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PLoS Genet ; 18(8): e1010303, 2022 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35951648

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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified common variants associated with BMI. However, the stability of aggregate genetic variation influencing BMI from midlife and beyond is unknown. By analysing 165,717 men and 193,073 women from the UKBiobank, we performed BMI GWAS on six independent five-year age intervals between 40 and 72 years. We then applied genomic structural equation modeling to test competing hypotheses regarding the stability of genetic effects for BMI. LDSR genetic correlations between BMI assessed between ages 40 to 73 were all very high and ranged 0.89 to 1.00. Genomic structural equation modeling revealed that molecular genetic variance in BMI at each age interval could not be explained by the accumulation of any age-specific genetic influences or autoregressive processes. Instead, a common set of stable genetic influences appears to underpin genome-wide variation in BMI from middle to early old age in men and women alike.


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Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Adulto , Idoso , Índice de Massa Corporal , Feminino , Genoma , Genômica , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único/genética
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Behav Genet ; 54(2): 151-168, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38108996

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Contemporary genome-wide association study (GWAS) methods typically do not account for variability in genetic effects throughout development. We applied genomic structural equation modeling to combine developmentally-informative phenotype data and GWAS to create polygenic scores (PGS) for alcohol use frequency that are specific to developmental stage. Longitudinal cohort studies targeted for gene-identification analyses include the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (adolescence n = 1,118, early adulthood n = 2,762, adulthood n = 5,255), the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (adolescence n = 3,089, early adulthood n = 3,993, adulthood n = 5,149), and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC; adolescence n = 5,382, early adulthood n = 3,613). PGS validation analyses were conducted in the COGA sample using an alternate version of the discovery analysis with COGA removed. Results suggest that genetic liability for alcohol use frequency in adolescence may be distinct from genetic liability for alcohol use frequency later in developmental periods. The age-specific PGS predicts an increase of 4 drinking days per year per PGS standard deviation when modeled separately from the common factor PGS in adulthood. The current work was underpowered at all steps of the analysis plan. Though small sample sizes and low statistical power limit the substantive conclusions that can be drawn regarding these research questions, this work provides a foundation for future genetic studies of developmental variability in the genetic underpinnings of alcohol use behaviors and genetically-informed, age-matched phenotype prediction.


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Alcoolismo , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Adulto , Adolescente , Criança , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Estudos Longitudinais , Alcoolismo/genética , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/genética , Estudos de Coortes
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Age Ageing ; 53(3)2024 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38454901

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BACKGROUND: The study explores whether frailty at midlife predicts mortality and levels of biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) and neurodegeneration by early old age. We also examine the heritability of frailty across this age period. METHODS: Participants were 1,286 community-dwelling men from the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging at average ages 56, 62 and 68, all without ADRD at baseline. The cumulative deficit frailty index (FI) comprised 37 items assessing multiple physiological systems. Plasma biomarkers at age 68 included beta-amyloid (Aß40, Aß42), total tau (t-tau) and neurofilament light chain (NfL). RESULTS: Being frail doubled the risk of all-cause mortality by age 68 (OR = 2.44). Age 56 FI significantly predicted age 68 NfL (P = 0.014), Aß40 (P = 0.001) and Aß42 (P = 0.023), but not t-tau. Age 62 FI predicted all biomarkers at age 68: NfL (P = 0.023), Aß40 (P = 0.002), Aß42 (P = 0.001) and t-tau (P = 0.001). Age 68 FI scores were associated with age 68 levels of NfL (P = 0.027), Aß40 (P < 0.001), Aß42 (P = 0.001) and t-tau (P = 0.003). Genetic influences accounted for 45-48% of the variance in frailty and significantly contributed to its stability across 11 years. CONCLUSIONS: Frailty during one's 50s doubled the risk of mortality by age 68. A mechanism linking frailty and ADRD may be through its associations with biomarkers related to neurodegeneration. Cumulative deficit frailty increases with age but remains moderately heritable across the age range studied. With environmental factors accounting for about half of its variance, early interventions aimed at reducing frailty may help to reduce risk for ADRD.


