[PDF][PDF] Meta-analysis fine-mapping is often miscalibrated at single-variant resolution

M Kanai, R Elzur, W Zhou, KHH Wu, H Rasheed… - Cell Genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Meta-analysis is pervasively used to combine multiple genome-wide association studies
(GWASs). Fine-mapping of meta-analysis studies is typically performed as in a single-cohort …

Genetic contributions to autism spectrum disorder

A Havdahl, M Niarchou, A Starnawska… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Autism spectrum disorder (autism) is a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental
conditions characterized by early childhood-onset impairments in communication and social …

GWAS of three molecular traits highlights core genes and pathways alongside a highly polygenic background

N Sinnott-Armstrong, S Naqvi, M Rivas, JK Pritchard - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been used to study the genetic basis of a
wide variety of complex diseases and other traits. We describe UK Biobank GWAS results for …

What genes are differentially expressed in individuals with schizophrenia? A systematic review

AK Merikangas, M Shelly, A Knighton, N Kotler… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a severe, complex mental disorder characterized by a combination of
positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and impaired cognitive function. Schizophrenia is …

[HTML][HTML] More than a marker: potential pathogenic functions of MAP2

RA DeGiosio, MJ Grubisha, ML MacDonald… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) is the predominant cytoskeletal regulator within
neuronal dendrites, abundant and specific enough to serve as a robust somatodendritic …

Genetic correlates of phenotypic heterogeneity in autism

V Warrier, X Zhang, P Reed, A Havdahl, TM Moore… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
The substantial phenotypic heterogeneity in autism limits our understanding of its genetic
etiology. To address this gap, here we investigated genetic differences between autistic …

Multivariate genetic analysis of personality and cognitive traits reveals abundant pleiotropy

G Hindley, AA Shadrin, D van der Meer… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
Personality and cognitive function are heritable mental traits whose genetic foundations may
be distributed across interconnected brain functions. Previous studies have typically treated …

Sex-dependent shared and nonshared genetic architecture across mood and psychotic disorders

GAM Blokland, J Grove, CY Chen, C Cotsapas… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Sex differences in incidence and/or presentation of schizophrenia (SCZ), major
depressive disorder (MDD), and bipolar disorder (BIP) are pervasive. Previous evidence for …

Associations between schizophrenia polygenic liability, symptom dimensions, and cognitive ability in schizophrenia

SE Legge, AG Cardno, J Allardyce, C Dennison… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Schizophrenia is a clinically heterogeneous disorder. It is currently unclear how
variability in symptom dimensions and cognitive ability is associated with genetic liability for …

Prognostic value of polygenic risk scores for adults with psychosis

I Landi, DA Kaji, L Cotter, T Van Vleck, G Belbin… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) summarize genetic liability to a disease at the individual level,
and the aim is to use them as biomarkers of disease and poor outcomes in real-world …