Multi-trait genome-wide association analyses leveraging alcohol use disorder findings identify novel loci for smoking behaviors in the Million Veteran Program.
Translational Psychiatry
Cheng, Youshu Y; Dao, Cecilia C; Zhou, Hang H; Li, Boyang B; Kember, Rachel L RL; Toikumo, Sylvanus S; Zhao, Hongyu H; Gelernter, Joel J; Kranzler, Henry R HR; Justice, Amy C AC; Xu, Ke K
Functional validity, role, and implications of heavy alcohol consumption genetic loci.
Science Advances
Thompson, Andrew A; Cook, James J; Choquet, Hélène H; Jorgenson, Eric E; Yin, Jie J; Kinnunen, Tarja T; Barclay, Jeff J; Morris, Andrew P AP; Pirmohamed, Munir M
Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations.
Nature Communications
Kranzler, Henry R HR; Zhou, Hang H; Kember, Rachel L RL; Vickers Smith, Rachel R; Justice, Amy C AC; Damrauer, Scott S; Tsao, Philip S PS; Klarin, Derek D; Baras, Aris A; Reid, Jeffrey J; Overton, John J; Rader, Daniel J DJ; Cheng, Zhongshan Z; Tate, Janet P JP; Becker, William C WC; Concato, John J; Xu, Ke K; Polimanti, Renato R; Zhao, Hongyu H; Gelernter, Joel J
Low copy number of the salivary amylase gene predisposes to obesity.
Nature Genetics
Falchi, Mario M; El-Sayed Moustafa, Julia Sarah JS; Takousis, Petros P; Pesce, Francesco F; Bonnefond, Amélie A; Andersson-Assarsson, Johanna C JC; Sudmant, Peter H PH; Dorajoo, Rajkumar R; Al-Shafai, Mashael Nedham MN; Bottolo, Leonardo L; Ozdemir, Erdal E; So, Hon-Cheong HC; Davies, Robert W RW; Patrice, Alexandre A; Dent, Robert R; Mangino, Massimo M; Hysi, Pirro G PG; Dechaume, Aurélie A; Huyvaert, Marlène M; Skinner, Jane J; Pigeyre, Marie M; Caiazzo, Robert R; Raverdy, Violeta V; Vaillant, Emmanuel E; Field, Sarah S; Balkau, Beverley B; Marre, Michel M; Visvikis-Siest, Sophie S; Weill, Jacques J; Poulain-Godefroy, Odile O; Jacobson, Peter P; Sjostrom, Lars L; Hammond, Christopher J CJ; Deloukas, Panos P; Sham, Pak Chung PC; McPherson, Ruth R; Lee, Jeannette J; Tai, E Shyong ES; Sladek, Robert R; Carlsson, Lena M S LM; Walley, Andrew A; Eichler, Evan E EE; Pattou, Francois F; Spector, Timothy D TD; Froguel, Philippe P
A systematic mapping approach of 16q12.2/FTO and BMI in more than 20,000 African Americans narrows in on the underlying functional variation: results from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study.
Plos Genetics
Peters, Ulrike U; North, Kari E KE; Sethupathy, Praveen P; Buyske, Steve S; Haessler, Jeff J; Jiao, Shuo S; Fesinmeyer, Megan D MD; Jackson, Rebecca D RD; Kuller, Lew H LH; Rajkovic, Aleksandar A; Lim, Unhee U; Cheng, Iona I; Schumacher, Fred F; Wilkens, Lynne L; Li, Rongling R; Monda, Keri K; Ehret, Georg G; Nguyen, Khanh-Dung H KD; Cooper, Richard R; Lewis, Cora E CE; Leppert, Mark M; Irvin, Marguerite R MR; Gu, C Charles CC; Houston, Denise D; Buzkova, Petra P; Ritchie, Marylyn M; Matise, Tara C TC; Le Marchand, Loic L; Hindorff, Lucia A LA; Crawford, Dana C DC; Haiman, Christopher A CA; Kooperberg, Charles C