[HTML][HTML] The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia version III: a master mechanism

OD Howes, EC Onwordi - Molecular Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The synaptic hypothesis of schizophrenia has been highly influential. However, new
approaches mean there has been a step-change in the evidence available, and some tenets …

[PDF][PDF] Trans-ethnic and ancestry-specific blood-cell genetics in 746,667 individuals from 5 global populations

MH Chen, LM Raffield, A Mousas, S Sakaue… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Most loci identified by GWASs have been found in populations of European ancestry (EUR).
In trans-ethnic meta-analyses for 15 hematological traits in 746,667 participants, including …

Towards clinical utility of polygenic risk scores

SA Lambert, G Abraham, M Inouye - Human molecular genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Prediction of disease risk is an essential part of preventative medicine, often guiding clinical
management. Risk prediction typically includes risk factors such as age, sex, family history of …

[HTML][HTML] Shared mechanisms across the major psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases

TS Wingo, Y Liu, ES Gerasimov, SM Vattathil… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Several common psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases share epidemiologic risk;
however, whether they share pathophysiology is unclear and is the focus of our …

The genetic architecture of depression in individuals of East Asian ancestry: a genome-wide association study

O Giannakopoulou, K Lin, X Meng, MH Su… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Most previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of depression have
used data from individuals of European descent. This limits the understanding of the …

Tractor uses local ancestry to enable the inclusion of admixed individuals in GWAS and to boost power

EG Atkinson, AX Maihofer, M Kanai, AR Martin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Admixed populations are routinely excluded from genomic studies due to concerns over
population structure. Here, we present a statistical framework and software package, Tractor …

[PDF][PDF] Genome-wide association studies in ancestrally diverse populations: opportunities, methods, pitfalls, and recommendations

RE Peterson, K Kuchenbaecker, RK Walters, CY Chen… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have focused primarily on populations of
European descent, but it is essential that diverse populations become better represented …

[PDF][PDF] Defining the genetic, genomic, cellular, and diagnostic architectures of psychiatric disorders

PF Sullivan, DH Geschwind - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Studies of the genetics of psychiatric disorders have become one of the most exciting and
fast-moving areas in human genetics. A decade ago, there were few reproducible findings …

Improving the trans-ancestry portability of polygenic risk scores by prioritizing variants in predicted cell-type-specific regulatory elements

T Amariuta, K Ishigaki, H Sugishita, T Ohta, M Koido… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Poor trans-ancestry portability of polygenic risk scores is a consequence of Eurocentric
genetic studies and limited knowledge of shared causal variants. Leveraging regulatory …

The polygenic architecture of schizophrenia—rethinking pathogenesis and nosology

OB Smeland, O Frei, AM Dale… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with considerable morbidity and mortality.
Although the past two decades have seen limited improvement in the treatment of …