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2. Transthyretin orchestrates vitamin B12-induced stress resilience

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Stein, G., primary, Aly, J.S., additional, Manzolillo, A., additional, Lange, L., additional, Riege, K., additional, Hussain, I., additional, Heller, E.A., additional, Cubillos, S., additional, Ernst, T., additional, Hübner, C.A., additional, Turecki, G., additional, Hoffmann, S., additional, and Engmann, O., additional

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2024
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7. Associations of psychiatric disease and ageing with FKBP5 expression converge on superficial layer neurons of the neocortex

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Matosin, N, Arloth, J, Czamara, D, Edmond, KZ, Maitra, M, Froehlich, AS, Martinelli, S, Kaul, D, Bartlett, R, Curry, AR, Gassen, NC, Hafner, K, Mueller, NS, Worf, K, Rehawi, G, Nagy, C, Halldorsdottir, T, Cruceanu, C, Gagliardi, M, Gerstner, N, Koedel, M, Murek, V, Ziller, MJ, Scarr, E, Tao, R, Jaffe, AE, Arzberger, T, Falkai, P, Kleinmann, JE, Weinberger, DR, Mechawar, N, Schmitt, A, Dean, B, Turecki, G, Hyde, TM, Binder, EB, Matosin, N, Arloth, J, Czamara, D, Edmond, KZ, Maitra, M, Froehlich, AS, Martinelli, S, Kaul, D, Bartlett, R, Curry, AR, Gassen, NC, Hafner, K, Mueller, NS, Worf, K, Rehawi, G, Nagy, C, Halldorsdottir, T, Cruceanu, C, Gagliardi, M, Gerstner, N, Koedel, M, Murek, V, Ziller, MJ, Scarr, E, Tao, R, Jaffe, AE, Arzberger, T, Falkai, P, Kleinmann, JE, Weinberger, DR, Mechawar, N, Schmitt, A, Dean, B, Turecki, G, Hyde, TM, and Binder, EB

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Identification and characterisation of novel targets for treatment is a priority in the field of psychiatry. FKBP5 is a gene with decades of evidence suggesting its pathogenic role in a subset of psychiatric patients, with potential to be leveraged as a therapeutic target for these individuals. While it is widely reported that FKBP5/FKBP51 mRNA/protein (FKBP5/1) expression is impacted by psychiatric disease state, risk genotype and age, it is not known in which cell types and sub-anatomical areas of the human brain this occurs. This knowledge is critical to propel FKBP5/1-targeted treatment development. Here, we performed an extensive, large-scale postmortem study (n = 1024) of FKBP5/1, examining neocortical areas (BA9, BA11 and ventral BA24/BA24a) derived from subjects that lived with schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder. With an extensive battery of RNA (bulk RNA sequencing, single-nucleus RNA sequencing, microarray, qPCR, RNAscope) and protein (immunoblot, immunohistochemistry) analysis approaches, we thoroughly investigated the effects of disease state, ageing and genotype on cortical FKBP5/1 expression including in a cell type-specific manner. We identified consistently heightened FKBP5/1 levels in psychopathology and with age, but not genotype, with these effects strongest in schizophrenia. Using single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNAseq; BA9 and BA11) and targeted histology (BA9, BA24a), we established that these disease and ageing effects on FKBP5/1 expression were most pronounced in excitatory superficial layer neurons of the neocortex, and this effect appeared to be consistent in both the granular and agranular areas examined. We then found that this increase in FKBP5 levels may impact on synaptic plasticity, as FKBP5 gex levels strongly and inversely correlated with dendritic mushroom spine density and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in superficial layer neurons in BA11. These findings pinpoint a novel cellular and molecular m

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2023

8. Associations between epigenetic aging and childhood peer victimization, depression, and suicidal ideation in adolescence and adulthood: A study of two population-based samples

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Perret, L. C., primary, Geoffroy, M-C., additional, Barr, E., additional, Parnet, F., additional, Provencal, N., additional, Boivin, M., additional, O’Donnell, K. J., additional, Suderman, M., additional, Power, C., additional, Turecki, G., additional, and Ouellet-Morin, I., additional

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2023
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15. Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors

