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Leung HW, Foo G, VanDongen A. Arc Regulates Transcription of Genes for Plasticity, Excitability and Alzheimer’s Disease. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10081946. [PMID: 36009494 PMCID: PMC9405677 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10081946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The immediate early gene Arc is a master regulator of synaptic function and a critical determinant of memory consolidation. Here, we show that Arc interacts with dynamic chromatin and closely associates with histone markers for active enhancers and transcription in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. Both these histone modifications, H3K27Ac and H3K9Ac, have recently been shown to be upregulated in late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). When Arc induction by pharmacological network activation was prevented using a short hairpin RNA, the expression profile was altered for over 1900 genes, which included genes associated with synaptic function, neuronal plasticity, intrinsic excitability, and signalling pathways. Interestingly, about 100 Arc-dependent genes are associated with the pathophysiology of AD. When endogenous Arc expression was induced in HEK293T cells, the transcription of many neuronal genes was increased, suggesting that Arc can control expression in the absence of activated signalling pathways. Taken together, these data establish Arc as a master regulator of neuronal activity-dependent gene expression and suggest that it plays a significant role in the pathophysiology of AD.
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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A preliminary genetic association study of GAD1 and GABAB receptor genes in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 49:2015-2024. [PMID: 34845648 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-07019-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND GABAergic system dysfunction has been implicated in the etiology of schizophrenia and of cognitive impairments in particular. Patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) generally suffer from profound cognitive impairments in addition to severe positive symptoms, suggesting that GABA system dysfunction could be involved more closely in patients with TRS. METHODS AND RESULTS In the present study, exome sequencing was conducted on fourteen TRS patients, whereby four SNPs were identified on GAD1, GABBR1 and GABBR2 genes. An association study for five SNPs including these 4 SNPs and rs3749034 on GAD1 as then performed among 357 patients with TRS, 682 non-TRS patients and 508 healthy controls (HC). The results revealed no significant differences in allelic and/or genetic distributions for any of the five SNPs. However, several subanalyses in comparisons between schizophrenia and HC groups, as well as between the three groups, showed nominal-level significance for rs3749034 on GAD1 and rs10985765/rs3750344 on GABBR2. In particular, in comparisons of female subjects, rigorous analysis for rs3749034 showed a statistical difference between the schizophrenia and HC groups and between the TRS and HC groups. CONCLUSIONS Several positive results in subanalyses suggested that genetic vulnerability in the GABA system to schizophrenia or TRS could be affected by sex or sampling area, and overall, that rs3749034 on GAD1 and rs10985765 on GABBR2 could be related to TRS. In the present study, only a few SNPs were examined; it is possible that other important genetic variants in other regions of GABA-related genes were not captured in this preliminary study.
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Veerappa A, Pendyala G, Guda C. A systems omics-based approach to decode substance use disorders and neuroadaptations. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 130:61-80. [PMID: 34411560 PMCID: PMC8511293 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a group of neuropsychiatric conditions manifesting due to excessive dependence on potential drugs of abuse such as psychostimulants, opioids including prescription opioids, alcohol, inhalants, etc. Experimental studies have generated enormous data in the area of SUDs, but outcomes from such data have remained largely fragmented. In this review, we attempt to coalesce these data points providing an important first step towards our understanding of the etiology of SUDs. We propose and describe a 'core addictome' pathway that behaves central to all SUDs. Besides, we also have made some notable observations paving way for several hypotheses; MECP2 behaves as a master switch during substance use; five distinct gene clusters were identified based on respective substance addiction; a central cluster of genes serves as a hub of the addiction pathway connecting all other substance addiction clusters. In addition to describing these findings, we have emphasized the importance of some candidate genes that are of substantial interest for further investigation and serve as high-value targets for translational efforts.
