Multi-ancestry GWAS of major depression aids locus discovery, fine-mapping, gene prioritisation, and causal inference

X Meng, G Navoly, O Giannakopoulou, D Levey… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Most genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of major depression (MD) have been
conducted in samples of European ancestry. Here we report a multi-ancestry GWAS of MD …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of major depression aids locus discovery, fine mapping, gene prioritization and causal inference

X Meng, G Navoly, O Giannakopoulou, DF Levey… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Most genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of major depression (MD) have been
conducted in samples of European ancestry. Here we report a multi-ancestry GWAS of MD …

GWAS of depression phenotypes in the million veteran program and meta-analysis in more than 1.2 million participants yields 178 independent risk loci

DF Levey, MB Stein, FR Wendt, GA Pathak, H Zhou… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
We report a large meta-analysis of depression using data from the Million Veteran Program
(MVP), 23andMe Inc., UK Biobank, and FinnGen; including individuals of European ancestry …

Genome-wide study of major depression in 685,808 diverse individuals identifies 697 independent associations, infers causal neuronal subtypes and biological …

MJ Adams… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
In a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of 685,808 individuals with
major depression (MD) and 4,364,225 controls from 29 countries and across diverse and …

[HTML][HTML] Novel loci for major depression identified by genome-wide association study of STAR* D and meta-analysis of three studies

SI Shyn, J Shi, JB Kraft, JB Potash, JA Knowles… - Molecular …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of major depressive disorder (MDD) in
1,221 cases from the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR* D) …

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 …

Novel loci for major depression identified by genome-wide association study of Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression and meta-analysis of three …

SI Shyn, J Shi, JB Kraft, JB Potash, JA Knowles… - Molecular …, 2011 - nature.com
We report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of major depressive disorder (MDD) in
1221 cases from the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR* D) …

Cross-ancestry genome-wide association study and systems-level integrative analyses implicate new risk genes and therapeutic targets for depression

Y Li, X Dang, R Chen, J Wang, S Li, BL Mitchell… - MedRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Deciphering the genetic architecture of depression is pivotal for characterizing the
associated pathophysiological processes and development of new therapeutics. Here we …

Minimal phenotyping yields GWAS hits of reduced specificity for major depression

N Cai, JA Revez, MJ Adams, TFM Andlauer, G Breen… - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Background Minimal phenotyping refers to the reliance on self-reported responses to one or
two questions for disease case identification instead of full diagnostic criteria. This strategy …

[HTML][HTML] A novel strategy for clustering major depression individuals using whole-genome sequencing variant data

C Yu, BT Baune, J Licinio, ML Wong - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is highly prevalent, resulting in an exceedingly high
disease burden. The identification of generic risk factors could lead to advance prevention …