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Doença de Alzheimer , Fragilidade , Masculino , Humanos , Idoso , Doença de Alzheimer/diagnóstico , Doença de Alzheimer/genética , Fragilidade/diagnóstico , Peptídeos beta-Amiloides , Biomarcadores
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Alzheimers Dement ; 20(1): 356-365, 2024 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37622539

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INTRODUCTION: Despite their increased application, the heritability of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related blood-based biomarkers remains unexplored. METHODS: Plasma amyloid beta 40 (Aß40), Aß42, the Aß42/40 ratio, total tau (t-tau), and neurofilament light (NfL) data came from 1035 men 60 to 73 years of age (µ = 67.0, SD = 2.6). Twin models were used to calculate heritability and the genetic and environmental correlations between them. RESULTS: Additive genetics explained 44% to 52% of Aß42, Aß40, t-tau, and NfL. The Aß42/40 ratio was not heritable. Aß40 and Aß42 were genetically near identical (rg  = 0.94). Both Aß40 and Aß42 were genetically correlated with NfL (rg  = 0.35 to 0.38), but genetically unrelated to t-tau. DISCUSSION: Except for Aß42/40, plasma biomarkers are heritable. Aß40 and Aß42 share mostly the same genetic influences, whereas genetic influences on plasma t-tau and NfL are largely unique in early old-age men. The absence of genetic associations between the Aßs and t-tau is not consistent with the amyloid cascade hypothesis.


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Doença de Alzheimer , Masculino , Humanos , Doença de Alzheimer/genética , Peptídeos beta-Amiloides , Proteínas tau/genética , Biomarcadores , Fragmentos de Peptídeos
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39126209

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Multivariate network-based analytic methods such as weighted gene co-expression network analysis are frequently applied to human and animal gene-expression data to estimate the first principal component of a module, or module eigengene (ME). MEs are interpreted as multivariate summaries of correlated gene-expression patterns and network connectivity across genes within a module. As such, they have the potential to elucidate the mechanisms by which molecular genomic variation contributes to individual differences in complex traits. Although increasingly used to test for associations between modules and complex traits, the genetic and environmental etiology of MEs has not been empirically established. It is unclear if, and to what degree, individual differences in blood-derived MEs reflect random variation versus familial aggregation arising from heritable or shared environmental influences. We used biometrical genetic analyses to estimate the contribution of genetic and environmental influences on MEs derived from blood lymphocytes collected on a sample of N = 661 older male twins from the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) whose mean age at assessment was 67.7 years (SD = 2.6 years, range = 62-74 years). Of the 26 detected MEs, 14 (56%) had statistically significant additive genetic variation with an average heritability of 44% (SD = 0.08, range = 35%-64%). Despite the relatively small sample size, this demonstration of significant family aggregation including estimates of heritability in 14 of the 26 MEs suggests that blood-based MEs are reliable and merit further exploration in terms of their associations with complex traits and diseases.

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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39148448

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The prevalence of white matter disease increases with age and is associated with cerebrovascular disease, cognitive decline, and risk for dementia. MRI measures of abnormal signal in the white matter (AWM) provide estimates of damage, however, regional patterns of AWM may be differentially influenced by genetic or environmental factors. With our data-driven regional parcellation approach, we created a probability distribution atlas using Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) data (n = 475, mean age 67.6 years) and applied a watershed algorithm to define separate regional parcellations. We report biometrical twin modeling for five anatomically distinct regions: (1) Posterior, (2) Superior frontal and parietal, (3) Anterior and inferior frontal with deep areas, (4) Occipital, and (5) Anterior periventricular. We tested competing multivariate hypotheses to identify unique influences and to explain sources of covariance among the parcellations. Family aggregation could be entirely explained by additive genetic influences, with additive genetic variance (heritability) ranging from 0.69 to 0.79. Most genetic correlations between parcellations ranged from moderate to high (rg = 0.57-0.85), although two were small (rg = 0.35-0.39), consistent with varying degrees of unique genetic influences. This proof-of-principle investigation demonstrated the value of our novel, data-driven parcellations, with identifiable genetic and environmental differences, for future exploration.