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- Avinash Veerappa
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA; Child Health Research Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA; Center for Biomedical Informatics Research and Innovation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
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Olson A, Zhang F, Cao H, Baranova A, Slavin M. In silico Gene Set and Pathway Enrichment Analyses Highlight Involvement of Ion Transport in Cholinergic Pathways in Autism: Rationale for Nutritional Intervention. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:648410. [PMID: 33958984 PMCID: PMC8093449 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.648410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Food is the primary human source of choline, an essential precursor to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which has a central role in signaling pathways that govern sensorimotor functions. Most Americans do not consume their recommended amount of dietary choline, and populations with neurodevelopmental conditions like autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be particularly vulnerable to consequences of choline deficiency. This study aimed to identify a relationship between ASD and cholinergic signaling through gene set enrichment analysis and interrogation of existing database evidence to produce a systems biology model. In gene set enrichment analysis, two gene ontologies were identified as overlapping for autism-related and for cholinergic pathways-related functions, both involving ion transport regulation. Subsequent modeling of ion transport intensive cholinergic signaling pathways highlighted the importance of two genes with autism-associated variants: GABBR1, which codes for the gamma aminobutyric acid receptor (GABAB 1), and KCNN2, which codes for calcium-activated, potassium ion transporting SK2 channels responsible for membrane repolarization after cholinergic binding/signal transmission events. Cholinergic signal transmission pathways related to these proteins were examined in the Pathway Studio environment. The ion transport ontological associations indicated feasibility of a dietary choline support as a low-risk therapeutic intervention capable of modulating cholinergic sensory signaling in autism. Further research at the intersection of dietary status and sensory function in autism is warranted.
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- Audrey Olson
- Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
- School of Systems Biology, College of Science, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Systems Biology, College of Science, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, United States
- Department of Psychiatry, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- School of Systems Biology, College of Science, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, United States
- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
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Zhao Y, Peng S, Jiang H, Du J, Yu S, Zhao M. Variants in GABBR1 Gene Are Associated with Methamphetamine Dependence and Two Years' Relapse after Drug Rehabilitation. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol 2018; 13:523-531. [PMID: 30143926 DOI: 10.1007/s11481-018-9802-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Methamphetamine (MA) use disorder is a growing global health challenge marked by a steady increase worldwide. GABAergic system plays an important role in the mechanism of drug dependence, however few studies about the association between methamphetamine use disorder and genes in GABAergic system. Concerning GABBR1 gene which encoding the GABAB receptor subunit 1 is an important regulator in the GABAergic system. The aim of the study is to explore whether GABBR1 gene play a role in methamphetamine dependence and relapse after rehabilitation. Three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, rs2076483, rs29221, rs715044) of the GABBR1 gene were genotyped in 791 participants with MA use disorder and 448 healthy controls. The distribution of genotypes and alleles of the three SNPs between the two groups and their subgroups (dependence and abuse) was been analyzed. The multivariate logistic model was used to identify factors associate with relapse of MA use disorder during the following 2 years after drug rehabilitation. It was found that the C allele frequency of rs715044 of the GABBR1 gene was associated with MA use disorder and MA dependence. The CGA (rs2076483- rs29221- rs715044) was negatively associated with MA use disorder. The drug use years and rs29221 GG genotype were associated with relapse during the following 2 years after drug rehabilitation. GABBR1 gene may be associated with the susceptibility for MA use disorder and relapse and it indicates that the GABAergic system may play a role in the MA use disorder. Graphical Abstract GABBR1 gene may be associated with the susceptibility for MA use disorder and relapse and it indicates that the GABAergic system may play a role in the MA use disorder.
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- Yan Zhao
- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China.
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, 200030, China.
