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Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common illness accompanied by considerable morbidity, mortality, costs, and heightened risk of suicide. We conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis based in 135,458 cases and 344,901 controls and identified 44 independent and significant loci. The genetic findings were associated with clinical features of major depression and implicated brain regions exhibiting anatomical differences in cases. Targets of antidepressant medications and genes involved in gene splicing were enriched for smaller association signal. We found important relationships of genetic risk for major depression with educational attainment, body mass, and schizophrenia: lower educational attainment and higher body mass were putatively causal, whereas major depression and schizophrenia reflected a partly shared biological etiology. All humans carry lesser or greater numbers of genetic risk factors for major depression. These findings help refine the basis of major depression and imply that a continuous measure of risk underlies the clinical phenotype. A genome-wide association meta-analysis of individuals with clinically assessed or self-reported depression identifies 44 independent risk loci. Comparisons with other psychiatric disorders and candidate gene analyses provide new insights into major depressive disorder.
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“Many of these genetic correlations are similar to those reported by Wray, et al. 9 and Howard, et al. 5, including earlier age at menarche (rG = -0.12, s.e = 0.02).”
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“A GWAS meta-analysis of MDD published in 2018 identified 44 depression-associated loci and integrated genetic and mQTL data from two large studies to identify nine risk variants controlling local DNAm in blood.”
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“Finally, a meta-analysis of 35 cohorts (total n = 461,134; 130,664 cases and 330,470 controls) conducted by Wray, et al. 9 (PGC) found 44 loci that were significantly associated with a spectrum of depression phenotypes, some obtained from structured clinical interview and others based on broader criteria.”
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“MDD-associated genes overlap with genes that harbor rare de novo variation in ASD and developmental disorders (DD), suggesting that a recently reported genetic correlation between MDD and ASD GWAS43 may also apply for rare variation.”
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- eQTLGen, Wray, N. R., 23andMe, the Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Ripke, S., Mattheisen, M., Trzaskowski, M., Byrne, E. M., Abdellaoui, A., Adams, M. J., Agerbo, E., Air, T. M., Andlauer, T. M. F., Bacanu, S.-A., Bækvad-Hansen, M., Beekman, A. F. T., Bigdeli, T. B., Binder, E. B., Blackwood, D. R. H., Bryois, J., Buttenschøn, H. N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Cai, N., Castelao, E., Christensen, J. H., Clarke, T.-K., Coleman, J. I. R., Colodro-Conde, L., Couvy-Duchesne, B., Craddock, N., Crawford, G. E., Crowley, C. A., Dashti, H. S., Davies, G., Deary, I. J., Degenhardt, F., Derks, E. M., Direk, N., Dolan, C. V., Dunn, E. C., Eley, T. C., Eriksson, N., Escott-Price, V., Kiadeh, F. H. F., Finucane, H. K., Forstner, A. J., Frank, J., Gaspar, H. A., Gill, M., Giusti-Rodríguez, P., Goes, F. S., Gordon, S. D., Grove, J., Hall, L. S., Hannon, E., Hansen, C. S., Hansen, T. F., Herms, S., Hickie, I. B., Hoffmann, P., Homuth, G., Horn, C., Hottenga, J.