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 …

Candidate biomarkers in psychiatric disorders: state of the field

A Abi‐Dargham, SJ Moeller, F Ali… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The field of psychiatry is hampered by a lack of robust, reliable and valid biomarkers that can
aid in objectively diagnosing patients and providing individualized treatment …

Genetic control of RNA splicing and its distinct role in complex trait variation

T Qi, Y Wu, H Fang, F Zhang, S Liu, J Zeng, J Yang - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Most genetic variants identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in humans
are noncoding, indicating their role in gene regulation. Previous studies have shown …

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… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder
with a major genetic component. Here, we present a genome-wide association study meta …

Shared mechanisms across the major psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases

TS Wingo, Y Liu, ES Gerasimov, SM Vattathil… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Several common psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases share epidemiologic risk;
however, whether they share pathophysiology is unclear and is the focus of our …

Exome sequencing in bipolar disorder identifies AKAP11 as a risk gene shared with schizophrenia

DS Palmer, DP Howrigan, SB Chapman, R Adolfsson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We report results from the Bipolar Exome (BipEx) collaboration analysis of whole-exome
sequencing of 13,933 patients with bipolar disorder (BD) matched with 14,422 controls. We …

Early alterations in the MCH system link aberrant neuronal activity and sleep disturbances in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

S Calafate, G Özturan, N Thrupp, J Vanderlinden… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Early Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with hippocampal hyperactivity and decreased
sleep quality. Here we show that homeostatic mechanisms transiently counteract the …

New insights from the last decade of research in psychiatric genetics: discoveries, challenges and clinical implications

OA Andreassen, GFL Hindley, O Frei… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Cross-ancestry meta-analysis of opioid use disorder uncovers novel loci with predominant effects in brain regions associated with addiction

RL Kember, R Vickers-Smith, H Xu, S Toikumo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite an estimated heritability of~ 50%, genome-wide association studies of opioid use
disorder (OUD) have revealed few genome-wide significant loci. We conducted a cross …

[PDF][PDF] A serotonergic axon-cilium synapse drives nuclear signaling to alter chromatin accessibility

SH Sheu, S Upadhyayula, V Dupuy, S Pang, F Deng… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Chemical synapses between axons and dendrites mediate neuronal intercellular
communication. Here, we describe a synapse between axons and primary cilia: the axo …