Identifying genetic loci and phenomic associations of substance use traits: A multi‐trait analysis of GWAS (MTAG) study
Xu H, Toikumo S, Crist R, Glogowska K, Jinwala Z, Deak J, Justice A, Gelernter J, Johnson E, Kranzler H, Kember R. Identifying genetic loci and phenomic associations of substance use traits: A multi‐trait analysis of GWAS (MTAG) study. Addiction 2023, 118: 1942-1952. PMID: 37156939, PMCID: PMC10754226, DOI: 10.1111/add.16229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesSignificant single nucleotide polymorphismsSubstance use traitsMulti-trait analysisAssociation studiesGenetic architectureUse traitsGenome-wide significant single nucleotide polymorphismsProtein-protein interaction analysisTrait genetic architectureNumber of lociPolygenic risk scoresEuropean ancestry individualsNovel lociSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenetic lociGWAS studiesLociMultiple related phenotypesNucleotide polymorphismsRelated phenotypesTraitsNovel associationsMTAgBiobank samplesMulti-trait genome-wide association analyses leveraging alcohol use disorder findings identify novel loci for smoking behaviors in the Million Veteran Program
Cheng Y, Dao C, Zhou H, Li B, Kember R, Toikumo S, Zhao H, Gelernter J, Kranzler H, Justice A, Xu K. Multi-trait genome-wide association analyses leveraging alcohol use disorder findings identify novel loci for smoking behaviors in the Million Veteran Program. Translational Psychiatry 2023, 13: 148. PMID: 37147289, PMCID: PMC10162964, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-023-02409-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-trait genome-wide association studiesGenome-wide association studiesNovel lociPower of GWASJoint genome-wide association studyGenome-wide significant lociMillion Veteran ProgramGenome-wide associationSubstance use traitsGWAS summary statisticsNovel genetic variantsMulti-trait analysisFunctional annotationUse traitsSignificant lociHeritable traitMultiple lociAssociation studiesColocalization analysisLociPleiotropic effectsMTAgVeteran ProgramGenetic variantsTraits