-J., Hougaard, D. M., Hu, M., Hyde, C. L., Ising, M., Jansen, R., Jin, F., Jorgenson, E., Knowles, J. A., Kohane, I. S., Kraft, J., Kretzschmar, W. W., Krogh, J., Kutalik, Z., Lane, J. M., Li, Y., Li, Y., Lind, P. A., Liu, X., Lu, L., MacIntyre, D. J., MacKinnon, D. F., Maier, R. M., Maier, W., Marchini, J., Mbarek, H., McGrath, P., McGuffin, P., Medland, S. E., Mehta, D., Middeldorp, C. M., Mihailov, E., Milaneschi, Y., Milani, L., Mill, J., Mondimore, F. M., Montgomery, G. W., Mostafavi, S., Mullins, N., Nauck, M., Ng, B., Nivard, M. G., Nyholt, D. R., O’Reilly, P. F., Oskarsson, H., Owen, M. J., Painter, J. N., Pedersen, C. B., Pedersen, M. G., Peterson, R. E., Pettersson, E., Peyrot, W. J., Pistis, G., Posthuma, D., Purcell, S. M., Quiroz, J. A., Qvist, P., Rice, J. P., Riley, B. P., Rivera, M., Saeed Mirza, S., Saxena, R., Schoevers, R., Schulte, E. C., Shen, L., Shi, J., Shyn, S. I., Sigurdsson, E., Sinnamon, G. B. C., Smit, J. H., Smith, D. J., Stefansson, H., Steinberg, S., Stockmeier, C. A., Streit, F., Strohmaier, J., Tansey, K. E., Teismann, H., Teumer, A., Thompson, W., Thomson, P. A., Thorgeirsson, T. E., Tian, C., Traylor, M., Treutlein, J., Trubetskoy, V., Uitterlinden, A. G., Umbricht, D., Van der Auwera, S., van Hemert, A. M., Viktorin, A., Visscher, P. M., Wang, Y., Webb, B. T., Weinsheimer, S. M., Wellmann, J., Willemsen, G., Witt, S. H., Wu, Y., Xi, H. S., Yang, J., Zhang, F., Arolt, V., Baune, B. T., Berger, K., Boomsma, D. I., Cichon, S., Dannlowski, U., de Geus, E. C. J., DePaulo, J. R., Domenici, E., Domschke, K., Esko, T., Grabe, H. J., Hamilton, S. P., Hayward, C., Heath, A. C., Hinds, D. A., Kendler, K. S., Kloiber, S., Lewis, G., Li, Q. S., Lucae, S., Madden, P. F. A., Magnusson, P. K., Martin, N. G., McIntosh, A. M., Metspalu, A., Mors, O., Mortensen, P. B., Müller-Myhsok, B., Nordentoft, M., Nöthen, M. M., O’Donovan, M. C., Paciga, S. A., Pedersen, N. L., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Perlis, R. H., Porteous, D. J., Potash, J. B., Preisig, M., Rietschel, M., Schaefer, C., Schulze, T. G., Smoller, J. W., Stefansson, K., Tiemeier, H., Uher, R., Völzke, H., Weissman, M. M., Werge, T., Winslow, A. R., Lewis, C. M., Levinson, D. F., Breen, G., Børglum, A. D., & Sullivan, P. F.
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- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Wray, Naomi R.
- Sullivan, Patrick F.
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- Wray, Naomi R.
- Ripke, Stephan
- Mattheisen, Manuel
- Trzaskowski, Maciej
- Byrne, Enda M.
- Abdellaoui, Abdel
- Adams, Mark J.
- Agerbo, Esben
- Air, Tracy M.
- Bacanu, Silviu-Alin
- Bigdeli, Tim B.
- Binder, Elisabeth B.
- Bryois, Julien
- Buttenschøn, Henriette N.
- Cai, Na
- Castelao, Enrique
- Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard
- Clarke, Toni-Kim
- Craddock, Nick
- Crawford, Gregory E.
- Crowley, Cheynna A.
- Dashti, Hassan S.
- Davies, Gail
- Deary, Ian J.
- Degenhardt, Franziska
- Derks, Eske M.
- Dolan, Conor V.
- Dunn, Erin C.
- Eley, Thalia C.
- Eriksson, Nicholas
- Finucane, Hilary K.
- Forstner, Andreas J.
- Frank, Josef
- Gaspar, Héléna A.
- Gill, Michael
- Goes, Fernando S.
- Gordon, Scott D.
- Grove, Jakob
- Hall, Lynsey S.
- Hannon, Eilis
- Hansen, Christine Søholm
- Hansen, Thomas F.
- Herms, Stefan
- Hickie, Ian B.
- Hoffmann, Per
- Homuth, Georg
- Hottenga, Jouke-Jan
- Hougaard, David M.
- Hu, Ming
- Hyde, Craig L.
- Jansen, Rick
- Jin, Fulai
- Jorgenson, Eric
- Knowles, James A.
- Kohane, Isaac S.
- Kraft, Julia
- Kretzschmar, Warren W.
- Krogh, Jesper
- Kutalik, Zoltán
- Lane, Jacqueline M.
- Li, Yihan
- Li, Yun
- Lind, Penelope A.
- Liu, Xiaoxiao
- Lu, Leina
- MacIntyre, Donald J.
- MacKinnon, Dean F.
- Marchini, Jonathan
- Mbarek, Hamdi
- McGrath, Patrick
- McGuffin, Peter
- Medland, Sarah E.
- Mehta, Divya
- Middeldorp, Christel M.
- Milaneschi, Yuri
- Milani, Lili
- Mill, Jonathan
- Mondimore, Francis M.
