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

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Mullins, Niamh, Forstner, Andreas J., O’Connell, Kevin S., Coombes, Brandon, Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Qiao, Zhen, Als, Thomas D., Bigdeli, Tim B. +310 more·2021·Nature Genetics

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Abstract Bipolar disorder (BD) is a heritable mental illness with complex etiology. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 41,917 BD cases and 371,549 controls of European ancestry, which identified 64 associated genomic loci. BD 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 eQTL data implicated 15 genes robustly linked to BD via gene expression, encoding druggable targets such as HTR6, MCHR1, DCLK3 and FURIN. Analyses of BD subtypes indicated high but imperfect genetic correlation between BD type I and II and identified additional associated loci. Together, these results advance our understanding of the biological etiology of BD, identify novel therapeutic leads and prioritize genes for functional follow-up studies.

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  • Mullins, Niamh
  • Andreassen, Ole A.
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Nature Genetics
Published
2021-05-17
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53
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6
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817-829
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  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
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Funders
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (U01 MH109528, U01 MH094421, U01 MH085520)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
Keywords
bipolar disorder, genome-wide association study, genetic susceptibility loci, prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, expression quantitative trait loci, melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1, furin, bipolar disorder subtypes, genetic correlation, drug repurposing, European ancestry
MeSH terms
Bipolar Disorder, Chromosomes, Human, Humans, Major Histocompatibility Complex, Phenotype, Risk Factors, Genome, Human, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Multifactorial Inheritance, Quantitative Trait Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study

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