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Morley KC, Luquin N, Baillie A, Fraser I, Trent RJ, Dore G, Phung N, Haber PS. Moderation of baclofen response by a GABA B receptor polymorphism: results from the BacALD randomized controlled trial. Addiction 2018; 113:2205-2213. [PMID: 29968397 DOI: 10.1111/add.14373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 04/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Baclofen has been shown to reduce alcohol consumption in alcohol-dependent individuals, but there is marked heterogeneity in response. An association between GABBR1 rs29220 and alcohol dependence has been demonstrated previously. The present study evaluated whether the response to baclofen is moderated by a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs29220) in the GABAB receptor subunit 1 gene (GABBR1). DESIGN Double-blind, placebo-controlled study. SETTING Australia. PARTICIPANTS Seventy-two alcohol-dependent men and women receiving 12 weeks of 30 mg/day of baclofen, 75 mg baclofen or placebo. MEASUREMENTS Primary outcomes included time to lapse (any drinking) and relapse (> 5 drinks per day in men and > 4 in women). We also examined alcohol consumption at follow-up (drinks per drinking day, number of heavy drinking days and percentage days abstinent). FINDINGS We observed significant medication × genotype interaction effect for time to relapse (P = 0.049) and a near-significant interaction effect for time to lapse (P = 0.055). For the CC genotype group, the relapse hazard ratio for baclofen versus placebo was 0.32 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.14-0.75] and for the G- group it was 1.07 (95% CI = 0.43-2.63). There was also a significant medication × genotype interaction for follow-up alcohol consumption (drinks per drinking day, heavy drinking days and days abstinent) (P = 0.02). Covarying for baseline levels of craving, aspartate aminotransferase and abstinence before enrolment reduced the medication × genotype effect for time to lapse and relapse but not for alcohol consumption at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS The GABBR1 rs29220 polymorphism may influence treatment response and possibly predict adverse effects to baclofen in the treatment of alcohol dependence.
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- Kirsten C Morley
- University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medical Genomics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW, Australia
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- University of Sydney, Faculty of Health Sciences, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, NSW, Australia
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- University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Medical Genomics, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW, Australia
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- Herbert St Alcohol Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Addiction Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Central Clinical School, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, NSW, Australia
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW, Australia
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Ji X, Bossé Y, Landi MT, Gui J, Xiao X, Qian D, Joubert P, Lamontagne M, Li Y, Gorlov I, de Biasi M, Han Y, Gorlova O, Hung RJ, Wu X, McKay J, Zong X, Carreras-Torres R, Christiani DC, Caporaso N, Johansson M, Liu G, Bojesen SE, Le Marchand L, Albanes D, Bickeböller H, Aldrich MC, Bush WS, Tardon A, Rennert G, Chen C, Teare MD, Field JK, Kiemeney LA, Lazarus P, Haugen A, Lam S, Schabath MB, Andrew AS, Shen H, Hong YC, Yuan JM, Bertazzi PA, Pesatori AC, Ye Y, Diao N, Su L, Zhang R, Brhane Y, Leighl N, Johansen JS, Mellemgaard A, Saliba W, Haiman C, Wilkens L, Fernandez-Somoano A, Fernandez-Tardon G, van der Heijden EHFM, Kim JH, Dai J, Hu Z, Davies MPA, Marcus MW, Brunnström H, Manjer J, Melander O, Muller DC, Overvad K, Trichopoulou A, Tumino R, Doherty J, Goodman GE, Cox A, Taylor F, Woll P, Brüske I, Manz J, Muley T, Risch A, Rosenberger A, Grankvist K, Johansson M, Shepherd F, Tsao MS, Arnold SM, Haura EB, Bolca C, Holcatova I, Janout V, Kontic M, Lissowska J, Mukeria A, Ognjanovic S, Orlowski TM, Scelo G, Swiatkowska B, Zaridze D, Bakke P, Skaug V, Zienolddiny S, Duell EJ, Butler LM, Koh WP, Gao YT, Houlston R, McLaughlin J, Stevens V, Nickle DC, Obeidat M, Timens W, Zhu B, Song L, Artigas MS, Tobin MD, Wain LV, Gu F, Byun J, Kamal A, Zhu D, Tyndale RF, Wei WQ, Chanock S, Brennan P, Amos CI. Identification of susceptibility pathways for the role of chromosome 15q25.1 in modifying lung cancer risk. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3221. [PMID: 30104567 PMCID: PMC6089967 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05074-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified the chromosome 15q25.1 locus as a leading susceptibility region for lung cancer. However, the pathogenic pathways, through which susceptibility SNPs within chromosome 15q25.1 affects lung cancer risk, have not been explored. We analyzed three cohorts with GWAS data consisting 42,901 individuals and lung expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) data on 409 individuals to identify and validate the underlying pathways and to investigate the combined effect of genes from the identified susceptibility pathways. The KEGG neuroactive ligand receptor interaction pathway, two Reactome pathways, and 22 Gene Ontology terms were identified and replicated to be significantly associated with lung cancer risk, with P values less than 0.05 and FDR less than 0.1. Functional annotation of eQTL analysis results showed that the neuroactive ligand receptor interaction pathway and gated channel activity were involved in lung cancer risk. These pathways provide important insights for the etiology of lung cancer.
