Cited by 622Genetic Associations and EpidemiologySmoking Behavior and CessationGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Novel genes identified in a high-density genome wide association study for nicotine dependence

Open access
Bierut, Laura Jean, Madden, Pamela A.F., Breslau, Naomi, Johnson, Eric O., Hatsukami, Dorothy, Pomerleau, Ovide F., Swan, Gary E., Rutter, Joni +14 more·2007·Human Molecular Genetics

Abstract

Tobacco use is a leading contributor to disability and death worldwide, and genetic factors contribute in part to the development of nicotine dependence. To identify novel genes for which natural variation contributes to the development of nicotine dependence, we performed a comprehensive genome wide association study using nicotine dependent smokers as cases and non-dependent smokers as controls. To allow the efficient, rapid, and cost effective screen of the genome, the study was carried out using a two-stage design. In the first stage, genotyping of over 2.4 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was completed in case and control pools. In the second stage, we selected SNPs for individual genotyping based on the most significant allele frequency differences between cases and controls from the pooled results. Individual genotyping was performed in 1050 cases and 879 controls using 31 960 selected SNPs. The primary analysis, a logistic regression model with covariates of age, gender, genotype and gender by genotype interaction, identified 35 SNPs with P-values less than 10(-4) (minimum P-value 1.53 x 10(-6)). Although none of the individual findings is statistically significant after correcting for multiple tests, additional statistical analyses support the existence of true findings in this group. Our study nominates several novel genes, such as Neurexin 1 (NRXN1), in the development of nicotine dependence while also identifying a known candidate gene, the beta3 nicotinic cholinergic receptor. This work anticipates the future directions of large-scale genome wide association studies with state-of-the-art methodological approaches and sharing of data with the scientific community.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1093/hmg/ddl441

Cites

44 of 44 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Bierut, L. J., Madden, P. A. F., Breslau, N., Johnson, E. O., Hatsukami, D., Pomerleau, O. F., Swan, G. E., Rutter, J., Bertelsen, S., Fox, L., Fugman, D., Goate, A. M., Hinrichs, A. L., Konvicka, K., Martin, N. G., Montgomery, G. W., Saccone, N. L., Saccone, S. F., Wang, J. C., Chase, G. A., Rice, J. P., & Ballinger, D. G.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Michigan State University (US)
  • RTI International (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • SRI International (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
  • Perlegen (United States) (US)
  • QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (AU)
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
Corresponding author
Bierut, Laura Jean
Venue
Human Molecular Genetics
Published
2006-12-07
Volume
16
Issue
1
Pages
24-35
ISSN
  • 0964-6906 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2083
OpenAlex
W2112271873
Cited by
622
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 37 · 2014: 37 · 2013: 38 · 2012: 41
FWCI
27.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Human Molecular Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R56DA012854, DA12854, DA015129, N01DA07079, K01DA015129, R01DA012854)
  • National Cancer Institute (CA89392, P01CA089392)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Keywords
nicotine dependence, tobacco use, genetic susceptibility, single nucleotide polymorphisms, genome-wide association study, NRXN1, CHRNA3, candidate genes, smoking
MeSH terms
Female, Gene Frequency, Genotype, Humans, Male, Smoking, Tobacco Use Disorder, Genome, Human, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review