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2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till M. F., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan F. T., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas R. H., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschon, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard, Clarke, Toni-Kim, Coleman, Jonathan I. R., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Craddock, Nick, Crawford, Gregory E., Crowley, Cheynna A. ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2018). Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 668-+. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0090-3

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

2018

Journal Article

Hypermetabolism in ALS is associated with greater functional decline and shorter survival

Steyn, Frederik J., Ioannides, Zara A., van Eijk, Ruben P. A., Heggie, Susan, Thorpe, Kathryn A., Ceslis, Amelia, Heshmat, Saman, Henders, Anjali K., Wray, Naomi R., van den Berg, Leonard H., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A. and Ngo, Shyuan T. (2018). Hypermetabolism in ALS is associated with greater functional decline and shorter survival. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 89 (10), jnnp-2017. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-317887

Hypermetabolism in ALS is associated with greater functional decline and shorter survival

2018

Journal Article

Sizing up whole-genome sequencing studies of common diseases

Wray, Naomi R. and Gratten, Jacob (2018). Sizing up whole-genome sequencing studies of common diseases. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 635-637. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0113-0

Sizing up whole-genome sequencing studies of common diseases

2018

Journal Article

Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits

Zeng, Jian, de Vlaming, Ronald, Wu, Yang, Robinson, Matthew R., Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Yengo, Loic, Yap, Chloe X., Xue, Angli, Sidorenko, Julia, McRae, Allan F., Powell, Joseph E., Montgomery, Grant W., Metspalu, Andres, Esko, Tonu, Gibson, Greg, Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits. Nature Genetics, 50 (5), 746-753. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0101-4

Signatures of negative selection in the genetic architecture of human complex traits

2018

Journal Article

Improving genetic prediction by leveraging genetic correlations among human diseases and traits

Maier, Robert M, Zhu, Zhihong, Lee, Sang Hong, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Ruderfer, Douglas M, Stahl, Eli A, Ripke, Stephan, Wray, Naomi R, Yang, Jian, Visscher, Peter M and Robinson, Matthew R (2018). Improving genetic prediction by leveraging genetic correlations among human diseases and traits. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 989, 989. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02769-6

Improving genetic prediction by leveraging genetic correlations among human diseases and traits

2018

Journal Article

Integrative analysis of omics summary data reveals putative mechanisms underlying complex traits

Wu, Yang, Zeng, Jian, Zhang, Futao, Zhu, Zhihong, Qi, Ting, Zheng, Zhili, Lloyd-Jones, Luke R., Marioni, Riccardo E., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Deary, Ian J., Wray, Naomi R., Visscher, Peter M., McRae, Allan F. and Yang, Jian (2018). Integrative analysis of omics summary data reveals putative mechanisms underlying complex traits. Nature Communications, 9 (918) 918, 918. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03371-0

Integrative analysis of omics summary data reveals putative mechanisms underlying complex traits

2018

Journal Article

Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

Pardiñas, Antonio F, Holmans, Peter, Pocklington, Andrew J, Escott-Price, Valentina, Ripke, Stephan, Carrera, Noa, Legge, Sophie E, Bishop, Sophie, Cameron, Darren, Hamshere, Marian L, Han, Jun, Hubbard, Leon, Lynham, Amy, Mantripragada, Kiran, Rees, Elliott, MacCabe, James H, McCarroll, Steven A, Baune, Bernhard T, Breen, Gerome, Byrne, Enda M., Dannlowski, Udo, Eley, Thalia C, Hayward, Caroline, Martin, Nicholas G., McIntosh, Andrew M, Plomin, Robert, Porteous, David J, Wray, Naomi R, Caballero, Armando ... CRESTAR Consortium (2018). Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection. Nature Genetics, 50 (3), 381-389. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0059-2

Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection

2018

Journal Article

Reply to Kardos et al.: estimation of inbreeding depression from SNP data

Yengo, Loic, Zhu, Zhihong, Wray, Naomi R., Weir, Bruce S., Yang, Jian, Robinson, Matthew R. and Visscher, Peter M. (2018). Reply to Kardos et al.: estimation of inbreeding depression from SNP data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (11), E2494-E2495. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1718598115