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Mullins, N, Kang, J, Campos, A, Coleman, JR, Edwards, AC, Galfalvy, H, Levey, DF, Lori, A, Shabalin, A, Starnawska, A, Su, M-H, Watson, HJ, Adams, M, Awasthi, S, Ganda, M, Hafferty, JD, Hishimoto, A, Kim, M, Okazaki, S, Otsuka, I, Ripke, S, Ware, EB, Bergen, AW, Berrettini, WH, Bohus, M, Brandt, H, Chang, X, Chen, WJ, Chen, H-C, Crawford, S, Crow, S, DiBlasi, E, Duriez, P, Fernandez-Aranda, F, Fichter, MM, Gallinger, S, Glatt, SJ, Gorwood, P, Guo, Y, Hakonarson, H, Halmi, KA, Hwu, H-G, Jain, S, Jamain, S, Jimenez-Murcia, S, Johnson, C, Kaplan, AS, Kaye, WH, Keel, PK, Kennedy, JL, Klump, KL, Li, D, Liao, S-C, Lieb, K, Lilenfeld, L, Liu, C-M, Magistretti, PJ, Marshall, CR, Mitchell, JE, Monson, ET, Myers, RM, Pinto, D, Powers, A, Ramoz, N, Roepke, S, Rozanov, V, Scherer, SW, Schmahl, C, Sokolowski, M, Strober, M, Thornton, LM, Treasure, J, Tsuang, MT, Witt, SH, Woodside, DB, Yilmaz, Z, Zillich, L, Adolfsson, R, Agartz, I, Air, TM, Alda, M, Alfredsson, L, Andreassen, OA, Anjorin, A, Appadurai, V, Artigas, MS, Van der Auwera, S, Azevedo, MH, Bass, N, Bau, CHD, Baune, BT, Bellivier, F, Berger, K, Biernacka, JM, Bigdeli, TB, Binder, EB, Boehnke, M, Boks, MP, Bosch, R, Braff, DL, Bryant, R, Budde, M, Byrne, EM, Cahn, W, Casas, M, Castelao, E, Cervilla, JA, Chaumette, B, Cichon, S, Corvin, A, Craddock, N, Craig, D, Degenhardt, F, Djurovic, S, Edenberg, HJ, Fanous, AH, Foo, JC, Forstner, AJ, Frye, M, Fullerton, JM, Gatt, JM, Gejman, P, Giegling, I, Grabe, HJ, Green, MJ, Grevet, EH, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Gutierrez, B, Guzman-Parra, J, Hamilton, SP, Hamshere, ML, Hartmann, A, Hauser, J, Heilmann-Heimbach, S, Hoffmann, P, Ising, M, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Jonsson, L, Kahn, RS, Kelsoe, JR, Kendler, KS, Kloiber, S, Koenen, KC, Kogevinas, M, Konte, B, Krebs, M-O, Lander, M, Lawrence, J, Leboyer, M, Lee, PH, Levinson, DF, Liao, C, Lissowska, J, Lucae, S, Mayoral, F, McElroy, SL, McGrath, P, McGuffin, P, McQuillin, A, Medland, SE, Mehta, D, Melle, I, Milaneschi, Y, Mitchell, PB, Molina, E, Morken, G, Mortensen, PB, Mueller-Myhsok, B, Nievergelt, C, Nimgaonkar, V, Noethen, MM, O'Donovan, MC, Ophoff, RA, Owen, MJ, Pato, C, Pato, MT, Penninx, BWJH, Pimm, J, Pistis, G, Potash, JB, Power, RA, Preisig, M, Quested, D, Ramos-Quiroga, JA, Reif, A, Ribases, M, Richarte, V, Rietschel, M, Rivera, M, Roberts, A, Roberts, G, Rouleau, GA, Rovaris, DL, Rujescu, D, Sanchez-Mora, C, Sanders, AR, Schofield, PR, Schulze, TG, Scott, LJ, Serretti, A, Shi, J, Shyn, S, Sirignano, L, Sklar, P, Smeland, OB, Smoller, JW, Sonuga-Barke, EJS, Spalletta, G, Strauss, JS, Swiatkowska, B, Trzaskowski, M, Turecki, G, Vilar-Ribo, L, Vincent, JB, Voelzke, H, Walters, JTR, Weickert, CS, Weickert, TW, Weissman, MM, Williams, LM, Wray, NR, Zai, CC, Ashley-Koch, AE, Beckham, JC, Hauser, ER, Hauser, MA, Kimbrel, NA, Lindquist, JH, McMahon, B, Oslin, DW, Qin, X, Agerbo, E, Borglum, AD, Breen, G, Erlangsen, A, Esko, T, Gelernter, J, Hougaard, DM, Kessler, RC, Kranzler, HR, Li, QS, Martin, NG, McIntosh, AM, Mors, O, Nordentoft, M, Olsen, CM, Porteous, D, Ursano, RJ, Wasserman, D, Werge, T, Whiteman, DC, Bulik, CM, Coon, H, Demontis, D, Docherty, AR, Kuo, P-H, Lewis, CM, Mann, JJ, Renteria, ME, Smith, DJ, Stahl, EA, Stein, MB, Streit, F, Willour, V, Ruderfer, DM, Mullins, N, Kang, J, Campos, A, Coleman, JR, Edwards, AC, Galfalvy, H, Levey, DF, Lori, A, Shabalin, A, Starnawska, A, Su, M-H, Watson, HJ, Adams, M, Awasthi, S, Ganda, M, Hafferty, JD, Hishimoto, A, Kim, M, Okazaki, S, Otsuka, I, Ripke, S, Ware, EB, Bergen, AW, Berrettini, WH, Bohus, M, Brandt, H, Chang, X, Chen, WJ, Chen, H-C, Crawford, S, Crow, S, DiBlasi, E, Duriez, P, Fernandez-Aranda, F, Fichter, MM, Gallinger, S, Glatt, SJ, Gorwood, P, Guo, Y, Hakonarson, H, Halmi, KA, Hwu, H-G, Jain, S, Jamain, S, Jimenez-Murcia, S, Johnson, C, Kaplan, AS, Kaye, WH, Keel, PK, Kennedy, JL, Klump, KL, Li, D, Liao, S-C, Lieb, K, Lilenfeld, L, Liu, C-M, Magistretti, PJ, Marshall, CR, Mitchell, JE, Monson, ET, Myers, RM, Pinto, D, Powers, A, Ramoz, N, Roepke, S, Rozanov, V, Scherer, SW, Schmahl, C, Sokolowski, M, Strober, M, Thornton, LM, Treasure, J, Tsuang, MT, Witt, SH, Woodside, DB, Yilmaz, Z, Zillich, L, Adolfsson, R, Agartz, I, Air, TM, Alda, M, Alfredsson, L, Andreassen, OA, Anjorin, A, Appadurai, V, Artigas, MS, Van der Auwera, S, Azevedo, MH, Bass, N, Bau, CHD, Baune, BT, Bellivier, F, Berger, K, Biernacka, JM, Bigdeli, TB, Binder, EB, Boehnke, M, Boks, MP, Bosch, R, Braff, DL, Bryant, R, Budde, M, Byrne, EM, Cahn, W, Casas, M, Castelao, E, Cervilla, JA, Chaumette, B, Cichon, S, Corvin, A, Craddock, N, Craig, D, Degenhardt, F, Djurovic, S, Edenberg, HJ, Fanous, AH, Foo, JC, Forstner, AJ, Frye, M, Fullerton, JM, Gatt, JM, Gejman, P, Giegling, I, Grabe, HJ, Green, MJ, Grevet, EH, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Gutierrez, B, Guzman-Parra, J, Hamilton, SP, Hamshere, ML, Hartmann, A, Hauser, J, Heilmann-Heimbach, S, Hoffmann, P, Ising, M, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Jonsson, L, Kahn, RS, Kelsoe, JR, Kendler, KS, Kloiber, S, Koenen, KC, Kogevinas, M, Konte, B, Krebs, M-O, Lander, M, Lawrence, J, Leboyer, M, Lee, PH, Levinson, DF, Liao, C, Lissowska, J, Lucae, S, Mayoral, F, McElroy, SL, McGrath, P, McGuffin, P, McQuillin, A, Medland, SE, Mehta, D, Melle, I, Milaneschi, Y, Mitchell, PB, Molina, E, Morken, G, Mortensen, PB, Mueller-Myhsok, B, Nievergelt, C, Nimgaonkar, V, Noethen, MM, O'Donovan, MC, Ophoff, RA, Owen, MJ, Pato, C, Pato, MT, Penninx, BWJH, Pimm, J, Pistis, G, Potash, JB, Power, RA, Preisig, M, Quested, D, Ramos-Quiroga, JA, Reif, A, Ribases, M, Richarte, V, Rietschel, M, Rivera, M, Roberts, A, Roberts, G, Rouleau, GA, Rovaris, DL, Rujescu, D, Sanchez-Mora, C, Sanders, AR, Schofield, PR, Schulze, TG, Scott, LJ, Serretti, A, Shi, J, Shyn, S, Sirignano, L, Sklar, P, Smeland, OB, Smoller, JW, Sonuga-Barke, EJS, Spalletta, G, Strauss, JS, Swiatkowska, B, Trzaskowski, M, Turecki, G, Vilar-Ribo, L, Vincent, JB, Voelzke, H, Walters, JTR, Weickert, CS, Weickert, TW, Weissman, MM, Williams, LM, Wray, NR, Zai, CC, Ashley-Koch, AE, Beckham, JC, Hauser, ER, Hauser, MA, Kimbrel, NA, Lindquist, JH, McMahon, B, Oslin, DW, Qin, X, Agerbo, E, Borglum, AD, Breen, G, Erlangsen, A, Esko, T, Gelernter, J, Hougaard, DM, Kessler, RC, Kranzler, HR, Li, QS, Martin, NG, McIntosh, AM, Mors, O, Nordentoft, M, Olsen, CM, Porteous, D, Ursano, RJ, Wasserman, D, Werge, T, Whiteman, DC, Bulik, CM, Coon, H, Demontis, D, Docherty, AR, Kuo, P-H, Lewis, CM, Mann, JJ, Renteria, ME, Smith, DJ, Stahl, EA, Stein, MB, Streit, F, Willour, V, and Ruderfer, DM

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BACKGROUND: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and nonfatal suicide attempts, which occur far more frequently, are a major source of disability and social and economic burden. Both have substantial genetic etiology, which is partially shared and partially distinct from that of related psychiatric disorders. METHODS: We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 29,782 suicide attempt (SA) cases and 519,961 controls in the International Suicide Genetics Consortium (ISGC). The GWAS of SA was conditioned on psychiatric disorders using GWAS summary statistics via multitrait-based conditional and joint analysis, to remove genetic effects on SA mediated by psychiatric disorders. We investigated the shared and divergent genetic architectures of SA, psychiatric disorders, and other known risk factors. RESULTS: Two loci reached genome-wide significance for SA: the major histocompatibility complex and an intergenic locus on chromosome 7, the latter of which remained associated with SA after conditioning on psychiatric disorders and replicated in an independent cohort from the Million Veteran Program. This locus has been implicated in risk-taking behavior, smoking, and insomnia. SA showed strong genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders, particularly major depression, and also with smoking, pain, risk-taking behavior, sleep disturbances, lower educational attainment, reproductive traits, lower socioeconomic status, and poorer general health. After conditioning on psychiatric disorders, the genetic correlations between SA and psychiatric disorders decreased, whereas those with nonpsychiatric traits remained largely unchanged. CONCLUSIONS: Our results identify a risk locus that contributes more strongly to SA than other phenotypes and suggest a shared underlying biology between SA and known risk factors that is not mediated by psychiatric disorders.

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2022

16. Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response.

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Pain, O, Hodgson, K, Trubetskoy, V, Ripke, S, Marshe, VS, Adams, MJ, Byrne, EM, Campos, AI, Carrillo-Roa, T, Cattaneo, A, Als, TD, Souery, D, Dernovsek, MZ, Fabbri, C, Hayward, C, Henigsberg, N, Hauser, J, Kennedy, JL, Lenze, EJ, Lewis, G, Müller, DJ, Martin, NG, Mulsant, BH, Mors, O, Perroud, N, Porteous, DJ, Rentería, ME, Reynolds, CF, Rietschel, M, Uher, R, Wigmore, EM, Maier, W, Wray, NR, Aitchison, KJ, Arolt, V, Baune, BT, Biernacka, JM, Bondolfi, G, Domschke, K, Kato, M, Li, QS, Liu, Y-L, Serretti, A, Tsai, S-J, Turecki, G, Weinshilboum, R, GSRD Consortium, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, McIntosh, AM, Lewis, CM, Pain, O, Hodgson, K, Trubetskoy, V, Ripke, S, Marshe, VS, Adams, MJ, Byrne, EM, Campos, AI, Carrillo-Roa, T, Cattaneo, A, Als, TD, Souery, D, Dernovsek, MZ, Fabbri, C, Hayward, C, Henigsberg, N, Hauser, J, Kennedy, JL, Lenze, EJ, Lewis, G, Müller, DJ, Martin, NG, Mulsant, BH, Mors, O, Perroud, N, Porteous, DJ, Rentería, ME, Reynolds, CF, Rietschel, M, Uher, R, Wigmore, EM, Maier, W, Wray, NR, Aitchison, KJ, Arolt, V, Baune, BT, Biernacka, JM, Bondolfi, G, Domschke, K, Kato, M, Li, QS, Liu, Y-L, Serretti, A, Tsai, S-J, Turecki, G, Weinshilboum, R, GSRD Consortium, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, McIntosh, AM, and Lewis, CM