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Grants
- P30 CA023108 NCI NIH HHS
- P30 CA076292 NCI NIH HHS
- U01 CA063464 NCI NIH HHS
- P50 CA070907 NCI NIH HHS
- R01 CA111703 NCI NIH HHS
- UM1 CA182876 NCI NIH HHS
- UL1 TR000117 NCATS NIH HHS
- P20 CA090578 NCI NIH HHS
- U19 CA148127 NCI NIH HHS
- P20 GM103534 NIGMS NIH HHS
- UL1 TR000445 NCATS NIH HHS
- R01 LM012012 NLM NIH HHS
- R01 CA092824 NCI NIH HHS
- R35 CA197449 NCI NIH HHS
- UM1 CA164973 NCI NIH HHS
- U01 CA167462 NCI NIH HHS
- U19 CA203654 NCI NIH HHS
- R01 CA144034 NCI NIH HHS
- P20 RR018787 NCRR NIH HHS
- S10 RR025141 NCRR NIH HHS
- R01 CA074386 NCI NIH HHS
- R01 CA176568 NCI NIH HHS
- K07 CA172294 NCI NIH HHS
- P50 CA119997 NCI NIH HHS
- G0902313 Medical Research Council
- R01 CA063464 NCI NIH HHS
- P01 CA033619 NCI NIH HHS
- R01 HL133786 NHLBI NIH HHS
- P30 CA177558 NCI NIH HHS
- P50 CA090578 NCI NIH HHS
- U01 HG004798 NHGRI NIH HHS
- R01 CA151989 NCI NIH HHS
- 001 World Health Organization
- 202849/Z/16/Z Wellcome Trust
- UM1 CA167462 NCI NIH HHS
- U01 CA164973 NCI NIH HHS
- This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the research of lung cancer (grant P30CA023108, P20GM103534 and R01LM012012); Trandisciplinary Research in Cancer of the Lung (TRICL) (grant U19CA148127); UICC American Cancer Society Beginning Investigators Fellowship funded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) (to X.Ji). CAPUA study. This work was supported by FIS-FEDER/Spain grant numbers FIS-01/310, FIS-PI03-0365, and FIS-07-BI060604, FICYT/Asturias grant numbers FICYT PB02-67 and FICYT IB09-133, and the University Institute of Oncology (IUOPA), of the University of Oviedo and the Ciber de Epidemiologia y Salud Pública. CIBERESP, SPAIN. The work performed in the CARET study was supported by the The National Institute of Health / National Cancer Institute: UM1 CA167462 (PI: Goodman), National Institute of Health UO1-CA6367307 (PIs Omen, Goodman); National Institute of Health R01 CA111703 (PI Chen), National Institute of Health 5R01 CA151989-01A1(PI Doherty). The Liverpool Lung project is supported by the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. The Harvard Lung Cancer Study was supported by the NIH (National Cancer Institute) grants CA092824, CA090578, CA074386 The Multiethnic Cohort Study was partially supported by NIH Grants CA164973, CA033619, CA63464 and CA148127 The work performed in MSH-PMH study was supported by The Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (020214), Ontario Institute of Cancer and Cancer Care Ontario Chair Award to R.J.H. and G.L. and the Alan Brown Chair and Lusi Wong Programs at the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation. NJLCS was funded by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (81230067), the National Key Basic Research Program Grant (2011CB503805), the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81390543). Norway study was supported by Norwegian Cancer Society, Norwegian Research Council The Shanghai Cohort Study (SCS) was supported by National Institutes of Health R01 CA144034 (PI: Yuan) and UM1 CA182876 (PI: Yuan). The Singapore Chinese Health Study (SCHS) was supported by National Institutes of Health R01 CA144034 (PI: Yuan) and UM1 CA182876 (PI: Yuan). The work in TLC study has been supported in part the James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program (09KN-15), National Institutes of Health Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) Grant (P50 CA119997), and by a Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, an NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center (grant number P30-CA76292) The Vanderbilt Lung Cancer Study – BioVU dataset used for the analyses described was obtained from Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s BioVU, which is supported by institutional funding, the 1S10RR025141-01 instrumentation award, and by the Vanderbilt CTSA grant UL1TR000445 from NCATS/NIH. Dr. Aldrich was supported by NIH/National Cancer Institute K07CA172294 (PI: Aldrich) and Dr. Bush was supported by NHGRI/NIH U01HG004798 (PI: Crawford). The Copenhagen General