Appraising the causal role of smoking in multiple diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies

SC Larsson, S Burgess - EBioMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The causal association between cigarette smoking and several diseases
remains equivocal. The purpose of this study was to appraise the causal role of smoking in a …

Risk factors for human papillomavirus infection, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer: an umbrella review and follow-up Mendelian randomisation …

SJ Bowden, T Doulgeraki, E Bouras, G Markozannes… - BMC medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background Persistent infection by oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) is necessary
although not sufficient for development of cervical cancer. Behavioural, environmental, or …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

A Okbay, Y Wu, N Wang, H Jayashankar, M Bennett… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a
sample of~ 3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome …

Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction

R Karlsson Linnér, TT Mallard, PB Barr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, such as substance use, antisocial
behavior and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, are collectively referred to as …

LDpred2: better, faster, stronger

F Privé, J Arbel, BJ Vilhjálmsson - Bioinformatics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Polygenic scores have become a central tool in human genetics research.
LDpred is a popular method for deriving polygenic scores based on summary statistics and …

Brain cell type–specific enhancer–promoter interactome maps and disease-risk association

A Nott, IR Holtman, NG Coufal, JCM Schlachetzki, M Yu… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Noncoding genetic variation is a major driver of phenotypic diversity, but functional
interpretation is challenging. To better understand common genetic variation associated with …

A large-scale genome-wide association study meta-analysis of cannabis use disorder

EC Johnson, D Demontis, TE Thorgeirsson… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Variation in liability to cannabis use disorder has a strong genetic component
(estimated twin and family heritability about 50–70%) and is associated with negative …

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 …

Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits

H Zhou, JM Sealock, S Sanchez-Roige, TK Clarke… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Problematic alcohol use (PAU) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
Although genome-wide association studies have identified PAU risk genes, the genetic …

Genome-wide association analyses of post-traumatic stress disorder and its symptom subdomains in the Million Veteran Program

MB Stein, DF Levey, Z Cheng, FR Wendt… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We conducted genome-wide association analyses of over 250,000 participants of European
(EUR) and African (AFR) ancestry from the Million Veteran Program using electronic health …