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BACKGROUND: Antidepressants are a first-line treatment for depression. However, only a third of individuals experience remission after the first treatment. Common genetic variation, in part, likely regulates antidepressant response, yet the success of previous genome-wide association studies has been limited by sample size. This study performs the largest genetic analysis of prospectively assessed antidepressant response in major depressive disorder to gain insight into the underlying biology and enable out-of-sample prediction. METHODS: Genome-wide analysis of remission (n remit = 1852, n nonremit = 3299) and percentage improvement (n = 5218) was performed. Single nucleotide polymorphism-based heritability was estimated using genome-wide complex trait analysis. Genetic covariance with eight mental health phenotypes was estimated using polygenic scores/AVENGEME. Out-of-sample prediction of antidepressant response polygenic scores was assessed. Gene-level association analysis was performed using MAGMA and transcriptome-wide association study. Tissue, pathway, and drug binding enrichment were estimated using MAGMA. RESULTS: Neither genome-wide association study identified genome-wide significant associations. Single nucleotide polymorphism-based heritability was significantly different from zero for remission (h 2 = 0.132, SE = 0.056) but not for percentage improvement (h 2 = -0.018, SE = 0.032). Better antidepressant response was negatively associated with genetic risk for schizophrenia and positively associated with genetic propensity for educational attainment. Leave-one-out validation of antidepressant response polygenic scores demonstrated significant evidence of out-of-sample prediction, though results varied in external cohorts. Gene-based analyses identified ETV4 and DHX8 as significantly associated with antidepressant response. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that antidepressant response is influenced by common genetic variation, has a genetic overlap sc

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2022

17. Combining schizophrenia and depression polygenic risk scores improves the genetic prediction of lithium response in bipolar disorder patients (vol 12, 278, 2022)

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Schubert, KO, Thalamuthu, A, Amare, AT, Frank, J, Streit, F, Adl, M, Akula, N, Akiyama, K, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J-M, Backlund, L, Bhattacharjee, AK, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Marie-Claire, C, Cearns, M, Cervantes, P, Chen, H-C, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Clark, SR, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Dayer, A, Degenhardt, F, Del Zompo, M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Falkai, P, Forstner, AJ, Frisen, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hauser, J, Heilbronner, U, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Hou, L, Hsu, Y-H, Jamain, S, Jimenez, E, Kahn, J-P, Kassem, L, Kuo, P-H, Kato, T, Kelsoe, J, Kittel-Schneider, S, Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, E, Konig, B, Kusumi, I, Laje, G, Landen, M, Lavebratt, C, Leboyer, M, Leckband, SG, Maj, M, Manchia, M, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, S, Colom, F, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Nothen, MM, Novak, T, O'Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Osby, U, Papiol, S, Pfennig, A, Pisanu, C, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shekhtman, T, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Tekola-Ayele, F, Tortorella, A, Turecki, G, Veeh, J, Vieta, E, Witt, SH, Roberts, G, Zandi, PP, Alda, M, Bauer, M, McMahon, FJ, Mitchell, PB, Schulze, TG, Rietschel, M, Baune, BT, Schubert, KO, Thalamuthu, A, Amare, AT, Frank, J, Streit, F, Adl, M, Akula, N, Akiyama, K, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J-M, Backlund, L, Bhattacharjee, AK, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Marie-Claire, C, Cearns, M, Cervantes, P, Chen, H-C, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Clark, SR, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Dayer, A, Degenhardt, F, Del Zompo, M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Falkai, P, Forstner, AJ, Frisen, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hauser, J, Heilbronner, U, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Hou, L, Hsu, Y-H, Jamain, S, Jimenez, E, Kahn, J-P, Kassem, L, Kuo, P-H, Kato, T, Kelsoe, J, Kittel-Schneider, S, Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, E, Konig, B, Kusumi, I, Laje, G, Landen, M, Lavebratt, C, Leboyer, M, Leckband, SG, Maj, M, Manchia, M, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, S, Colom, F, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Nothen, MM, Novak, T, O'Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Osby, U, Papiol, S, Pfennig, A, Pisanu, C, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shekhtman, T, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Tekola-Ayele, F, Tortorella, A, Turecki, G, Veeh, J, Vieta, E, Witt, SH, Roberts, G, Zandi, PP, Alda, M, Bauer, M, McMahon, FJ, Mitchell, PB, Schulze, TG, Rietschel, M, and Baune, BT

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2022

18. Vascular and blood-brain barrier-related changes underlie stress responses and resilience in female mice and depression in human tissue

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Dion-Albert, L., Cadoret, A., Doney, E., Kaufmann, F. N., Dudek, K. A., Daigle, B., Parise, L. F., Cathomas, F., Samba, N., Hudson, N., Lebel, M., Aardema, F., Ait Bentaleb, L., Beauchamp, J., Bendahmane, H., Benoit, E., Bergeron, L., Bertone, A., Bertrand, N., Berube, F.-A., Blanchet, P., Boissonneault, J., Bolduc, C. J., Bonin, J.-P., Borgeat, F., Boyer, R., Breault, C., Breton, J.-J., Briand, C., Brodeur, J., Brule, K., Brunet, L., Carriere, S., Chartrand, C., Chenard-Soucy, R., Chevrette, T., Cloutier, E., Cloutier, R., Cormier, H., Cote, G., Cyr, J., David, P., De Benedictis, L., Delisle, M.-C., Deschenes, P., Desjardins, C. D., Desmarais, G., Dubreucq, J.-L., Dumont, M., Dumais, A., Ethier, G., Feltrin, C., Felx, A., Findlay, H., Fortier, L., Fortin, D., Fortin, L., Francois, N., Gagne, V., Gagnon, M.-P., Gignac-Hens, M.-C., Giguere, C.-E., Godbout, R., Grou, C., Guay, S., Guillem, F., Hachimi-Idrissi, N., Herry, C., Hodgins, S., Homayoun, S., Jemel, B., Joyal, C. C., Kouassi, E., Labelle, R., Lafortune, D., Lahaie, M., Lahlafi, S., Lalonde, P., Landry, P., Lapaige, V., Larocque, G., Larue, C., Lavoie, M., Leclerc, J.-J., Lecomte, T., Lecours, C., Leduc, L., Lelan, M.-F., Lemieux, A., Lesage, A., Letarte, A., Lepage, J., Levesque, A., Lipp, O., Luck, D., Lupien, S., Lusignan, F.-A., Lusignan, R., Luyet, A. J., Lynhiavu, A., Melun, J.-P., Morin, C., Nicole, L., Noel, F., Normandeau, L., O’Connor, K., Ouellette, C., Parent, V., Parizeau, M.-H., Pelletier, J.-F., Pelletier, J., Pelletier, M., Plusquellec, P., Poirier, D., Potvin, S., Prevost, G., Prevost, M.-J., Racicot, P., Racine-Gagne, M.-F., Renaud, P., Ricard, N., Rivet, S., Rolland, M., Sasseville, M., Safadi, G., Smith, S., Smolla, N., Stip, E., Teitelbaum, J., Thibault, A., Thibault, L., Thibault, S., Thomas, F., Todorov, C., Tourjman, V., Tranulis, C., Trudeau, S., Trudel, G., Vacri, N., Valiquette, L., Vanier, C., Villeneuve, K., Villeneuve, M., Vincent, P., Wolfe, M., Xiong, L., Zizzi, A., Campbell, M., Turecki, G., Mechawar, N., Menard, C., Dion-Albert, L., Cadoret, A., Doney, E., Kaufmann, F. N., Dudek, K. A., Daigle, B., Parise, L. F., Cathomas, F., Samba, N., Hudson, N., Lebel, M., Aardema, F., Ait Bentaleb, L., Beauchamp, J., Bendahmane, H., Benoit, E., Bergeron, L., Bertone, A., Bertrand, N., Berube, F.-A., Blanchet, P., Boissonneault, J., Bolduc, C. J., Bonin, J.-P., Borgeat, F., Boyer, R., Breault, C., Breton, J.-J., Briand, C., Brodeur, J., Brule, K., Brunet, L., Carriere, S., Chartrand, C., Chenard-Soucy, R., Chevrette, T., Cloutier, E., Cloutier, R., Cormier, H., Cote, G., Cyr, J., David, P., De Benedictis, L., Delisle, M.-C., Deschenes, P., Desjardins, C. D., Desmarais, G., Dubreucq, J.-L., Dumont, M., Dumais, A., Ethier, G., Feltrin, C., Felx, A., Findlay, H., Fortier, L., Fortin, D., Fortin, L., Francois, N., Gagne, V., Gagnon, M.-P., Gignac-Hens, M.-C., Giguere, C.-E., Godbout, R., Grou, C., Guay, S., Guillem, F., Hachimi-Idrissi, N., Herry, C., Hodgins, S., Homayoun, S., Jemel, B., Joyal, C. C., Kouassi, E., Labelle, R., Lafortune, D., Lahaie, M., Lahlafi, S., Lalonde, P., Landry, P., Lapaige, V., Larocque, G., Larue, C., Lavoie, M., Leclerc, J.-J., Lecomte, T., Lecours, C., Leduc, L., Lelan, M.-F., Lemieux, A., Lesage, A., Letarte, A., Lepage, J., Levesque, A., Lipp, O., Luck, D., Lupien, S., Lusignan, F.-A., Lusignan, R., Luyet, A. J., Lynhiavu, A., Melun, J.-P., Morin, C., Nicole, L., Noel, F., Normandeau, L., O’Connor, K., Ouellette, C., Parent, V., Parizeau, M.-H., Pelletier, J.-F., Pelletier, J., Pelletier, M., Plusquellec, P., Poirier, D., Potvin, S., Prevost, G., Prevost, M.-J., Racicot, P., Racine-Gagne, M.-F., Renaud, P., Ricard, N., Rivet, S., Rolland, M., Sasseville, M., Safadi, G., Smith, S., Smolla, N., Stip, E., Teitelbaum, J., Thibault, A., Thibault, L., Thibault, S., Thomas, F., Todorov, C., Tourjman, V., Tranulis, C., Trudeau, S., Trudel, G., Vacri, N., Valiquette, L., Vanier, C., Villeneuve, K., Villeneuve, M., Vincent, P., Wolfe, M., Xiong, L., Zizzi, A., Campbell, M., Turecki, G., Mechawar, N., and Menard, C.

