2024
Genes in context: path to more precise risk prediction in psychiatry?
Na P, Pietrzak R, Gelernter J. Genes in context: path to more precise risk prediction in psychiatry? The British Journal Of Psychiatry 2024, 1-2. PMID: 39422146, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2024.151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchApplication of polygenic scores to a deeply phenotyped sample enriched for substance use disorders reveals extensive pleiotropy with psychiatric and somatic traits
Hartwell E, Jinwala Z, Milone J, Ramirez S, Gelernter J, Kranzler H, Kember R. Application of polygenic scores to a deeply phenotyped sample enriched for substance use disorders reveals extensive pleiotropy with psychiatric and somatic traits. Neuropsychopharmacology 2024, 49: 1958-1967. PMID: 39043921, PMCID: PMC11480112, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01922-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use disordersPost-traumatic stress disorderGeneralized anxiety disorderGenetic liabilityPolygenic scoresBipolar disorderSubstance use phenotypesSomatic traitsBody mass indexSubstance use categoriesEffect of genetic liabilityAnxiety disordersDepression-relatedDepressive disorderApplication of polygenic scoresStress disorderPsychiatric disordersPsychiatric phenotypesUse disorderPhenome-wide association studyGenetic influencesCross-sectional sampleMedical illnessPrecision medicine effortsPhenotyped sample
2022
An Atlas of Genetic Correlations and Genetically Informed Associations Linking Psychiatric and Immune-Related Phenotypes
Tylee DS, Lee YK, Wendt FR, Pathak GA, Levey DF, De Angelis F, Gelernter J, Polimanti R. An Atlas of Genetic Correlations and Genetically Informed Associations Linking Psychiatric and Immune-Related Phenotypes. JAMA Psychiatry 2022, 79: 667-676. PMID: 35507366, PMCID: PMC9069342, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsImmune-related phenotypesMultivariable adjustmentUlcerative colitisCrohn's diseaseMendelian randomizationImmune-related disordersReciprocal risk factorsHealth-related behaviorsPsychiatric phenotypesFalse discovery rate correctionAllergic rhinitisGenetic association studiesGenetic associationInflammatory disordersClinical associationsMajor depressionImmune disordersMAIN OUTCOMEPsychiatric disordersSocial determinantsDisordersAssociation studiesColitisAsthma
2014
The α-endomannosidase gene (MANEA) is associated with panic disorder and social anxiety disorder
Jensen KP, Stein MB, Kranzler HR, Yang BZ, Farrer LA, Gelernter J. The α-endomannosidase gene (MANEA) is associated with panic disorder and social anxiety disorder. Translational Psychiatry 2014, 4: e353-e353. PMID: 24473444, PMCID: PMC3905232, DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPanic disorderAnxiety disordersCocaine-induced paranoiaAnxiety disorder casesWhole blood cellsPsychiatric disorder riskWarrants further investigationAfrican American subjectsComorbid drugPD casesPsychiatric disordersAlcohol dependenceBrain tissueCocaine useBehavioral effectsBlood cellsClinical potentialGene variantsDisordersDisorder casesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsDisorder riskIndependent samplesPsychiatric phenotypesFurther investigation
2011
Association between polymorphisms in catechol‐O‐methyltransferase (COMT) and cocaine‐induced paranoia in European‐American and African‐American populations
Ittiwut R, Listman JB, Ittiwut C, Cubells JF, Weiss RD, Brady K, Oslin D, Farrer LA, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J. Association between polymorphisms in catechol‐O‐methyltransferase (COMT) and cocaine‐induced paranoia in European‐American and African‐American populations. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2011, 156: 651-660. PMID: 21656904, PMCID: PMC3864552, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAgitated depression in substance dependence
Leventhal AM, Gelernter J, Oslin D, Anton RF, Farrer LA, Kranzler HR. Agitated depression in substance dependence. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2011, 116: 163-169. PMID: 21277711, PMCID: PMC3105217, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance dependenceOpioid dependenceDSM-IV mental disordersMajor depressive episodeNon-opioid formsLifetime substance dependenceDepression associatesMDE subtypesSedative dependencePsychomotor agitationDepressive episodeDepression subtypesLifetime depressionOpioidsDrug dependenceMental disordersSubtypesCocaineDrugsDepressionPsychiatric phenotypesStructured interviewsPMAAssociationComorbidities