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A genome-wide association study of shared risk across psychiatric disorders implicates gene regulation during fetal neurodevelopment

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Schork, Andrew J., Won, Hyejung, Appadurai, Vivek, Nudel, Ron, Gandal, Mike, Delaneau, Olivier, Revsbech Christiansen, Malene, Hougaard, David M. +16 more·2019·Nature Neuroscience

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There is mounting evidence that seemingly diverse psychiatric disorders share genetic etiology, but the biological substrates mediating this overlap are not well characterized. Here we leverage the unique Integrative Psychiatric Research Consortium (iPSYCH) study, a nationally representative cohort ascertained through clinical psychiatric diagnoses indicated in Danish national health registers. We confirm previous reports of individual and cross-disorder single-nucleotide polymorphism heritability for major psychiatric disorders and perform a cross-disorder genome-wide association study. We identify four novel genome-wide significant loci encompassing variants predicted to regulate genes expressed in radial glia and interneurons in the developing neocortex during mid-gestation. This epoch is supported by partitioning cross-disorder single-nucleotide polymorphism heritability, which is enriched at regulatory chromatin active during fetal neurodevelopment. These findings suggest that dysregulation of genes that direct neurodevelopment by common genetic variants may result in general liability for many later psychiatric outcomes.

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Schork, A. J., Won, H., Appadurai, V., Nudel, R., Gandal, M., Delaneau, O., Revsbech Christiansen, M., Hougaard, D. M., Bækved-Hansen, M., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Giørtz Pedersen, M., Agerbo, E., Bøcker Pedersen, C., Neale, B. M., Daly, M. J., Wray, N. R., Nordentoft, M., Mors, O., Børglum, A. D., Bo Mortensen, P., Buil, A., Thompson, W. K., Geschwind, D. H., & Werge, T.
Affiliations
  • Sankt Hans Hospital (DK)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of Geneva (CH)
  • Statens Serum Institut (DK)
  • Aarhus University (DK)
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
  • Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
Corresponding author
Werge, Thomas
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2019-01-28
Volume
22
Issue
3
Pages
353-361
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2912304870
Cited by
223
References
132
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 5
FWCI
20.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Simons Foundation (311789, SFARI 311789)
  • Aarhus Universitet
  • Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
  • Lundbeckfonden (R155-2014-1724, R102‐A9118, R204-2015-4129, R248‐2017‐2003, R102-A9118 and R155-2014-1724)
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Region Hovedstaden
  • Novo Nordisk Fonden
  • H. Lundbeck A/S (R102-A9118, R155-2014-1724)
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh094714-04, 5u01mh094432-04)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (U01 MH094432, R01MH109912, R01-MH094714, R01MH110927, R00MH113823, 5U01MH094432‐02)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM104400)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Keywords
mental illness, shared genetic risk, fetal brain development, gene expression regulation, radial glia, interneurons, neocortex development, genetic susceptibility loci
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Brain, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Cohort Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Loci

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