- Montgomery, Grant W.
- Mostafavi, Sara
- Mullins, Niamh
- Nauck, Matthias
- Ng, Bernard
- Nivard, Michel G.
- Nyholt, Dale R.
- O’Reilly, Paul F.
- Owen, Michael J.
- Painter, Jodie N.
- Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker
- Peterson, Roseann E.
- Pettersson, Erik
- Peyrot, Wouter J.
- Pistis, Giorgio
- Purcell, Shaun M.
- Quiroz, Jorge A.
- Qvist, Per
- Rice, John P.
- Riley, Brien P.
- Rivera, Margarita
- Saxena, Richa
- Schoevers, Robert
- Schulte, Eva C.
- Shi, Jianxin
- Shyn, Stanley I.
- Sinnamon, Grant B. C.
- Smit, Johannes H.
- Steinberg, Stacy
- Stockmeier, Craig A.
- Streit, Fabian
- Strohmaier, Jana
- Tansey, Katherine E.
- Teismann, Henning
- Teumer, Alexander
- Thompson, Wesley
- Thomson, Pippa A.
- Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E.
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- Arolt, Volker
- Baune, Bernhard T.
- Boomsma, Dorret I.
- Cichon, Sven
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- DePaulo, J. Raymond
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- Domschke, Katharina
- Esko, Tõnu
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- Hamilton, Steven P.
- Hayward, Caroline
- Heath, Andrew C.
- Hinds, David A.
- Kendler, Kenneth S.
- Kloiber, Stefan
- Lewis, Glyn
- Li, Qingqin S.
- Lucae, Susanne
- Magnusson, Patrik K.
- Martin, Nicholas G.
- McIntosh, Andrew M.
- Metspalu, Andres
- Mors, Ole
- Mortensen, Preben Bo
- Nordentoft, Merete
- Nöthen, Markus M.
- O’Donovan, Michael C.
- Paciga, Sara A.
- Pedersen, Nancy L.
- Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
- Perlis, Roy H.
- Porteous, David J.
- Potash, James B.
- Preisig, Martin
- Rietschel, Marcella
- Schulze, Thomas G.
- Smoller, Jordan W.
- Tiemeier, Henning
- Uher, Rudolf
- Völzke, Henry
- Weissman, Myrna M.
- Werge, Thomas
- Winslow, Ashley R.
- Lewis, Cathryn M.
- Levinson, Douglas F.
- Breen, Gerome
- Børglum, Anders D.
- Sullivan, Patrick F.
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- 2018-04-26
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- King's College London
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GS0481, 01ER0816, NGFN-2, 03ZIK012, 01ZZ0403, FKZ 01GS0481, 01ES0811, 01ZZ0103, 01ZZ9603)
- Erasmus Medisch Centrum
- Lundbeckfonden (R155-2014-1724, R102‐A9118, R248‐2017‐2003, U01 MH109528)
- Karolinska Institutet
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Novo Nordisk
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Siemens Healthineers (01ZZ0103, 01ZZ0403, 01ZZ9603)
- H. Lundbeck A/S
- Universität Greifswald
- National Institutes of Health (1s10od018164-01, CA093459)
- Gillings School of Public Health
- Medical Research Council (MR/L023784/2, MR/K026992/1, MR/N015746/1, MC_PC_17228, MR/L010305/1, MC_UU_00007/10)
- NODAI Genome Research Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007901)
- National Institute of Mental Health (K01MH109772, U01MH046276, U01MH109528, U01MH085520, R01MH059566, U01MH046318, R01MH059571, R01MH060879, R01MH059565, U01MH109536, R01MH081800, R01MH060870, MH109532, U01MH094421, U01MH046289, U01MH079469, R01MH061675, R01MH059586, R01MH059588, R01MH067257, U01MH079470, U01MH109532, R01MH059587)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA034076)
- National Human Genome Research Institute (R01HG009658)
- National Cancer Institute (P50CA097007, R01CA133996, P50CA093459)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P30GM103328)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01ES011740)
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (294838)
- Cilag
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Treatment of Major Depression
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- major depressive disorder, genetic susceptibility loci, genetic architecture, educational attainment, body mass, schizophrenia, shared genetic etiology, antidepressant targets, gene splicing, clinical phenotype
- MeSH terms
- Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Phenotype, Risk Factors, Schizophrenia, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Multifactorial Inheritance, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome-Wide Association Study
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