to define the interplay between genetic and
nongenetic factors in shaping vulnerability or resilience to COVID-19 pandemic stress, as …