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J Int Neuropsychol Soc ; 29(3): 235-245, 2023 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35465863

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OBJECTIVE: To determine associations of alcohol use with cognitive aging among middle-aged men. METHOD: 1,608 male twins (mean 57 years at baseline) participated in up to three visits over 12 years, from 2003-2007 to 2016-2019. Participants were classified into six groups based on current and past self-reported alcohol use: lifetime abstainers, former drinkers, very light (1-4 drinks in past 14 days), light (5-14 drinks), moderate (15-28 drinks), and at-risk drinkers (>28 drinks in past 14 days). Linear mixed-effects regressions modeled cognitive trajectories by alcohol group, with time-based models evaluating rate of decline as a function of baseline alcohol use, and age-based models evaluating age-related differences in performance by current alcohol use. Analyses used standardized cognitive domain factor scores and adjusted for sociodemographic and health-related factors. RESULTS: Performance decreased over time in all domains. Relative to very light drinkers, former drinkers showed worse verbal fluency performance, by -0.21 SD (95% CI -0.35, -0.07), and at-risk drinkers showed faster working memory decline, by 0.14 SD (95% CI 0.02, -0.20) per decade. There was no evidence of protective associations of light/moderate drinking on rate of decline. In age-based models, light drinkers displayed better memory performance at advanced ages than very light drinkers (+0.14 SD; 95% CI 0.02, 0.20 per 10-years older age); likely attributable to residual confounding or reverse association. CONCLUSIONS: Alcohol consumption showed minimal associations with cognitive aging among middle-aged men. Stronger associations of alcohol with cognitive aging may become apparent at older ages, when cognitive abilities decline more rapidly.


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Envelhecimento Cognitivo , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Humanos , Masculino , Vietnã , Envelhecimento/psicologia , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/psicologia , Cognição
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Cereb Cortex ; 32(4): 796-807, 2022 02 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34379727

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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic variants associated with brain morphology and substance use behaviors (SUB). However, the genetic overlap between brain structure and SUB has not been well characterized. We leveraged GWAS summary data of 71 brain imaging measures and alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use to investigate their genetic overlap using linkage disequilibrium score regression. We used genomic structural equation modeling to model a "common SUB genetic factor" and investigated its genetic overlap with brain structure. Furthermore, we estimated SUB polygenic risk scores (PRS) and examined whether they predicted brain imaging traits using the Adolescent Behavior and Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. We identified 8 significant negative genetic correlations, including between (1) alcoholic drinks per week and average cortical thickness, and (2) intracranial volume with age of smoking initiation. We observed 5 positive genetic correlations, including those between (1) insula surface area and lifetime cannabis use, and (2) the common SUB genetic factor and pericalcarine surface area. SUB PRS were associated with brain structure variation in ABCD. Our findings highlight a shared genetic etiology between cortical brain morphology and SUB and suggest that genetic variants associated with SUB may be causally related to brain structure differences.


