2023
Multi-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 variantsTraitsWhole-Exome Sequencing Analyses Support a Role of Vitamin D Metabolism in Ischemic Stroke
Xie Y, Acosta J, Ye Y, Demarais Z, Conlon C, Chen M, Zhao H, Falcone G. Whole-Exome Sequencing Analyses Support a Role of Vitamin D Metabolism in Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2023, 54: 800-809. PMID: 36762557, PMCID: PMC10467223, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.040883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene-based testingRare genetic variationGene-based analysisGenetic variationAssociation studiesGenome-wide association studiesSingle-variant association analysisWide significance levelSusceptibility risk lociWide association studyDeleterious missense variantsMissense rare variantsBonferroni-corrected thresholdWhole-exome sequencing dataRare variantsSingle variant analysisHeritable traitRisk lociExome-wide studySequencing dataExome sequencing analysisAssociation analysisSequencing analysisMissense variantsTraits
2019
Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations
Kranzler HR, Zhou H, Kember RL, Vickers Smith R, Justice AC, Damrauer S, Tsao PS, Klarin D, Baras A, Reid J, Overton J, Rader DJ, Cheng Z, Tate JP, Becker WC, Concato J, Xu K, Polimanti R, Zhao H, Gelernter J. Genome-wide association study of alcohol consumption and use disorder in 274,424 individuals from multiple populations. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 1499. PMID: 30940813, PMCID: PMC6445072, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09480-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesMillion Veteran Program sampleGenetic correlationsWide significant lociSignificant genetic correlationsPolygenic risk scoresCell type groupSignificant lociHeritable traitEnrichment analysisTraitsMultiple populationsLociPhenotypeProgram samples