Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits

H Zhou, JM Sealock, S Sanchez-Roige, TK Clarke… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Problematic alcohol use (PAU) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
Although genome-wide association studies have identified PAU risk genes, the genetic …

Phenome-wide Mendelian randomization mapping the influence of the plasma proteome on complex diseases

J Zheng, V Haberland, D Baird, V Walker… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The human proteome is a major source of therapeutic targets. Recent genetic association
analyses of the plasma proteome enable systematic evaluation of the causal consequences …

Multi-trait analysis for genome-wide association study of five psychiatric disorders

Y Wu, H Cao, A Baranova, H Huang, S Li, L Cai… - Translational …, 2020 - nature.com
We conducted a cross-trait meta-analysis of genome-wide association study on
schizophrenia (SCZ)(n= 65,967), bipolar disorder (BD)(n= 41,653), autism spectrum …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study identifies 143 loci associated with 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration

JA Revez, T Lin, Z Qiao, A Xue, Y Holtz, Z Zhu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Vitamin D deficiency is a candidate risk factor for a range of adverse health outcomes. In a
genome-wide association study of 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentration in 417,580 …

The genetics of human ageing

D Melzer, LC Pilling, L Ferrucci - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The past two centuries have witnessed an unprecedented rise in human life expectancy.
Sustaining longer lives with reduced periods of disability will require an understanding of the …

Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women

V Steinthorsdottir, R McGinnis, NO Williams… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy, affecting both maternal and fetal
health. In genome-wide association meta-analysis of European and Central Asian mothers …

Minimal phenotyping yields genome-wide association signals of low specificity for major depression

N Cai, JA Revez, MJ Adams, TFM Andlauer, G Breen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Minimal phenotyping refers to the reliance on the use of a small number of self-reported
items for disease case identification, increasingly used in genome-wide association studies …

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 …

Genetic contributions to NAFLD: leveraging shared genetics to uncover systems biology

M Eslam, J George - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2020 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects around a quarter of the global population,
paralleling worldwide increases in obesity and metabolic syndrome. NAFLD arises in the …

The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

KL Grasby, N Jahanshad, JN Painter, L Colodro-Conde… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The cerebral cortex underlies our complex cognitive capabilities.
Variations in human cortical surface area and thickness are associated with neurological …