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Cannabis , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Adolescente , Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Herança Multifatorial , Nicotiana/genética
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Psychol Med ; 52(14): 3007-3017, 2022 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33431106

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BACKGROUND: Clarifying the relationship between depression symptoms and cardiometabolic and related health could clarify risk factors and treatment targets. The objective of this study was to assess whether depression symptoms in midlife are associated with the subsequent onset of cardiometabolic health problems. METHODS: The study sample comprised 787 male twin veterans with polygenic risk score data who participated in the Harvard Twin Study of Substance Abuse ('baseline') and the longitudinal Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging ('follow-up'). Depression symptoms were assessed at baseline [mean age 41.42 years (s.d. = 2.34)] using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule, Version III, Revised. The onset of eight cardiometabolic conditions (atrial fibrillation, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, myocardial infarction, sleep apnea, and stroke) was assessed via self-reported doctor diagnosis at follow-up [mean age 67.59 years (s.d. = 2.41)]. RESULTS: Total depression symptoms were longitudinally associated with incident diabetes (OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.07-1.57), erectile dysfunction (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.10-1.59), hypercholesterolemia (OR 1.26, 95% CI 1.04-1.53), and sleep apnea (OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.13-1.74) over 27 years after controlling for age, alcohol consumption, smoking, body mass index, C-reactive protein, and polygenic risk for specific health conditions. In sensitivity analyses that excluded somatic depression symptoms, only the association with sleep apnea remained significant (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.09-1.60). CONCLUSIONS: A history of depression symptoms by early midlife is associated with an elevated risk for subsequent development of several self-reported health conditions. When isolated, non-somatic depression symptoms are associated with incident self-reported sleep apnea. Depression symptom history may be a predictor or marker of cardiometabolic risk over decades.


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Disfunção Erétil , Hipercolesterolemia , Hipertensão , Síndromes da Apneia do Sono , Humanos , Masculino , Adulto , Idoso , Estudos Longitudinais , Depressão/epidemiologia , Fatores de Risco
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Dev Med Child Neurol ; 64(10): 1297-1306, 2022 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35307825

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AIM: To examine the phenomenology of stuttering across the lifespan in the largest prospective cohort to date. METHOD: Participants aged 7 years and older with a history of developmental stuttering were recruited. Self-reported phenotypic data were collected online including stuttering symptomatology, co-occurring phenotypes, genetic predisposition, factors associated with stuttering severity, and impact on anxiety, education, and employment. RESULTS: A total of 987 participants (852 adults: 590 males, 262 females, mean age 49 years [SD = 17 years 10 months; range = 18-93 years] and 135 children: 97 males, 38 females, mean age 11 years 4 months [SD = 3 years; range = 7-17 years]) were recruited. Stuttering onset occurred at age 3 to 6 years in 64.0%. Blocking (73.2%) was the most frequent phenotype; 75.9% had sought stuttering therapy and 15.5% identified as having recovered. Half (49.9%) reported a family history. There was a significant negative correlation with age for both stuttering frequency and severity in adults. Most were anxious due to stuttering (90.4%) and perceived stuttering as a barrier to education and employment outcomes (80.7%). INTERPRETATION: The frequent persistence of stuttering and the high proportion with a family history suggest that stuttering is a complex trait that does not often resolve, even with therapy. These data provide new insights into the phenotype and prognosis of stuttering, information that is critically needed to encourage the development of more effective speech therapies. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: Half of the study cohort had a family history of stuttering. While 75.9% of participants had sought stuttering therapy, only 15.5% identified as having recovered. There was a significant negative correlation between age and stuttering frequency and severity in adults.


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Gagueira , Feminino , Humanos , Longevidade , Masculino , Estudos Prospectivos , Autorrelato , Fonoterapia , Gagueira/epidemiologia , Gagueira/terapia
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Bipolar Disord ; 23(6): 584-594, 2021 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33638252

