2024
A multi-ancestry genetic study of pain intensity in 598,339 veterans
Toikumo S, Vickers-Smith R, Jinwala Z, Xu H, Saini D, Hartwell E, Pavicic M, Sullivan K, Xu K, Jacobson D, Gelernter J, Rentsch C, Stahl E, Cheatle M, Zhou H, Waxman S, Justice A, Kember R, Kranzler H. A multi-ancestry genetic study of pain intensity in 598,339 veterans. Nature Medicine 2024, 30: 1075-1084. PMID: 38429522, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-02839-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPain intensityChronic painTreat chronic painCalcium channel blockersCross-ancestry meta-analysisGenome-wide association studiesExperience of painSamples of European ancestryPain phenotypesFunctional genomics dataGABAergic neuronsCalcium channelsAnalgesic effectB-blockersDrug groupMillion Veteran ProgramPainSubstance use disordersQuality of lifeDrug repurposing analysisOpioid crisisGenetic architectureCausal genesGenetic lociGenomic data
2023
9. THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF PAIN INTENSITY IN THE MILLION VETERAN PROGRAM
Toikumo S, Vickers-Smith R, Jinwala Z, Xu H, Saini D, Hartwell E, Pavicic M, Sullivan K, Jacobson D, Cheatle M, Zhou H, Waxman S, Justice A, Kember R, Kranzler H. 9. THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF PAIN INTENSITY IN THE MILLION VETERAN PROGRAM. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2023, 75: s60-s61. DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.08.120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndependent lociGenetic architectureMillion Veteran ProgramGenome-wide association testingIndependent genetic lociLinkage disequilibrium score regressionDrug-gene interaction databaseDisequilibrium score regressionNovel genetic variantsPotential drug targetsComplex traitsGWAS resultsCausal genesDruggable genomeDrug repurposing analysisGenetic lociDruggable genesInteraction databasesDrug targetsGenetic correlationsMolecular contributorsAssociation testingLociPsychiatric traitsScore regressionIdentifying 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 samples