1. The shared genetic landscape of blood cell traits and risk of neurological and psychiatric disorders
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Yuanhao Yang, Yuan Zhou, Dale R. Nyholt, Chloe X. Yap, Rudolph K. Tannenberg, Ying Wang, Yang Wu, Zhihong Zhu, Bruce V. Taylor, and Jacob Gratten
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blood cell traits ,neurological and psychiatric disorders ,genetic correlation ,Mendelian randomization ,blood-based biomarkers ,platelets ,Genetics ,QH426-470 ,Internal medicine ,RC31-1245 - Abstract
Summary: Phenotypic associations have been reported between blood cell traits (BCTs) and a range of neurological and psychiatric disorders (NPDs), but in most cases, it remains unclear whether these associations have a genetic basis and, if so, to what extent genetic correlations reflect causality. Here, we report genetic correlations and Mendelian randomization analyses between 11 NPDs and 29 BCTs, using genome-wide association study summary statistics. We found significant genetic correlations for four BCT-NPD pairs, all of which have prior evidence for a phenotypic correlation. We identified a previously unreported causal effect of increased platelet distribution width on susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease. We identified multiple functional genes and regulatory elements for specific BCT-NPD pairs, some of which are targets of known drugs. These results enrich our understanding of the shared genetic landscape underlying BCTs and NPDs and provide a robust foundation for future work to improve prognosis and treatment of common NPDs.
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- 2023
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