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OBJECTIVES: Network analysis is increasingly applied to psychopathology research. We used it to examine the core phenomenology of emerging bipolar disorder (BD I and II) and 'at risk' presentations (major depression with a family history of BD). METHODOLOGY: The study sample comprised a community cohort of 1867 twin and nontwin siblings (57% female; mean age ~26) who had completed self-report ratings of (i) depression-like, hypomanic-like and psychotic-like experiences; (ii) family history of BD; and (iii) were assessed for mood and psychotic syndromes using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). Symptom networks were compared for recent onset BD versus other cohort members and then for individuals at risk of BD (depression with/without a family history of BD). RESULTS: The four key symptoms that differentiated recent onset BD from other cohort members were: anergia, psychomotor speed, hypersomnia and (less) loss of confidence. The four key symptoms that differentiated individuals at high risk of BD from unipolar depression were anergia, psychomotor speed, impaired concentration and hopelessness. However, the latter network was less stable and more error prone. CONCLUSIONS: We are encouraged by the overlaps between our findings and those from two recent publications reporting network analyses of BD psychopathology, especially as the studies recruited from different populations and employed different network models. However, the advantages of applying network analysis to youth mental health cohorts (which include many individuals with multimorbidity) must be weighed against the disadvantages including basic issues such as judgements regarding the selection of items for inclusion in network models.


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Transtorno Bipolar , Transtorno Depressivo Maior , Transtornos Mentais , Adolescente , Transtorno Bipolar/complicações , Transtorno Bipolar/diagnóstico , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Psicopatologia , Autorrelato , Adulto Jovem
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Addict Biol ; 26(6): e13015, 2021 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33604983

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Risky behaviors, such as substance use and unprotected sex, are associated with various physical and mental health problems. Recent genome-wide association studies indicated that variation in the cell adhesion molecule 2 (CADM2) gene plays a role in risky behaviors and self-control. In this phenome-wide scan for risky behavior, it was tested if underlying common vulnerability could be (partly) explained by pleiotropic effects of this gene and how large the effects were. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-level and gene-level association tests within four samples (25 and Up, Spit for Science, Netherlands Twin Register, and UK Biobank and meta-analyses over all samples (combined sample of 362,018 participants) were conducted to test associations between CADM2, substance- and sex-related risk behaviors, and various measures related to self-control. We found significant associations between the CADM2 gene, various risky behaviors, and different measures of self-control. The largest effect sizes were found for cannabis use, sensation seeking, and disinhibition. Effect sizes ranged from 0.01% to 0.26% for single top SNPs and from 0.07% to 3.02% for independent top SNPs together, with sufficient power observed only in the larger samples and meta-analyses. In the largest cohort, we found indications that risk-taking proneness mediated the association between CADM2 and latent factors for lifetime smoking and regular alcohol use. This study extends earlier findings that CADM2 plays a role in risky behaviors and self-control. It also provides insight into gene-level effect sizes and demonstrates the feasibility of testing mediation. These findings present a good starting point for investigating biological etiological pathways underlying risky behaviors.


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Moléculas de Adesão Celular/genética , Assunção de Riscos , Autocontrole , Comportamento Sexual , Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias/genética , Adulto , Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas/genética , Feminino , Estudos de Associação Genética , Humanos , Masculino , Países Baixos , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Fumar/genética , Fatores Sociodemográficos
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Twin Res Hum Genet ; 24(5): 251-263, 2021 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35057871

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Previous research has shown that self-reports of the amount of social support are heritable. Using the Kessler perceived social support (KPSS) measure, we explored sex differences in the genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences. We did this separately for subscales that captured the perceived support from different members of the network (spouse, twin, children, parents, relatives, friends and confidant). Our sample comprised 7059 male, female and opposite-sex twin pairs aged 18-95 years from the Australian Twin Registry. We found tentative support for different genetic mechanisms in males and females for support from friends and the average KPSS score of all subscales, but otherwise, there are no sex differences. For each subscale alone, the additive genetic (A) and unique environment (E) effects were significant. By contrast, the covariation among the subscales was explained - in roughly equal parts - by A, E and the common environment, with effects of different support constellations plausibly accounting for the latter. A single genetic and common environment factor accounted for between half and three-quarters of the variance across the subscales in both males and females, suggesting little heterogeneity in the genetic and environmental etiology of the different support sources.