Abstract

Prevalence, symptoms, and treatment of depression suggest that major depressive disorders (MDD) present sex differences. Social stress-induced neurovascular pathology is associated with depressive symptoms in male mice; however, this association is unclear in females. Here, we report that chronic social and subchronic variable stress promotes blood-brain barrier (BBB) alterations in mood-related brain regions of female mice. Targeted disruption of the BBB in the female prefrontal cortex (PFC) induces anxiety- and depression-like behaviours. By comparing the endothelium cell-specific transcriptomic profiling of the mouse male and female PFC, we identify several pathways and genes involved in maladaptive stress responses and resilience to stress. Furthermore, we confirm that the BBB in the PFC of stressed female mice is leaky. Then, we identify circulating vascular biomarkers of chronic stress, such as soluble E-selectin. Similar changes in circulating soluble E-selectin, BBB gene expression and morphology can be found in blood serum and postmortem brain samples from women diagnosed with MDD. Altogether, we propose that BBB dysfunction plays an important role in modulating stress responses in female mice and possibly MDD.

Published
2022

26. Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

Author

Mullins, N. Forstner, A.J. O’Connell, K.S. Coombes, B. Coleman, J.R.I. Qiao, Z. Als, T.D. Bigdeli, T.B. Børte, S. Bryois, J. Charney, A.W. Drange, O.K. Gandal, M.J. Hagenaars, S.P. Ikeda, M. Kamitaki, N. Kim, M. Krebs, K. Panagiotaropoulou, G. Schilder, B.M. Sloofman, L.G. Steinberg, S. Trubetskoy, V. Winsvold, B.S. Won, H.-H. Abramova, L. Adorjan, K. Agerbo, E. Al Eissa, M. Albani, D. Alliey-Rodriguez, N. Anjorin, A. Antilla, V. Antoniou, A. Awasthi, S. Baek, J.H. Bækvad-Hansen, M. Bass, N. Bauer, M. Beins, E.C. Bergen, S.E. Birner, A. Bøcker Pedersen, C. Bøen, E. Boks, M.P. Bosch, R. Brum, M. Brumpton, B.M. Brunkhorst-Kanaan, N. Budde, M. Bybjerg-Grauholm, J. Byerley, W. Cairns, M. Casas, M. Cervantes, P. Clarke, T.-K. Cruceanu, C. Cuellar-Barboza, A. Cunningham, J. Curtis, D. Czerski, P.M. Dale, A.M. Dalkner, N. David, F.S. Degenhardt, F. Djurovic, S. Dobbyn, A.L. Douzenis, A. Elvsåshagen, T. Escott-Price, V. Ferrier, I.N. Fiorentino, A. Foroud, T.M. Forty, L. Frank, J. Frei, O. Freimer, N.B. Frisén, L. Gade, K. Garnham, J. Gelernter, J. Giørtz Pedersen, M. Gizer, I.R. Gordon, S.D. Gordon-Smith, K. Greenwood, T.A. Grove, J. Guzman-Parra, J. Ha, K. Haraldsson, M. Hautzinger, M. Heilbronner, U. Hellgren, D. Herms, S. Hoffmann, P. Holmans, P.A. Huckins, L. Jamain, S. Johnson, J.S. Kalman, J.L. Kamatani, Y. Kennedy, J.L. Kittel-Schneider, S. Knowles, J.A. Kogevinas, M. Koromina, M. Kranz, T.M. Kranzler, H.R. Kubo, M. Kupka, R. Kushner, S.A. Lavebratt, C. Lawrence, J. Leber, M. Lee, H.-J. Lee, P.H. Levy, S.E. Lewis, C. Liao, C. Lucae, S. Lundberg, M. MacIntyre, D.J. Magnusson, S.H. Maier, W. Maihofer, A. Malaspina, D. Maratou, E. Martinsson, L. Mattheisen, M. McCarroll, S.A. McGregor, N.W. McGuffin, P. McKay, J.D. Medeiros, H. Medland, S.E. Millischer, V. Montgomery, G.W. Moran, J.L. Morris, D.W. Mühleisen, T.W. O’Brien, N. O’Donovan, C. Olde Loohuis, L.M. Oruc, L. Papiol, S. Pardiñas, A.F. Perry, A. Pfennig, A. Porichi, E. Potash, J.B. Quested, D. Raj, T. Rapaport, M.H. DePaulo, J.R. Regeer, E.J. Rice, J.P. Rivas, F. Rivera, M. Roth, J. Roussos, P. Ruderfer, D.M. Sánchez-Mora, C. Schulte, E.C. Senner, F. Sharp, S. Shilling, P.D. Sigurdsson, E. Sirignano, L. Slaney, C. Smeland, O.B. Smith, D.J. Sobell, J.L. Søholm Hansen, C. Soler Artigas, M. Spijker, A.T. Stein, D.J. Strauss, J.S. Świątkowska, B. Terao, C. Thorgeirsson, T.E. Toma, C. Tooney, P. Tsermpini, E.-E. Vawter, M.P. Vedder, H. Walters, J.T.R. Witt, S.H. Xi, S. Xu, W. Yang, J.M.K. Young, A.H. Young, H. Zandi, P.P. Zhou, H. Zillich, L. Adolfsson, R. Agartz, I. Alda, M. Alfredsson, L. Babadjanova, G. Backlund, L. Baune, B.T. Bellivier, F. Bengesser, S. Berrettini, W.H. Blackwood, D.H.R. Boehnke, M. Børglum, A.D. Breen, G. Carr, V.J. Catts, S. Corvin, A. Craddock, N. Dannlowski, U. Dikeos, D. Esko, T. Etain, B. Ferentinos, P. Frye, M. Fullerton, J.M. Gawlik, M. Gershon, E.S. Goes, F.S. Green, M.J. Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M. Hauser, J. Henskens, F. Hillert, J. Hong, K.S. Hougaard, D.M. Hultman, C.M. Hveem, K. Iwata, N. Jablensky, A.V. Jones, I. Jones, L.A. Kahn, R.S. Kelsoe, J.R. Kirov, G. Landén, M. Leboyer, M. Lewis, C.M. Li, Q.S. Lissowska, J. Lochner, C. Loughland, C. Martin, N.G. Mathews, C.A. Mayoral, F. McElroy, S.L. McIntosh, A.M. McMahon, F.J. Melle, I. Michie, P. Milani, L. Mitchell, P.B. Morken, G. Mors, O. Mortensen, P.B. Mowry, B. Müller-Myhsok, B. Myers, R.M. Neale, B.M. Nievergelt, C.M. Nordentoft, M. Nöthen, M.M. O’Donovan, M.C. Oedegaard, K.J. Olsson, T. Owen, M.J. Paciga, S.A. Pantelis, C. Pato, C. Pato, M.T. Patrinos, G.P. Perlis, R.H. Posthuma, D. Ramos-Quiroga, J.A. Reif, A. Reininghaus, E.Z. Ribasés, M. Rietschel, M. Ripke, S. Rouleau, G.A. Saito, T. Schall, U. Schalling, M. Schofield, P.R. Schulze, T.G. Scott, L.J. Scott, R.J. Serretti, A. Shannon Weickert, C. Smoller, J.W. Stefansson, H. Stefansson, K. Stordal, E. Streit, F. Sullivan, P.F. Turecki, G. Vaaler, A.E. Vieta, E. Vincent, J.B. Waldman, I.D. Weickert, T.W. Werge, T. Wray, N.R. Zwart, J.-A. Biernacka, J.M. Nurnberger, J.I. Cichon, S. Edenberg, H.J. Stahl, E.A. McQuillin, A. Di Florio, A. Ophoff, R.A. Andreassen, O.A. HUNT All-In Psychiatry

Abstract

Bipolar disorder is a heritable mental illness with complex etiology. We performed a genome-wide association study of 41,917 bipolar disorder cases and 371,549 controls of European ancestry, which identified 64 associated genomic loci. Bipolar disorder risk alleles were enriched in genes in synaptic signaling pathways and brain-expressed genes, particularly those with high specificity of expression in neurons of the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. Significant signal enrichment was found in genes encoding targets of antipsychotics, calcium channel blockers, antiepileptics and anesthetics. Integrating expression quantitative trait locus data implicated 15 genes robustly linked to bipolar disorder via gene expression, encoding druggable targets such as HTR6, MCHR1, DCLK3 and FURIN. Analyses of bipolar disorder subtypes indicated high but imperfect genetic correlation between bipolar disorder type I and II and identified additional associated loci. Together, these results advance our understanding of the biological etiology of bipolar disorder, identify novel therapeutic leads and prioritize genes for functional follow-up studies. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.

