Advancing the understanding of autism disease mechanisms through genetics

L de la Torre-Ubieta, H Won, JL Stein… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Progress in understanding the genetic etiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has
fueled remarkable advances in our understanding of its potential neurobiological …

Developing and evaluating polygenic risk prediction models for stratified disease prevention

N Chatterjee, J Shi, M García-Closas - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge of genetics and its implications for human health is rapidly evolving in
accordance with recent events, such as discoveries of large numbers of disease …

Identification of 15 genetic loci associated with risk of major depression in individuals of European descent

CL Hyde, MW Nagle, C Tian, X Chen, SA Paciga… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Despite strong evidence supporting the heritability of major depressive disorder (MDD),
previous genome-wide studies were unable to identify risk loci among individuals of …

Genetic variants associated with response to lithium treatment in bipolar disorder: a genome-wide association study

L Hou, U Heilbronner, F Degenhardt, M Adli… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Lithium is a first-line treatment in bipolar disorder, but individual response is
variable. Previous studies have suggested that lithium response is a heritable trait. However …

Meta-analysis identifies common and rare variants influencing blood pressure and overlapping with metabolic trait loci

C Liu, AT Kraja, JA Smith, JA Brody, N Franceschini… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Meta-analyses of association results for blood pressure using exome-centric single-variant
and gene-based tests identified 31 new loci in a discovery stage among 146,562 …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide analysis of over 106 000 individuals identifies 9 neuroticism-associated loci

DJ Smith, V Escott-Price, G Davies, MES Bailey… - Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
Neuroticism is a personality trait of fundamental importance for psychological well-being and
public health. It is strongly associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) and several …

The road to precision psychiatry: translating genetics into disease mechanisms

MJ Gandal, V Leppa, H Won, NN Parikshak… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Hundreds of genetic loci increasing risk for neuropsychiatric disorders have recently been
identified. This success, perhaps paradoxically, has posed challenges for therapeutic …

Genome-wide association study of 40,000 individuals identifies two novel loci associated with bipolar disorder

L Hou, SE Bergen, N Akula, J Song… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a genetically complex mental illness characterized by severe
oscillations of mood and behaviour. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have …

Fetal programming of neuropsychiatric disorders

G Faa, M Manchia, R Pintus, C Gerosa… - … Research Part C …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Starting from the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypotheses
proposed by David Barker, namely fetal programming, in the past years, there is a growing …

Polygenic dissection of major depression clinical heterogeneity

Y Milaneschi, F Lamers, WJ Peyrot, A Abdellaoui… - Molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
The molecular mechanisms underlying major depressive disorder (MDD) are largely
unknown. Limited success of previous genetics studies may be attributable to heterogeneity …