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Apoio Social , Gêmeos , Austrália/epidemiologia , Criança , Feminino , Amigos , Humanos , Masculino , Caracteres Sexuais , Gêmeos/genética
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Alzheimers Dement ; 17(6): 1017-1025, 2021 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33580733

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INTRODUCTION: The locus coeruleus (LC) undergoes extensive neurodegeneration in early Alzheimer's disease (AD). The LC is implicated in regulating the sleep-wake cycle, modulating cognitive function, and AD progression. METHODS: Participants were 481 men (ages 62 to 71.7) from the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging. LC structural integrity was indexed by neuromelanin-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast-to-noise ratio (LCCNR ). We examined LCCNR , cognition, amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), and daytime dysfunction. RESULTS: Heritability of LCCNR was .48. Participants with aMCI showed greater daytime dysfunction. Lower LCCNR was associated with poorer episodic memory, general verbal fluency, semantic fluency, and processing speed, as well as increased odds of aMCI and greater daytime dysfunction. DISCUSSION: Reduced LC integrity is associated with widespread differences across cognitive domains, daytime sleep-related dysfunction, and risk for aMCI. These findings in late-middle-aged adults highlight the potential of MRI-based measures of LC integrity in early identification of AD risk.


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Cognição/fisiologia , Disfunção Cognitiva/patologia , Locus Cerúleo/patologia , Idoso , Envelhecimento/fisiologia , Disfunção Cognitiva/diagnóstico por imagem , Progressão da Doença , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Transtornos da Memória , Testes Neuropsicológicos/estatística & dados numéricos , Sono
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Mol Psychiatry ; 24(3): 421-430, 2019 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29487403

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Early identification of younger, non-demented adults at elevated risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is crucial because the pathological process begins decades before dementia onset. Toward that end, we showed that an AD polygenic risk score (PRS) could identify mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in adults who were only in their 50s. Participants were 1176 white, non-Hispanic community-dwelling men of European ancestry in the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA): 7% with amnestic MCI (aMCI); 4% with non-amnestic MCI (naMCI). Mean age was 56 years, with 89% <60 years old. Diagnosis was based on the Jak-Bondi actuarial/neuropsychological approach. We tested six P-value thresholds (0.05-0.50) for single nucleotide polymorphisms included in the ADPRS. After controlling for non-independence of twins and non-MCI factors that can affect cognition, higher PRSs were associated with significantly greater odds of having aMCI than being cognitively normal (odds ratios (ORs) = 1.36-1.43 for thresholds P < 0.20-0.50). The highest OR for the upper vs. lower quartile of the ADPRS distribution was 3.22. ORs remained significant after accounting for APOE-related SNPs from the ADPRS or directly genotyped APOE. Diabetes was associated with significantly increased odds of having naMCI (ORs = 3.10-3.41 for thresholds P < 0.05-0.50), consistent with naMCI having more vascular/inflammation components than aMCI. Analysis of sensitivity, specificity, and negative and positive predictive values supported some potential of ADPRSs for selecting participants in clinical trials aimed at early intervention. With participants 15+ years younger than most MCI samples, these findings are promising with regard to efforts to more effectively treat or slow AD progression.


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Disfunção Cognitiva/diagnóstico , Disfunção Cognitiva/genética , Doença de Alzheimer/complicações , Doença de Alzheimer/genética , Cognição , Progressão da Doença , Testes Genéticos/métodos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Herança Multifatorial/genética , Testes Neuropsicológicos , Estudo de Prova de Conceito , Fatores de Risco , Sensibilidade e Especificidade
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Nicotine Tob Res ; 22(6): 900-909, 2020 05 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31294817