Published
2021

27. Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

Author

Mullins, N, Forstner, AJ, O'Connell, KS, Coombes, B, Coleman, JR, Qiao, Z, Als, TD, Bigdeli, TB, Borte, S, Bryois, J, Charney, AW, Drange, OK, Gandal, MJ, Hagenaars, SP, Ikeda, M, Kamitaki, N, Kim, M, Krebs, K, Panagiotaropoulou, G, Schilder, BM, Sloofman, LG, Steinberg, S, Trubetskoy, V, Winsvold, BS, Won, H-H, Abramova, L, Adorjan, K, Agerbo, E, Al Eissa, M, Albani, D, Alliey-Rodriguez, N, Anjorin, A, Antilla, V, Antoniou, A, Awasthi, S, Baek, JH, Baekvad-Hansen, M, Bass, N, Bauer, M, Beins, EC, Bergen, SE, Birner, A, Pedersen, CB, Boen, E, Boks, MP, Bosch, R, Brum, M, Brumpton, BM, Brunkhorst-Kanaan, N, Budde, M, Bybjerg-Grauholm, J, Byerley, W, Cairns, M, Casas, M, Cervantes, P, Clarke, T-K, Cruceanu, C, Cuellar-Barboza, A, Cunningham, J, Curtis, D, Czerski, PM, Dale, AM, Dalkner, N, David, FS, Degenhardt, F, Djurovic, S, Dobbyn, AL, Douzenis, A, Elvsashagen, T, Escott-Price, V, Ferrier, IN, Fiorentino, A, Foroud, TM, Forty, L, Frank, J, Frei, O, Freimer, NB, Frisen, L, Gade, K, Garnham, J, Gelernter, J, Pedersen, MG, Gizer, IR, Gordon, SD, Gordon-Smith, K, Greenwood, TA, Grove, J, Guzman-Parra, J, Ha, K, Haraldsson, M, Hautzinger, M, Heilbronner, U, Hellgren, D, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Holmans, PA, Huckins, L, Jamain, S, Johnson, JS, Kalman, JL, Kamatani, Y, Kennedy, JL, Kittel-Schneider, S, Knowles, JA, Kogevinas, M, Koromina, M, Kranz, TM, Kranzler, HR, Kubo, M, Kupka, R, Kushner, SA, Lavebratt, C, Lawrence, J, Leber, M, Lee, H-J, Lee, PH, Levy, SE, Lewis, C, Liao, C, Lucae, S, Lundberg, M, MacIntyre, DJ, Maier, W, Maihofer, A, Malaspina, D, Maratou, E, Martinsson, L, Mattheisen, M, McCarroll, SA, McGregor, NW, McGuffin, P, McKay, JD, Medeiros, H, Medland, SE, Millischer, V, Montgomery, GW, Moran, JL, Morris, DW, Muhleisen, TW, O'Brien, N, O'Donovan, C, Loohuis, LMO, Oruc, L, Papiol, S, Pardinas, AF, Perry, A, Pfennig, A, Porichi, E, Potash, JB, Quested, D, Raj, T, Rapaport, MH, DePaulo, JR, Regeer, EJ, Rice, JP, Rivas, F, Rivera, M, Roth, J, Roussos, P, Ruderfer, DM, Sanchez-Mora, C, Schulte, EC, Senner, F, Sharp, S, Shilling, PD, Sigurdsson, E, Sirignano, L, Slaney, C, Smeland, OB, Sobell, JL, Hansen, CS, Artigas, MS, Spijker, AT, Stein, DJ, Strauss, JS, Swiatkowska, B, Terao, C, Thorgeirsson, TE, Toma, C, Tooney, P, Tsermpini, E-E, Vawter, MP, Vedder, H, Walters, JTR, Witt, SH, Xi, S, Xu, W, Yang, JMK, Young, AH, Young, H, Zandi, PP, Zhou, H, Zillich, L, Adolfsson, R, Agartz, I, Alda, M, Alfredsson, L, Babadjanova, G, Backlund, L, Baune, BT, Bellivier, F, Bengesser, S, Berrettini, WH, Blackwood, DHR, Boehnke, M, Borglum, AD, Breen, G, Carr, VJ, Catts, S, Corvin, A, Craddock, N, Dannlowski, U, Dikeos, D, Esko, T, Etain, B, Ferentinos, P, Frye, M, Fullerton, JM, Gawlik, M, Gershon, ES, Goes, F, Green, MJ, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Hauser, J, Henskens, F, Hillert, J, Hong, KS, Hougaard, DM, Hultman, CM, Hveem, K, Iwata, N, Jablensky, A, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Kahn, RS, Kelsoe, JR, Kirov, G, Landen, M, Leboyer, M, Lewis, CM, Li, QS, Lissowska, J, Lochner, C, Loughland, C, Martin, NG, Mathews, CA, Mayoral, F, McElroy, SL, McIntosh, AM, McMahon, FJ, Melle, I, Michie, P, Milani, L, Mitchell, PB, Morken, G, Mors, O, Mortensen, PB, Mowry, B, Muller-Myhsok, B, Myers, RM, Neale, BM, Nievergelt, CM, Nordentoft, M, Nothen, MM, ODonovan, MC, Oedegaard, KJ, Olsson, T, Owen, MJ, Paciga, SA, Pantelis, C, Pato, C, Pato, MT, Patrinos, GP, Perlis, RH, Posthuma, D, Ramos-Quiroga, JA, Reif, A, Reininghaus, EZ, Ribases, M, Rietschel, M, Ripke, S, Rouleau, GA, Saito, T, Schall, U, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schulze, TG, Scott, LJ, Scott, RJ, Serretti, A, Weickert, CS, Smoller, JW, Stefansson, H, Stefansson, K, Stordal, E, Streit, F, Sullivan, PF, Turecki, G, Vaaler, AE, Vieta, E, Vincent, JB, Waldman, ID, Weickert, TW, Werge, T, Wray, NR, Zwart, J, Biernacka, JM, Nurnberger, J, Cichon, S, Edenberg, HJ, Stahl, EA, McQuillin, A, Di Florio, A, Ophoff, RA, Andreassen, OA, Mullins, N, Forstner, AJ, O'Connell, KS, Coombes, B, Coleman, JR, Qiao, Z, Als, TD, Bigdeli, TB, Borte, S, Bryois, J, Charney, AW, Drange, OK, Gandal, MJ, Hagenaars, SP, Ikeda, M, Kamitaki, N, Kim, M, Krebs, K, Panagiotaropoulou, G, Schilder, BM, Sloofman, LG, Steinberg, S, Trubetskoy, V, Winsvold, BS, Won, H-H, Abramova, L, Adorjan, K, Agerbo, E, Al Eissa, M, Albani, D, Alliey-Rodriguez, N, Anjorin, A, Antilla, V, Antoniou, A, Awasthi, S, Baek, JH, Baekvad-Hansen, M, Bass, N, Bauer, M, Beins, EC, Bergen, SE, Birner, A, Pedersen, CB, Boen, E, Boks, MP, Bosch, R, Brum, M, Brumpton, BM, Brunkhorst-Kanaan, N, Budde, M, Bybjerg-Grauholm, J, Byerley, W, Cairns, M, Casas, M, Cervantes, P, Clarke, T-K, Cruceanu, C, Cuellar-Barboza, A, Cunningham, J, Curtis, D, Czerski, PM, Dale, AM, Dalkner, N, David, FS, Degenhardt, F, Djurovic, S, Dobbyn, AL, Douzenis, A, Elvsashagen, T, Escott-Price, V, Ferrier, IN, Fiorentino, A, Foroud, TM, Forty, L, Frank, J, Frei, O, Freimer, NB, Frisen, L, Gade, K, Garnham, J, Gelernter, J, Pedersen, MG, Gizer, IR, Gordon, SD, Gordon-Smith, K, Greenwood, TA, Grove, J, Guzman-Parra, J, Ha, K, Haraldsson, M, Hautzinger, M, Heilbronner, U, Hellgren, D, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Holmans, PA, Huckins, L, Jamain, S, Johnson, JS, Kalman, JL, Kamatani, Y, Kennedy, JL, Kittel-Schneider, S, Knowles, JA, Kogevinas, M, Koromina, M, Kranz, TM, Kranzler, HR, Kubo, M, Kupka, R, Kushner, SA, Lavebratt, C, Lawrence, J, Leber, M, Lee, H-J, Lee, PH, Levy, SE, Lewis, C, Liao, C, Lucae, S, Lundberg, M, MacIntyre, DJ, Maier, W, Maihofer, A, Malaspina, D, Maratou, E, Martinsson, L, Mattheisen, M, McCarroll, SA, McGregor, NW, McGuffin, P, McKay, JD, Medeiros, H, Medland, SE, Millischer, V, Montgomery, GW, Moran, JL, Morris, DW, Muhleisen, TW, O'Brien, N, O'Donovan, C, Loohuis, LMO, Oruc, L, Papiol, S, Pardinas, AF, Perry, A, Pfennig, A, Porichi, E, Potash, JB, Quested, D, Raj, T, Rapaport, MH, DePaulo, JR, Regeer, EJ, Rice, JP, Rivas, F, Rivera, M, Roth, J, Roussos, P, Ruderfer, DM, Sanchez-Mora, C, Schulte, EC, Senner, F, Sharp, S, Shilling, PD, Sigurdsson, E, Sirignano, L, Slaney, C, Smeland, OB, Sobell, JL, Hansen, CS, Artigas, MS, Spijker, AT, Stein, DJ, Strauss, JS, Swiatkowska, B, Terao, C, Thorgeirsson, TE, Toma, C, Tooney, P, Tsermpini, E-E, Vawter, MP, Vedder, H, Walters, JTR, Witt, SH, Xi, S, Xu, W, Yang, JMK, Young, AH, Young, H, Zandi, PP, Zhou, H, Zillich, L, Adolfsson, R, Agartz, I, Alda, M, Alfredsson, L, Babadjanova, G, Backlund, L, Baune, BT, Bellivier, F, Bengesser, S, Berrettini, WH, Blackwood, DHR, Boehnke, M, Borglum, AD, Breen, G, Carr, VJ, Catts, S, Corvin, A, Craddock, N, Dannlowski, U, Dikeos, D, Esko, T, Etain, B, Ferentinos, P, Frye, M, Fullerton, JM, Gawlik, M, Gershon, ES, Goes, F, Green, MJ, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Hauser, J, Henskens, F, Hillert, J, Hong, KS, Hougaard, DM, Hultman, CM, Hveem, K, Iwata, N, Jablensky, A, Jones, I, Jones, LA, Kahn, RS, Kelsoe, JR, Kirov, G, Landen, M, Leboyer, M, Lewis, CM, Li, QS, Lissowska, J, Lochner, C, Loughland, C, Martin, NG, Mathews, CA, Mayoral, F, McElroy, SL, McIntosh, AM, McMahon, FJ, Melle, I, Michie, P, Milani, L, Mitchell, PB, Morken, G, Mors, O, Mortensen, PB, Mowry, B, Muller-Myhsok, B, Myers, RM, Neale, BM, Nievergelt, CM, Nordentoft, M, Nothen, MM, ODonovan, MC, Oedegaard, KJ, Olsson, T, Owen, MJ, Paciga, SA, Pantelis, C, Pato, C, Pato, MT, Patrinos, GP, Perlis, RH, Posthuma, D, Ramos-Quiroga, JA, Reif, A, Reininghaus, EZ, Ribases, M, Rietschel, M, Ripke, S, Rouleau, GA, Saito, T, Schall, U, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schulze, TG, Scott, LJ, Scott, RJ, Serretti, A, Weickert, CS, Smoller, JW, Stefansson, H, Stefansson, K, Stordal, E, Streit, F, Sullivan, PF, Turecki, G, Vaaler, AE, Vieta, E, Vincent, JB, Waldman, ID, Weickert, TW, Werge, T, Wray, NR, Zwart, J, Biernacka, JM, Nurnberger, J, Cichon, S, Edenberg, HJ, Stahl, EA, McQuillin, A, Di Florio, A, Ophoff, RA, and Andreassen, OA

