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 …

Assessing the causal association between human blood metabolites and the risk of epilepsy

J Cai, X Li, S Wu, Y Tian, Y Zhang, Z Wei, Z Jin… - Journal of translational …, 2022 - Springer
Background Metabolic disturbance has been reported in patients with epilepsy. Still, the
evidence about the causal role of metabolites in facilitating or preventing epilepsy is lacking …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the biological mechanisms of human mental disorders resulting from gene-environment interdependence using novel functional genomic …

PP Silveira, MJ Meaney - Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 - Elsevier
We explore how functional genomics approaches that integrate datasets from human and
non-human model systems can improve our understanding of the effect of gene …

Genetically predicted 486 blood metabolites in relation to risk of colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomization study

Z Yun, Z Guo, X Li, Y Shen, M Nan, Q Dong… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Metabolic disorders are a hallmark feature of cancer. However, the evidence for
the causality of circulating metabolites to promote or prevent colorectal cancer (CRC) is still …

Genetic evidence for causal effects of immune dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: where are we?

O Iakunchykova, EH Leonardsen, Y Wang - Translational Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
The question of whether immune dysfunction contributes to risk of psychiatric disorders has
long been a subject of interest. To assert this hypothesis a plethora of correlative evidence …

An atlas of genetic correlations and genetically informed associations linking psychiatric and immune-related phenotypes

DS Tylee, YK Lee, FR Wendt, GA Pathak… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Certain psychiatric and immune-related disorders are reciprocal risk factors.
However, the nature of these associations is unclear. Objective To characterize the …

[HTML][HTML] Genetics-informed precision treatment formulation in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

WR Reay, MP Geaghan, JR Atkins, VJ Carr… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
Genetically informed drug development and repurposing is an attractive prospect for
improving patient outcomes in psychiatry; however, the effectiveness of these endeavors is …

Schizophrenia is associated with altered DNA methylation variance

DJ Kiltschewskij, WR Reay, MJ Cairns - Molecular Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
Varying combinations of genetic and environmental risk factors are thought to underpin
phenotypic heterogeneity between individuals in psychiatric conditions such as …

Genetic influences on circulating retinol and its relationship to human health

WR Reay, DJ Kiltschewskij, MA Di Biase… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Retinol is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays an essential role in many biological processes
throughout the human lifespan. Here, we perform the largest genome-wide association …

The genetic architecture of pneumonia susceptibility implicates mucin biology and a relationship with psychiatric illness

WR Reay, MP Geaghan, MJ Cairns - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Pneumonia remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In this study, we use
genome-wide meta-analysis of lifetime pneumonia diagnosis (N= 391,044) to identify four …