Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of cannabis use disorder yields insight into disease biology and public health implications

DF Levey, M Galimberti, JD Deak, FR Wendt… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
As recreational use of cannabis is being decriminalized in many places and medical use
widely sanctioned, there are growing concerns about increases in cannabis use disorder …

The collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism: Brain function

JL Meyers, SJ Brislin, C Kamarajan… - Genes, brain and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and related health conditions result from a complex interaction
of genetic, neural and environmental factors, with differential impacts across the lifespan …

Multi-ancestry study of the genetics of problematic alcohol use in over 1 million individuals

H Zhou, RL Kember, JD Deak, H Xu, S Toikumo… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Problematic alcohol use (PAU), a trait that combines alcohol use disorder and alcohol-
related problems assessed with a questionnaire, is a leading cause of death and morbidity …

The genetic landscape of substance use disorders

ZF Gerring, JG Thorp, JL Treur, KJH Verweij… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Substance use disorders represent a significant public health concern with considerable
socioeconomic implications worldwide. Twin and family-based studies have long …

Common genetic variations in telomere length genes and lung cancer: a Mendelian randomisation study and its novel application in lung tumour transcriptome

RCC Penha, K Smith-Byrne, JR Atkins, PC Haycock… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified genetic
susceptibility variants for both leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and lung cancer …

Rare coding variants in CHRNB2 reduce the likelihood of smoking

VM Rajagopal, K Watanabe, J Mbatchou, A Ayer… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Human genetic studies of smoking behavior have been thus far largely limited to common
variants. Studying rare coding variants has the potential to identify drug targets. We …

An approach to identify gene-environment interactions and reveal new biological insight in complex traits

X Zhu, Y Yang, N Lorincz-Comi, G Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
There is a long-standing debate about the magnitude of the contribution of gene-
environment interactions to phenotypic variations of complex traits owing to the low …

[HTML][HTML] Tobacco toxins induce osteoporosis through ferroptosis

Z Jing, Y Li, H Zhang, T Chen, J Yu, X Xu, Y Zou… - Redox biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Clinical epidemiological studies have confirmed that tobacco smoking disrupts bone
homeostasis and is an independent risk factor for the development of osteoporosis. The low …

Dissecting the pathogenic effects of smoking and its hallmarks in blood DNA methylation on colorectal cancer risk

X Zhou, Q Xiao, F Jiang, J Sun, L Wang, L Yu… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Tobacco smoking is suggested as a risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), but
the complex relationship and the potential pathway are not fully understood. Methods We …

Genetic architecture of alcohol consumption identified by a genotype-stratified GWAS and impact on esophageal cancer risk in Japanese people

YN Koyanagi, M Nakatochi, S Namba, I Oze… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
An East Asian–specific variant on aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2 rs671, G> A) is the
major genetic determinant of alcohol consumption. We performed an rs671 genotype …