Reply to Kardos et al.: estimation of inbreeding depression from SNP data

2018

Journal Article

The value of polygenic analyses in psychiatry

Middeldorp, Christel M. and Wray, Naomi R. (2018). The value of polygenic analyses in psychiatry. World Psychiatry, 17 (1), 26-28. doi: 10.1002/wps.20480

The value of polygenic analyses in psychiatry

2018

Journal Article

GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT

Lu, Ake T., Xue, Luting, Salfati, Elias L., Chen, Brian H., Ferrucci, Luigi, Levy, Daniel, Joehanes, Roby, Murabito, Joanne M., Kiel, Douglas P., Tsai, Pei-Chien, Yet, Idil, Bell, Jordana T., Mangino, Massimo, Tanaka, Toshiko, McRae, Allan F., Marioni, Riccardo E., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Deary, Ian J., Levine, Morgan E., Quach, Austin, Assimes, Themistocles, Tsao, Philip S., Absher, Devin, Stewart, James D., Li, Yun, Reiner, Alex P., Hou, Lifang, Baccarelli, Andrea A. ... Horvath, Steve (2018). GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 387, 387. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02697-5

GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT

2018

Journal Article

Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data

Zhu, Zhihong, Zheng, Zhili, Zhang, Futao, Wu, Yang, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Maier, Robert, Robinson, Matthew R., McGrath, John J, Visscher, Peter M, Wray, Naomi R and Yang, Jian (2018). Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 224, 224. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02317-2

Causal associations between risk factors and common diseases inferred from GWAS summary data

2018

Journal Article

Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels

Lupton, Michelle K., Medland, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Goncalves, Tabatha, MacGregor, Stuart, Mackey, David A., Young, Terri L., Duffy, David L., Visscher, Peter M., Wray, Naomi R., Nyholt, Dale R., Bain, Lisa, Ferreira, Manuel A., Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Montgomery, Grant W., Wright, Margaret J. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2018). Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 64 (1), 49-54. doi: 10.3233/JAD-171104

Accuracy of inferred APOE genotypes for a range of genotyping arrays and imputation reference panels

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide gene-environment interaction in depression: a systematic evaluation of candidate genes: the childhood trauma working-group of PGC-MDD

Van der Auwera, Sandra, Peyrot, Wouter J., Milaneschi, Yuri, Hertel, Johannes, Baune, Bernhard, Breen, Gerome, Byrne, Enda, Dunn, Erin C, Fisher, Helen, Homuth, Georg, Levinson, Douglas, Lewis, Cathryn, Mills, Natalie, Mullins, Niamh, Nauck, Matthias, Pistis, Giorgio, Preisig, Martin, Rietschel, Marcella, Ripke, Stephan, Sullivan, Patrick, Teumer, Alexander, Völzke, Henry, Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Boomsma, Dorret I., Wray, Naomi R., Penninx, Brenda and Grabe, Hans (2018). Genome-wide gene-environment interaction in depression: a systematic evaluation of candidate genes: the childhood trauma working-group of PGC-MDD. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 177 (1), 40-49. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32593

Genome-wide gene-environment interaction in depression: a systematic evaluation of candidate genes: the childhood trauma working-group of PGC-MDD

2018

Journal Article

Brain age predicts mortality

Cole, J. H., Ritchie, S. J., Bastin, M. E., Valdes Hernandez, M. C., Munoz Maniega, S., Royle, N., Corley, J., Pattie, A., Harris, S. E., Zhang, Q., Wray, N. R., Redmond, P., Marioni, R. E., Starr, J. M., Cox, S. R., Wardlaw, J. M., Sharp, D. J. and Deary, I. J. (2018). Brain age predicts mortality. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (5), 1385-1392. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.62

Brain age predicts mortality

2018

Journal Article

Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank

Barbu, Miruna C., Zeng, Yanni, Shen, Xueyi, Cox, Simon R., Clarke, Toni-Kim, Gibson, Jude, Adams, Mark J., Johnstone, Mandy, Haley, Chris S., Lawrie, Stephen M., Deary, Ian J., Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F.M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T.F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H.R., Bryois, Julien ... Whalley, Heather C. (2018). Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4 (1), 91-100. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.07.006

