[HTML][HTML] Advancing the use of genome-wide association studies for drug repurposing

WR Reay, MJ Cairns - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed important biological insights into
complex diseases, which are broadly expected to lead to the identification of new drug …

Examining the shared etiology of psychopathology with genome-wide association studies

TT Mallard, AD Grotzinger… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have ushered in a new era of reproducible
discovery in psychiatric genetics. The field has now identified hundreds of common genetic …

Genetic estimates of correlation and causality between blood-based biomarkers and psychiatric disorders

WR Reay, DJ Kiltschewskij, MP Geaghan, JR Atkins… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
There is a long-standing interest in exploring the relationship between blood-based
biomarkers and psychiatric disorders, despite their causal role being difficult to resolve in …

High-throughput screening of glucocorticoid-induced enhancer activity reveals mechanisms of stress-related psychiatric disorders

S Penner-Goeke, M Bothe, N Rek… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Exposure to stressful life events increases the risk for psychiatric disorders. Mechanistic
insight into the genetic factors moderating the impact of stress can increase our …

Mapping anorexia nervosa genes to clinical phenotypes

JS Johnson, AC Cote, A Dobbyn, LG Sloofman… - Psychological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric disorder with complex etiology, with a
significant portion of disease risk imparted by genetics. Traditional genome-wide association …

[HTML][HTML] The Neurobiology of Stress: Vulnerability, Resilience, and Major Depression: High-throughput screening of glucocorticoid-induced enhancer activity reveals …

S Penner-Goeke, M Bothe, N Rek… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Identification of Allele-Specific Regulatory Elements Modulated by a Glucocorticoid
Receptor Agonist in Response to Stress Using STARR-seq. We conducted an enhancer …

Association Between Glycemic Traits and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Mendelian Randomization Study in the Japanese Population

A Hanyuda, A Goto, M Nakatochi, Y Sutoh… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
PURPOSE A meta-analysis suggests a relationship between abnormal glucose metabolism
and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG); however, the causal association between them …

Eating disorder symptoms and their associations with anthropometric and psychiatric polygenic scores

M Abdulkadir, C Hübel, M Herle… - European Eating …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Eating disorder (ED) symptoms are prevalent in the general population, but
their shared genetic underpinnings with psychiatric, metabolic, and anthropometric traits are …

Multiomic prioritisation of risk genes for anorexia nervosa

DM Adams, WR Reay, MJ Cairns - Psychological Medicine, 2023 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAnorexia nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric disorder associated with marked
morbidity. Whilst AN genetic studies could identify novel treatment targets, integration of …

[HTML][HTML] Modifiable lifestyle factors influencing psychiatric disorders mediated by plasma proteins: A systemic Mendelian randomization study

Z Chen, X Wang, Z Teng, M Liu, F Liu, J Huang… - Journal of Affective …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Psychiatric disorders are emerging as a serious public health hazard,
influencing an increasing number of individuals worldwide. However, the effect of modifiable …