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INTRODUCTION: FTND (FagerstrÓ§m test for nicotine dependence) and TTFC (time to smoke first cigarette in the morning) are common measures of nicotine dependence (ND). However, genome-wide meta-analysis for these phenotypes has not been reported. METHODS: Genome-wide meta-analyses for FTND (N = 19,431) and TTFC (N = 18,567) phenotypes were conducted for adult smokers of European ancestry from 14 independent cohorts. RESULTS: We found that SORBS2 on 4q35 (p = 4.05 × 10-8), BG182718 on 11q22 (p = 1.02 × 10-8), and AA333164 on 14q21 (p = 4.11 × 10-9) were associated with TTFC phenotype. We attempted replication of leading candidates with independent samples (FTND, N = 7010 and TTFC, N = 10 061), however, due to limited power of the replication samples, the replication of these new loci did not reach significance. In gene-based analyses, COPB2 was found associated with FTND phenotype, and TFCP2L1, RELN, and INO80C were associated with TTFC phenotype. In pathway and network analyses, we found that the interconnected interactions among the endocytosis, regulation of actin cytoskeleton, axon guidance, MAPK signaling, and chemokine signaling pathways were involved in ND. CONCLUSIONS: Our analyses identified several promising candidates for both FTND and TTFC phenotypes, and further verification of these candidates was necessary. Candidates supported by both FTND and TTFC (CHRNA4, THSD7B, RBFOX1, and ZNF804A) were associated with addiction to alcohol, cocaine, and heroin, and were associated with autism and schizophrenia. We also identified novel pathways involved in cigarette smoking. The pathway interactions highlighted the importance of receptor recycling and internalization in ND. IMPLICATIONS: Understanding the genetic architecture of cigarette smoking and ND is critical to develop effective prevention and treatment. Our study identified novel candidates and biological pathways involved in FTND and TTFC phenotypes, and this will facilitate further investigation of these candidates and pathways.


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Fumar Cigarros/genética , Marcadores Genéticos , Genoma Humano , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Fenótipo , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Tabagismo/genética , Fumar Cigarros/epidemiologia , Estudos de Coortes , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Humanos , Desequilíbrio de Ligação , Metanálise como Assunto , Proteína Reelina , Tabagismo/epidemiologia , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia
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Twin Res Hum Genet ; 23(2): 94-95, 2020 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32450937

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This article describes Dr Nathan Gillespie's PhD training and supervision under Professor Nick Martin and their ongoing collaborations. Drs Gillespie and Martin have collaborated on numerous biometrical genetic analyses applied to cross-sectional and longitudinal twin data, combined molecular and phenotypic modeling, as well as genomewide meta-analyses of psychoactive substance use and misuse. Dr Gillespie remains an active collaborator with Professor Martin, including ongoing data collection, analysis and publications related to the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study.


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Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla/história , Estudos em Gêmeos como Assunto/história , Gêmeos/genética , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla/estatística & dados numéricos , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , Humanos , Psicotrópicos/efeitos adversos , Psicotrópicos/uso terapêutico , Estudos em Gêmeos como Assunto/estatística & dados numéricos
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Twin Res Hum Genet ; 23(6): 345-357, 2020 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33509317

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The '16Up' study conducted at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute from January 2014 to December 2018 aimed to examine the physical and mental health of young Australian twins aged 16-18 years (N = 876; 371 twin pairs and 18 triplet sets). Measurements included online questionnaires covering physical and mental health as well as information and communication technology (ICT) use, actigraphy, sleep diaries and hair samples to determine cortisol concentrations. Study participants generally rated themselves as being in good physical (79%) and mental (73%) health and reported lower rates of psychological distress and exposure to alcohol, tobacco products or other substances than previously reported for this age group in the Australian population. Daily or near-daily online activity was almost universal among study participants, with no differences noted between males and females in terms of frequency or duration of internet access. Patterns of ICT use in this sample indicated that the respondents were more likely to use online information sources for researching physical health issues than for mental health or substance use issues, and that they generally reported partial levels of satisfaction with the mental health information they found online. This suggests that internet-based mental health resources can be readily accessed by adolescent Australians, and their computer literacy augurs well for future access to online health resources. In combination with other data collected as part of the ongoing Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study, the 16Up project provides a valuable resource for the longitudinal investigation of genetic and environmental contributions to phenotypic variation in a variety of human traits.