Abstract

Bipolar disorder is a heritable mental illness with complex etiology. We performed a genome-wide association study of 41,917 bipolar disorder cases and 371,549 controls of European ancestry, which identified 64 associated genomic loci. Bipolar disorder risk alleles were enriched in genes in synaptic signaling pathways and brain-expressed genes, particularly those with high specificity of expression in neurons of the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. Significant signal enrichment was found in genes encoding targets of antipsychotics, calcium channel blockers, antiepileptics and anesthetics. Integrating expression quantitative trait locus data implicated 15 genes robustly linked to bipolar disorder via gene expression, encoding druggable targets such as HTR6, MCHR1, DCLK3 and FURIN. Analyses of bipolar disorder subtypes indicated high but imperfect genetic correlation between bipolar disorder type I and II and identified additional associated loci. Together, these results advance our understanding of the biological etiology of bipolar disorder, identify novel therapeutic leads and prioritize genes for functional follow-up studies.

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2021

28. HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 genetic diversity modulates response to lithium in bipolar affective disorders

Author

Le Clerc, S, Lombardi, L, Baune, BT, Amare, AT, Schubert, KO, Hou, L, Clark, SR, Papiol, S, Cearns, M, Heilbronner, U, Degenhardt, F, Tekola-Ayele, F, Hsu, Y-H, Shekhtman, T, Adli, M, Akula, N, Akiyama, K, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J-M, Backlund, L, Bhattacharjee, AK, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Brichant-Petitjean, C, Cervantes, P, Chen, H-C, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Dayer, A, Del Zompo, M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Jamain, S, Falkai, P, Forstner, AJ, Frisen, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hauser, J, Herms, S, Hofmann, P, Jimenez, E, Kahn, J-P, Kassem, L, Kuo, P-H, Kato, T, Kelsoe, JR, Kittel-Schneider, S, Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, E, Koenig, B, Kusumi, I, Laje, G, Landen, M, Lavebratt, C, Leckband, S, Tortorella, A, Manchia, M, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, SL, Colom, F, Millischer, V, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Noethen, MM, Novak, T, O'Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Osby, U, Pfennig, A, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofeld, PR, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Pisanu, C, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Maj, M, Turecki, G, Vieta, E, Veeh, J, Witt, SH, Wright, A, Zandi, PP, Mitchell, PB, Bauer, M, Alda, M, Rietschel, M, McMahon, FJ, Schulze, TG, Boukouaci, W, Richard, J-R, Le Corvoisier, P, Barrau, C, Zagury, J-F, Leboyer, M, Tamouza, R, Le Clerc, S, Lombardi, L, Baune, BT, Amare, AT, Schubert, KO, Hou, L, Clark, SR, Papiol, S, Cearns, M, Heilbronner, U, Degenhardt, F, Tekola-Ayele, F, Hsu, Y-H, Shekhtman, T, Adli, M, Akula, N, Akiyama, K, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J-M, Backlund, L, Bhattacharjee, AK, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Brichant-Petitjean, C, Cervantes, P, Chen, H-C, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Dayer, A, Del Zompo, M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Jamain, S, Falkai, P, Forstner, AJ, Frisen, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hauser, J, Herms, S, Hofmann, P, Jimenez, E, Kahn, J-P, Kassem, L, Kuo, P-H, Kato, T, Kelsoe, JR, Kittel-Schneider, S, Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, E, Koenig, B, Kusumi, I, Laje, G, Landen, M, Lavebratt, C, Leckband, S, Tortorella, A, Manchia, M, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, SL, Colom, F, Millischer, V, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Noethen, MM, Novak, T, O'Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Osby, U, Pfennig, A, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofeld, PR, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Pisanu, C, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Maj, M, Turecki, G, Vieta, E, Veeh, J, Witt, SH, Wright, A, Zandi, PP, Mitchell, PB, Bauer, M, Alda, M, Rietschel, M, McMahon, FJ, Schulze, TG, Boukouaci, W, Richard, J-R, Le Corvoisier, P, Barrau, C, Zagury, J-F, Leboyer, M, and Tamouza, R

Abstract

Bipolar affective disorder (BD) is a severe psychiatric illness, for which lithium (Li) is the gold standard for acute and maintenance therapies. The therapeutic response to Li in BD is heterogeneous and reliable biomarkers allowing patients stratification are still needed. A GWAS performed by the International Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) has recently identified genetic markers associated with treatment responses to Li in the human leukocyte antigens (HLA) region. To better understand the molecular mechanisms underlying this association, we have genetically imputed the classical alleles of the HLA region in the European patients of the ConLiGen cohort. We found our best signal for amino-acid variants belonging to the HLA-DRB1*11:01 classical allele, associated with a better response to Li (p < 1 × 10-3; FDR < 0.09 in the recessive model). Alanine or Leucine at position 74 of the HLA-DRB1 heavy chain was associated with a good response while Arginine or Glutamic acid with a poor response. As these variants have been implicated in common inflammatory/autoimmune processes, our findings strongly suggest that HLA-mediated low inflammatory background may contribute to the efficient response to Li in BD patients, while an inflammatory status overriding Li anti-inflammatory properties would favor a weak response.

