Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology.
Nat Genet
; 53(6): 817-829, 2021 06.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34002096
ABSTRACT
Bipolar disorder is a heritable mental illness with complex etiology. We performed a genome-wide association study of 41,917 bipolar disorder cases and 371,549 controls of European ancestry, which identified 64 associated genomic loci. Bipolar disorder 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 expression quantitative trait locus data implicated 15 genes robustly linked to bipolar disorder via gene expression, encoding druggable targets such as HTR6, MCHR1, DCLK3 and FURIN. Analyses of bipolar disorder subtypes indicated high but imperfect genetic correlation between bipolar disorder type I and II and identified additional associated loci. Together, these results advance our understanding of the biological etiology of bipolar disorder, identify novel therapeutic leads and prioritize genes for functional follow-up studies.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bipolar Disorder
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Genome-Wide Association Study
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Nat Genet
Journal subject:
GENETICA MEDICA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos