The relationship between cannabis and schizophrenia: a genetically informed perspective

EC Johnson, AS Hatoum, JD Deak, R Polimanti… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims While epidemiological studies support a role for heavy, high‐
potency cannabis use on first‐episode psychosis, genetic models of causation suggest …

Pervasive downward bias in estimates of liability-scale heritability in genome-wide association study meta-analysis: a simple solution

AD Grotzinger, J de la Fuente, F Privé, MG Nivard… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Single nucleotide polymorphism–based heritability is a fundamental quantity in
the genetic analysis of complex traits. For case-control phenotypes, for which the continuous …

Associations between cannabis use, cannabis use disorder, and mood disorders: longitudinal, genetic, and neurocognitive evidence

L Kuhns, E Kroon, K Colyer-Patel, J Cousijn - Psychopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
Rationale Cannabis use among people with mood disorders increased in recent years.
While comorbidity between cannabis use, cannabis use disorder (CUD), and mood …

Multi-ancestry meta-analysis of tobacco use disorder identifies 461 potential risk genes and reveals associations with multiple health outcomes

S Toikumo, MV Jennings, BK Pham, H Lee… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Tobacco use disorder (TUD) is the most prevalent substance use disorder in the world.
Genetic factors influence smoking behaviours and although strides have been made using …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study of problematic opioid prescription use in 132,113 23andMe research participants of European ancestry

S Sanchez-Roige, P Fontanillas, MV Jennings… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The growing prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) constitutes an urgent health crisis.
Ample evidence indicates that risk for OUD is heritable. As a surrogate (or proxy) for OUD …

[HTML][HTML] Smoking is significantly associated with increased risk of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections

DB Rosoff, J Yoo, FW Lohoff - Communications biology, 2021 - nature.com
Observational studies suggest smoking, cannabis use, alcohol consumption, and substance
use disorders (SUDs) may impact risk for respiratory infections, including coronavirus 2019 …

The relationship between cannabis use, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder: a genetically informed study

W Cheng, N Parker, N Karadag, E Koch… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The relationship between psychotic disorders and cannabis use is heavily
debated. Shared underlying genetic risk is one potential explanation. We investigated the …

Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains

D Demontis, GB Walters, G Athanasiadis, R Walters… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent childhood psychiatric disorder,
with a major genetic component. Here we present a GWAS meta-analysis of ADHD …

The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism: Overview

A Agrawal, SJ Brislin, KK Bucholz… - Genes, Brain and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohol use disorders (AUD) are commonly occurring, heritable and polygenic disorders
with etiological origins in the brain and the environment. To outline the causes and …

The collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism: Sample and clinical data

DM Dick, E Balcke, V McCutcheon… - Genes, Brain and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism (COGA) is a multi‐site,
multidisciplinary project with the goal of identifying how genes are involved in alcohol use …