15 years of GWAS discovery: realizing the promise
It has been 15 years since the advent of the genome-wide association study (GWAS) era.
Here, we review how this experimental design has realized its promise by facilitating an …
Here, we review how this experimental design has realized its promise by facilitating an …
The genetic basis of major depressive disorder
J Flint - Molecular psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The genetic dissection of major depressive disorder (MDD) ranks as one of the success
stories of psychiatric genetics, with genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identifying …
stories of psychiatric genetics, with genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identifying …
New insights from the last decade of research in psychiatric genetics: discoveries, challenges and clinical implications
Psychiatric genetics has made substantial progress in the last decade, providing new
insights into the genetic etiology of psychiatric disorders, and paving the way for precision …
insights into the genetic etiology of psychiatric disorders, and paving the way for precision …
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 …, 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 …
conducted in samples of European ancestry. Here we report a multi-ancestry GWAS of MD …
Ten challenges for clinical translation in psychiatric genetics
Genome-wide association studies have identified hundreds of robust genetic associations
underlying psychiatric disorders and provided important biological insights into disease …
underlying psychiatric disorders and provided important biological insights into disease …
A single-cell transcriptome atlas of glial diversity in the human hippocampus across the postnatal lifespan
The molecular diversity of glia in the human hippocampus and their temporal dynamics over
the lifespan remain largely unknown. Here, we performed single-nucleus RNA sequencing …
the lifespan remain largely unknown. Here, we performed single-nucleus RNA sequencing …
Behavioural genetics methods
EA Willoughby, TJC Polderman… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2023 - nature.com
The question of why people show individual differences in their behaviours and capacities
has intrigued researchers for centuries. Behaviour genetics offers us various methods to …
has intrigued researchers for centuries. Behaviour genetics offers us various methods to …
Genotyping and population characteristics of the China Kadoorie Biobank
RG Walters, IY Millwood, K Lin, DS Valle, P McDonnell… - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) is a population-based prospective cohort of>
512,000 adults recruited from 2004 to 2008 from 10 geographically diverse regions across …
512,000 adults recruited from 2004 to 2008 from 10 geographically diverse regions across …
[HTML][HTML] The brain-gut-microbiota interplay in depression: A key to design innovative therapeutic approaches
A Varesi, LIM Campagnoli, S Chirumbolo… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Depression is the most prevalent mental disorder in the world associated with huge socio-
economic consequences. While depressive-related symptoms are well known, the …
economic consequences. While depressive-related symptoms are well known, the …
White matter dysfunction in psychiatric disorders is associated with neurotransmitter and genetic profiles
GJ Ji, J Sun, Q Hua, L Zhang, T Zhang, T Bai… - Nature Mental …, 2023 - nature.com
Functional changes of white matter are largely unexplored in patients with psychiatric
disorders. This study examined white matter dysfunctions common in four major psychiatric …
disorders. This study examined white matter dysfunctions common in four major psychiatric …