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Comunicação , Nível de Saúde , Saúde Mental , Gêmeos , Adolescente , Austrália , Alfabetização Digital , Feminino , Humanos , Internet , Estudos Longitudinais , Masculino , Inquéritos e Questionários , Tecnologia
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Hum Brain Mapp ; 40(5): 1528-1540, 2019 04 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30430703

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The human hippocampus can be subdivided into subfields with unique functional properties and differential vulnerability to disease or neuropsychiatric conditions. Identifying genes that confer susceptibility to such processes is an important goal in developing treatments. Recent advances in automatic subfield segmentation from magnetic resonance images make it possible to use these measures as phenotypes in large-scale genome-wide association studies. Such analyses are likely to rely largely on standard resolution (~1 mm isotropic) T1 -weighted images acquired on 3.0T scanners. Determining whether the genetic architecture of subfields can be detected from such images is therefore an important step. We used Freesurfer v6.0 to segment hippocampal subfields in two large twin studies, the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging and the Human Connectome Project. We estimated heritability of subfields and the genetic overlap with total hippocampal volume. Heritability was similar across samples, but little genetic variance remained after accounting for genetic influences on total hippocampal volume. Importantly, we examined genetic relationships between subfields to determine whether subfields can be grouped based on a smaller number of underlying, genetically independent factors. We identified three genetic factors in both samples, but the high degree of cross loadings precluded formation of genetically distinct groupings of subfields. These results confirm the reliability of Freesurfer v6.0 generated subfields across samples for phenotypic analyses. However, the current results suggest that it will be difficult for large-scale genetic analyses to identify subfield-specific genes that are distinct from both total hippocampal volume and other subfields using segmentations generated from standard resolution T1 -weighted images.


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Variação Genética/genética , Hipocampo/diagnóstico por imagem , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Idoso , Envelhecimento/fisiologia , Automação , Conectoma , Análise Fatorial , Feminino , Variação Genética/fisiologia , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Hipocampo/anatomia & histologia , Humanos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fenótipo , Estudos em Gêmeos como Assunto , Gêmeos , Veteranos , Guerra do Vietnã
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Psychol Med ; 49(13): 2158-2167, 2019 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30392478

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BACKGROUND: Normative and pathological personality traits have rarely been integrated into a joint large-scale structural analysis with psychiatric disorders, although a recent study suggested they entail a common individual differences continuum. METHODS: We explored the joint factor structure of 11 psychiatric disorders, five personality-disorder trait domains (DSM-5 Section III), and five normative personality trait domains (the 'Big Five') in a population-based sample of 2796 Norwegian twins, aged 19‒46. RESULTS: Three factors could be interpreted: (i) a general risk factor for all psychopathology, (ii) a risk factor specific to internalizing disorders and traits, and (iii) a risk factor specific to externalizing disorders and traits. Heritability estimates for the three risk factor scores were 48% (95% CI 41‒54%), 35% (CI 28‒42%), and 37% (CI 31‒44%), respectively. All 11 disorders had uniform loadings on the general factor (congruence coefficient of 0.991 with uniformity). Ignoring sign and excluding the openness trait, this uniformity of factor loadings held for all the personality trait domains and all disorders (congruence 0.983). CONCLUSIONS: Based on our findings, future research should investigate joint etiologic and transdiagnostic models for normative and pathological personality and other psychopathology.


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Predisposição Genética para Doença/psicologia , Transtornos Mentais/genética , Transtornos Mentais/psicologia , Transtornos da Personalidade/genética , Transtornos da Personalidade/psicologia , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Entrevista Psicológica , Masculino , Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Noruega/epidemiologia , Personalidade , Transtornos da Personalidade/epidemiologia , Psicopatologia , Fatores de Risco , Gêmeos , Adulto Jovem
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