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2021

29. Association of polygenic score for major depression with response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder

Author

Amare, AT, Schubert, KO, Hou, L, Clark, SR, Papiol, S, Cearns, M, Heilbronner, U, Degenhardt, F, Tekola-Ayele, F, Hsu, Y-H, Shekhtman, T, AdIi, M, Akula, N, Akiyama, K, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J-M, Backlund, L, Bhattacharjee, K, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Brichant-Petitjean, C, Cervantes, P, Chen, H-C, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Dayer, A, Del Zompo, M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Jamain, S, Falkai, P, Forstner, AJ, Frisen, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hauser, J, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Hofmann, A, Jimenez, E, Kahn, J-P, Kassem, L, Kuo, P-H, Kato, T, Kelsoe, JR, Kittel-Schneider, S, Kliwicki, S, Koenig, B, Kusumi, I, Laje, G, Landen, M, Lavebratt, C, Leboyer, M, Leckband, SG, Tortorella, A, Manchia, M, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, SL, Colom, F, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Noethen, MM, Novak, T, O'Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Osby, U, Pfennig, A, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Maj, M, Turecki, G, Vieta, E, Veeh, J, Witt, SH, Wright, A, Zandi, PP, Mitchell, PB, Bauer, M, Alda, M, Rietschel, M, McMahon, FJ, Schulze, TG, Baune, BT, Amare, AT, Schubert, KO, Hou, L, Clark, SR, Papiol, S, Cearns, M, Heilbronner, U, Degenhardt, F, Tekola-Ayele, F, Hsu, Y-H, Shekhtman, T, AdIi, M, Akula, N, Akiyama, K, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J-M, Backlund, L, Bhattacharjee, K, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Brichant-Petitjean, C, Cervantes, P, Chen, H-C, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Dayer, A, Del Zompo, M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Jamain, S, Falkai, P, Forstner, AJ, Frisen, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hauser, J, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Hofmann, A, Jimenez, E, Kahn, J-P, Kassem, L, Kuo, P-H, Kato, T, Kelsoe, JR, Kittel-Schneider, S, Kliwicki, S, Koenig, B, Kusumi, I, Laje, G, Landen, M, Lavebratt, C, Leboyer, M, Leckband, SG, Tortorella, A, Manchia, M, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, SL, Colom, F, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Noethen, MM, Novak, T, O'Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Osby, U, Pfennig, A, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Maj, M, Turecki, G, Vieta, E, Veeh, J, Witt, SH, Wright, A, Zandi, PP, Mitchell, PB, Bauer, M, Alda, M, Rietschel, M, McMahon, FJ, Schulze, TG, and Baune, BT

Abstract

Lithium is a first-line medication for bipolar disorder (BD), but only one in three patients respond optimally to the drug. Since evidence shows a strong clinical and genetic overlap between depression and bipolar disorder, we investigated whether a polygenic susceptibility to major depression is associated with response to lithium treatment in patients with BD. Weighted polygenic scores (PGSs) were computed for major depression (MD) at different GWAS p value thresholds using genetic data obtained from 2586 bipolar patients who received lithium treatment and took part in the Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLi+Gen) study. Summary statistics from genome-wide association studies in MD (135,458 cases and 344,901 controls) from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) were used for PGS weighting. Response to lithium treatment was defined by continuous scores and categorical outcome (responders versus non-responders) using measurements on the Alda scale. Associations between PGSs of MD and lithium treatment response were assessed using a linear and binary logistic regression modeling for the continuous and categorical outcomes, respectively. The analysis was performed for the entire cohort, and for European and Asian sub-samples. The PGSs for MD were significantly associated with lithium treatment response in multi-ethnic, European or Asian populations, at various p value thresholds. Bipolar patients with a low polygenic load for MD were more likely to respond well to lithium, compared to those patients with high polygenic load [lowest vs highest PGS quartiles, multi-ethnic sample: OR = 1.54 (95% CI: 1.18-2.01) and European sample: OR = 1.75 (95% CI: 1.30-2.36)]. While our analysis in the Asian sample found equivalent effect size in the same direction: OR = 1.71 (95% CI: 0.61-4.90), this was not statistically significant. Using PGS decile comparison, we found a similar trend of association between a high genetic loading for MD and lower response to lithium. Our findin

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2021

30. Combining schizophrenia and depression polygenic risk scores improves the genetic prediction of lithium response in bipolar disorder patients

Author

Schubert, KO, Thalamuthu, A, Amare, AT, Frank, J, Streit, F, Adl, M, Akula, N, Akiyama, K, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J-M, Backlund, L, Bhattacharjee, AK, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Marie-Claire, C, Cearns, M, Cervantes, P, Chen, H-C, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Clark, SR, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Dayer, A, Degenhardt, F, Del Zompo, M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Falkai, P, Forstner, AJ, Frisen, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hauser, J, Heilbronner, U, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Hou, L, Hsu, Y-H, Jamain, S, Jimenez, E, Kahn, J-P, Kassem, L, Kuo, P-H, Kato, T, Kelsoe, J, Kittel-Schneider, S, Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, E, Koenig, B, Kusumi, I, Laje, G, Landen, M, Lavebratt, C, Leboyer, M, Leckband, SG, Maj, M, Manchia, M, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, S, Colom, F, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Noethen, MM, Novak, T, O'Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Oesby, U, Papiol, S, Pfennig, A, Pisanu, C, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shekhtman, T, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Tekola-Ayele, F, Tortorella, A, Turecki, G, Veeh, J, Vieta, E, Witt, SH, Roberts, G, Zandi, PP, Alda, M, Bauer, M, McMahon, FJ, Mitchell, PB, Schulze, TG, Rietschel, M, Baune, BT, Schubert, KO, Thalamuthu, A, Amare, AT, Frank, J, Streit, F, Adl, M, Akula, N, Akiyama, K, Ardau, R, Arias, B, Aubry, J-M, Backlund, L, Bhattacharjee, AK, Bellivier, F, Benabarre, A, Bengesser, S, Biernacka, JM, Birner, A, Marie-Claire, C, Cearns, M, Cervantes, P, Chen, H-C, Chillotti, C, Cichon, S, Clark, SR, Cruceanu, C, Czerski, PM, Dalkner, N, Dayer, A, Degenhardt, F, Del Zompo, M, DePaulo, JR, Etain, B, Falkai, P, Forstner, AJ, Frisen, L, Frye, MA, Fullerton, JM, Gard, S, Garnham, JS, Goes, FS, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, M, Grof, P, Hashimoto, R, Hauser, J, Heilbronner, U, Herms, S, Hoffmann, P, Hou, L, Hsu, Y-H, Jamain, S, Jimenez, E, Kahn, J-P, Kassem, L, Kuo, P-H, Kato, T, Kelsoe, J, Kittel-Schneider, S, Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, E, Koenig, B, Kusumi, I, Laje, G, Landen, M, Lavebratt, C, Leboyer, M, Leckband, SG, Maj, M, Manchia, M, Martinsson, L, McCarthy, MJ, McElroy, S, Colom, F, Mitjans, M, Mondimore, FM, Monteleone, P, Nievergelt, CM, Noethen, MM, Novak, T, O'Donovan, C, Ozaki, N, Oesby, U, Papiol, S, Pfennig, A, Pisanu, C, Potash, JB, Reif, A, Reininghaus, E, Rouleau, GA, Rybakowski, JK, Schalling, M, Schofield, PR, Schweizer, BW, Severino, G, Shekhtman, T, Shilling, PD, Shimoda, K, Simhandl, C, Slaney, CM, Squassina, A, Stamm, T, Stopkova, P, Tekola-Ayele, F, Tortorella, A, Turecki, G, Veeh, J, Vieta, E, Witt, SH, Roberts, G, Zandi, PP, Alda, M, Bauer, M, McMahon, FJ, Mitchell, PB, Schulze, TG, Rietschel, M, and Baune, BT

Abstract

Lithium is the gold standard therapy for Bipolar Disorder (BD) but its effectiveness differs widely between individuals. The molecular mechanisms underlying treatment response heterogeneity are not well understood, and personalized treatment in BD remains elusive. Genetic analyses of the lithium treatment response phenotype may generate novel molecular insights into lithium's therapeutic mechanisms and lead to testable hypotheses to improve BD management and outcomes. We used fixed effect meta-analysis techniques to develop meta-analytic polygenic risk scores (MET-PRS) from combinations of highly correlated psychiatric traits, namely schizophrenia (SCZ), major depression (MD) and bipolar disorder (BD). We compared the effects of cross-disorder MET-PRS and single genetic trait PRS on lithium response. For the PRS analyses, we included clinical data on lithium treatment response and genetic information for n = 2283 BD cases from the International Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLi+Gen; www.ConLiGen.org ). Higher SCZ and MD PRSs were associated with poorer lithium treatment response whereas BD-PRS had no association with treatment outcome. The combined MET2-PRS comprising of SCZ and MD variants (MET2-PRS) and a model using SCZ and MD-PRS sequentially improved response prediction, compared to single-disorder PRS or to a combined score using all three traits (MET3-PRS). Patients in the highest decile for MET2-PRS loading had 2.5 times higher odds of being classified as poor responders than patients with the lowest decile MET2-PRS scores. An exploratory functional pathway analysis of top MET2-PRS variants was conducted. Findings may inform the development of future testing strategies for personalized lithium prescribing in BD.