Association of whole-genome and NETRIN1 signaling pathway–derived polygenic risk scores for major depressive disorder and white matter microstructure in the UK Biobank

2017

Journal Article

A genetic investigation of sex bias in the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Martin, Joanna, Walters, Raymond K., Demontis, Ditte, Mattheisen, Manuel, Lee, S. Hong, Robinson, Elise, Brikell, Isabell, Ghirardi, Laura, Larsson, Henrik, Lichtenstein, Paul, Eriksson, Nicholas, 23andMe Research Team, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: ADHD Subgroup, iPSYCH–Broad ADHD Workgroup, Werge, Thomas, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Pedersen, Marianne Giørtz, Mors, Ole, Nordentoft, Merete, Hougaard, David M., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Wray, Naomi R., Franke, Barbara, Faraone, Stephen V., O'Donovan, Michael C., Thapar, Anita, Børglum, Anders D. and Neale, Benjamin M. (2017). A genetic investigation of sex bias in the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 83 (12), 1044-1053. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.11.026

A genetic investigation of sex bias in the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

2017

Journal Article

Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese

Gratten, Jacob, Zhao, Qiongyi, Benyamin, Beben, Garton, Fleur, He, Ji, Leo, Paul J., Mangelsdorf, Marie, Anderson, Lisa, Zhang, Zong-Hong, Chen, Lu, Chen, Xiang-Ding, Cremin, Katie, Deng, Hong-Weng, Edson, Janette, Han, Ying-Ying, Harris, Jessica, Henders, Anjali K., Jin, Zi-Bing, Li, Zhongshan, Lin, Yong, Liu, Xiaolu, Marshall, Mhairi, Mowry, Bryan J., Ran, Shu, Reutens, David C., Song, Sharon, Tan, Li-Jun, Tang, Lu, Wallace, Robyn H. ... Fan, Dongsheng (2017). Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese. Genome Medicine, 9 (97) 97, 97. doi: 10.1186/s13073-017-0487-0

Whole-exome sequencing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis suggests NEK1 is a risk gene in Chinese

2017

Journal Article

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

Rietschel, Liz, Streit, Fabian, Zhu, Gu, McAloney, Kerrie, Frank, Josef, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Witt, Stephanie H., Binz, Tina M., Bolton, Jennifer L., Hayward, Caroline, Direk, Nese, Anderson, Anna, Huffman, Jennifer, Wilson, James F., Campbell, Harry, Rudan, Igor, Wright, Alan, Hastie, Nicholas, Wild, Sarah H., Velders, Fleur P., Hofman, Albert, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Lahti, Jari, Räikkönen, Katri, Kajantie, Eero, Widen, Elisabeth, Palotie, Aarno, Eriksson, Johan G., Kaakinen, Marika ... Rietschel, Marcella (2017). Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 15351, 15351. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11852-3

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

2017

Journal Article

Inference in Psychiatry via 2-Sample Mendelian Randomization-From Association to Causal Pathway?

Byrne, Enda M, Yang, Jian and Wray, Naomi R (2017). Inference in Psychiatry via 2-Sample Mendelian Randomization-From Association to Causal Pathway?. JAMA psychiatry, 74 (12), 1191-1192. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3162

Inference in Psychiatry via 2-Sample Mendelian Randomization-From Association to Causal Pathway?

2017

Journal Article

Investigating the relationship between iron and depression

Mills, Natalie T., Maier, Robert, Whitfield, John B., Wright, Margaret J., Colodro-Conde, Lucia, Byrne, Enda M., Scott, James G., Byrne, Gerard J., Hansell, Narelle K., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., CouvyDuchesne, Baptiste, Montgomery, Grant W., Henders, Anjali K., Martin, Nicholas G., Wray, Naomi R. and Benyamin, Beben (2017). Investigating the relationship between iron and depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 94, 148-155. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.07.006

Investigating the relationship between iron and depression