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2021

37. Cybervictimization in adolescence and its association with subsequent suicidal ideation/attempt beyond face-to-face victimization: a longitudinal population-based study

Author

PERRET, L. C., ORRI, Massiliano, Boivin, M., OUELLET-MORIN, I., DENAULT, A. S., COTE, Sylvana M., TREMBLAY, R. E., Renaud, J., Turecki, G., GEOFFROY, M. C., Bordeaux population health (BPH), and Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

Subjects
education, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, HEALTHY
Abstract

BackgroundCross‐sectional associations have been documented between cybervictimization and suicidal risk; however, prospective associations remain unclear.MethodsParticipants were members of the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD), a prospective birth cohort of 2,120 individuals followed from birth (1997/98) to age 17 years (2014/15). Cybervictimization and face‐to‐face victimization experienced since the beginning of the school year, as well as serious suicidal ideation and/or suicide attempt were self‐reported at ages 13, 15 and 17 years.ResultsIn cross‐sectional analyses at 13, 15 and 17 years, adolescents cybervictimized at least once had, respectively, 2.3 (95% CI = 1.64–3.19), 4.2 (95% CI = 3.27–5.41) and 3.5 (95% CI = 2.57–4.66) higher odds of suicidal ideation/attempt after adjusting for confounders including face‐to‐face victimization, prior mental health symptoms and family hardship. Sensitivity analyses suggested that cybervictimization only and both cyber‐ and face‐to‐face victimization were associated with a higher risk of suicidal ideation/attempt compared to face‐to‐face victimization only and no victimization; however, analyses were based on small n. In prospective analyses, cybervictimization was not associated with suicidal ideation/attempt 2 years later after accounting for baseline suicidal ideation/attempt and other confounders. In contrast, face‐to‐face victimization was associated with suicidal ideation/attempt 2 years later in the fully adjusted model, including cybervictimization.ConclusionsThe cross‐sectional association between cybervictimization and suicidal ideation/attempt is independent from face‐to‐face victimization. The absence of a prospective association suggested short‐term effects of cybervictimization on suicidal ideation/attempt.

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2020

38. Suicide research, prevention, and COVID-19. Towards a global response and the establishment of an international research collaboration

Author

Niederkrotenthaler, T., Gunnell, D., Arensman, E., Pirkis, J., Appleby, L., Hawton, K., John, A., Kapur, N., Khan, M., O'Connor, R. C., Platt, S., Analuisa, P., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., Bantjes, J., Bertolote, J., Caine, E., Chan, L. F., Chang, S. -S., Chen, Y. -Y., Christensen, H., Dandona, R., de Leo, D., Eddleston, M., Erlangsen, A., Harkavy-Friedman, J., Jollant, F., Kirtley, O. J., Knipe, D., Kolves, K., Konradsen, F., Liu, S., Mcmanus, S., Mehlum, L., Miller, M., Mittendorfer-Rutz, E., Moran, P., Morrissey, J., Moutier, C., Nielsen, E., Nordentoft, M., O'Connor, R., O'Neill, S., Oquendo, M., Osafo, J., Page, A., Phillips, M. R., Polozhy, B., Pompili, M., Qin, P., Rajapakse, T., Rezaeian, M., Schneider, B., Silverman, M. M., Sinyor, M., Stack, S., Townsend, E., Turecki, G., Ueda, M., Vijayakumar, L., Yip, P., and Zalsman, G.

Subjects
betacoronavirus, covid-19, delivery of health care, evidence-based practice, humans, information dissemination, mental health services, research, sars-cov-2, schools, suicide, coronavirus infections, international cooperation, mental health, pandemics, pneumonia, viral, public health, 050103 clinical psychology, Economic growth, Government, medicine.medical_specialty, Evidence-based practice, Public health, 05 social sciences, Psychological intervention, Mental health, Suicide prevention, 030227 psychiatry, 03 medical and health sciences, Psychiatry and Mental health, 0302 clinical medicine, Political science, Pandemic, Global health, medicine, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 is a major global health challenge. At the time of writing, over 11.6 million people around the world had been registered as infected and 538,000 had died (Worldometers, 2020, accessed July 7, 2020). Public health responses to COVID-19 need to balance direct efforts to control the disease and its impact on health systems, infected people, and their families with the impacts from associated mitigating interventions. Such impacts include social isolation, school closure, health service disruption stemming from reconfiguring health systems, and diminished economic activity. The primary focus of both the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) has been on addressing COVID-19 as a physical health crisis, but the need to strengthen mental health action, including suicide prevention, is increasingly recognized, as is the need for mental health research to be an integral part of the recovery plan (UN, 2020a). The impacts of the pandemic on physical and mental health will unfold differently over time and will vary depending on the duration and fluctuating intensity of the disease. Research is needed to help ensure that decision-making regarding all aspects of health, including mental health (Holmes et al., 2020), is informed by the best quality data at each stage of the pandemic. The pandemic poses a prolonged and unique challenge to public mental health, with major implications for suicide and suicide prevention (Gunnell et al., 2020; Reger, Stanley, & Joiner, 2020). A rise in suicide deaths in the wake of the pandemic is not inevitable. There is consensus, however, that the mitigation of risk will be contingent upon a proactive and effective response involving collaborative work between the state, NGOs, academia, and local governments and coordinated leadership across government ministries, including health, education, security, social services, welfare, and finance. Countries have responded in different ways to the pandemic, effectively creating a series of natural experiments. Thus, regions of the world affected later in the pandemic can draw on lessons from countries, such as China and Italy, affected in its early phase. Likewise, lessons learned early in the pandemic (e.g., on the impact of lockdown and physical distancing measures) can be used to inform responses to any future surges in the incidence of COVID-19. Although there are important parallels between countries in the course of the pandemic, some stressors, responses, and priorities are likely to differ between high- and low–middle-income countries and between cultures and regions. As COVID-19 appears to be disproportionately affecting Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities, the response – and suicide prevention research carried out to inform the response – needs to be sufficiently granular and account for the complexity of risks in these groups (O'Connor et al., 2020). Throughout this editorial, when we refer to suicide and suicidal behavior, we mean to include both fatal and nonfatal suicidal behaviors and self-harm.

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2020

39. Restriction enzyme based enriched L1Hs sequencing (REBELseq): A scalable technique for detection of Ta subfamily L1Hs in the human genome

Author

Reiner, BC, Doyle, GA, Weller, AE, Levinson, RN, Namoglu, E, Pigeon, A, Perea, ED, Weickert, CS, Turecki, G, Mash, DC, Crist, RC, Berrettini, WH, Reiner, BC, Doyle, GA, Weller, AE, Levinson, RN, Namoglu, E, Pigeon, A, Perea, ED, Weickert, CS, Turecki, G, Mash, DC, Crist, RC, and Berrettini, WH

Abstract

Long interspersed element-1 retrotransposons (LINE-1 or L1) are ~6 kb mobile DNA elements implicated in the origins of many Mendelian and complex diseases. The actively retrotransposing L1s are mostly limited to the L1 human specific (L1Hs) transcriptional active (Ta) subfamily. In this manuscript, we present REBELseq as a method for the construction of Ta subfamily L1Hs-enriched next-generation sequencing libraries and bioinformatic identification. REBELseq was performed on DNA isolated from NeuN+ neuronal nuclei from postmortem brain samples of 177 individuals and empirically-driven bioinformatic and experimental cutoffs were established. Putative L1Hs insertions passing bioinformatics cutoffs were experimentally validated. REBELseq reliably identified both known and novel Ta subfamily L1Hs insertions distributed throughout the genome. Differences in the proportion of individuals possessing a given reference or non-reference retrotransposon insertion were identified. We conclude that REBELseq is an unbiased, whole genome approach to the amplification and detection of Ta subfamily L1Hs retrotransposons.

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2020

40. Methylome-wide association findings for major depressive disorder overlap in blood and brain and replicate in independent brain samples

Author

Aberg, KA, Dean, B, Shabalin, AA, Chan, RF, Han, LKM, Zhao, M, van Grootheest, G, Xie, LY, Milaneschi, Y, Clark, SL, Turecki, G, Penninx, BWJH, van den Oord, EJCG, Aberg, KA, Dean, B, Shabalin, AA, Chan, RF, Han, LKM, Zhao, M, van Grootheest, G, Xie, LY, Milaneschi, Y, Clark, SL, Turecki, G, Penninx, BWJH, and van den Oord, EJCG

Abstract

We present the first large-scale methylome-wide association studies (MWAS) for major depressive disorder (MDD) to identify sites of potential importance for MDD etiology. Using a sequencing-based approach that provides near-complete coverage of all 28 million common CpGs in the human genome, we assay methylation in MDD cases and controls from both blood (N = 1132) and postmortem brain tissues (N = 61 samples from Brodmann Area 10, BA10). The MWAS for blood identified several loci with P ranging from 1.91 × 10-8 to 4.39 × 10-8 and a resampling approach showed that the cumulative association was significant (P = 4.03 × 10-10) with the signal coming from the top 25,000 MWAS markers. Furthermore, a permutation-based analysis showed significant overlap (P = 5.4 × 10-3) between the MWAS findings in blood and brain (BA10). This overlap was significantly enriched for a number of features including being in eQTLs in blood and the frontal cortex, CpG islands and shores, and exons. The overlapping sites were also enriched for active chromatin states in brain including genic enhancers and active transcription start sites. Furthermore, three loci located in GABBR2, RUFY3, and in an intergenic region on chromosome 2 replicated with the same direction of effect in the second brain tissue (BA25, N = 60) from the same individuals and in two independent brain collections (BA10, N = 81 and 64). GABBR2 inhibits neuronal activity through G protein-coupled second-messenger systems and RUFY3 is implicated in the establishment of neuronal polarity and axon elongation. In conclusion, we identified and replicated methylated loci associated with MDD that are involved in biological functions of likely importance to MDD etiology.

Published
2020

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