Population Study (CGPS) was supported by the Chief Physician Johan Boserup and Lise Boserup Fund, the Danish Medical Research Council and Herlev Hospital. The NELCS study: Grant Number P20RR018787 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The MDACC study was supported in part by grants from the NIH (P50 CA070907, R01 CA176568) (to X. Wu), Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (RP130502) (to X. Wu), and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center institutional support for the Center for Translational and Public Health Genomics. The study in Lodz center was partially funded by Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, under task NIOM 10.13: Predictors of mortality from non-small cell lung cancer - field study. Kentucky Lung Cancer Research Initiative was supported by the Department of Defense [Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Program] under award number: 10153006 (W81XWH-11-1-0781). Views and opinions of, and endorsements by the author(s) do not reflect those of the US Army or the Department of Defense. This research was also supported by unrestricted infrastructure funds from the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science, NIH grant UL1TR000117 and Markey Cancer Center NCI Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA177558) Shared Resource Facilities: Cancer Research Informatics, Biospecimen and Tissue Procurement, and Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. The Resource for the Study of Lung Cancer Epidemiology in North Trent (ReSoLuCENT) study was funded by the Sheffield Hospitals Charity, Sheffield Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity. FT was supported by a clinical PhD fellowship funded by the Yorkshire Cancer Research/Cancer Research UK Sheffield Cancer Centre. The authors would like to thank the staff at the Respiratory Health Network Tissue Bank of the FRQS for their valuable assistance with the lung eQTL dataset at Laval University. The lung eQTL study at Laval University was supported by the Fondation de l’Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, the Respiratory Health Network of the FRQS, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP - 123369). Y.B. holds a Canada Research Chair in Genomics of Heart and Lung Diseases. The research undertaken by M.D.T., L.V.W. and M.S.A. was partly funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health. M.D.T. holds a Medical Research Council Senior Clinical Fellowship (G0902313).
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- Xuemei Ji
- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Laval University, Québec, G1V 4G5, Canada
- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, G1V 4G5, Canada
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, MD, USA
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, G1V 4G5, Canada
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- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, G1V 4G5, Canada
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104, PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104, PA, USA
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System and University of Toronto, Toronto, M5T 3L9, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030, TX, USA
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, 69372 CEDEX 08, France
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System and University of Toronto, Toronto, M5T 3L9, Canada
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, 69372 CEDEX 08, France
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 02115, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02115, MA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, MD, USA
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, 69372 CEDEX 08, France
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System and University of Toronto, Toronto, M5T 3L9, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Herlev 2730, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2200 København N, Denmark
- Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Ringvej 75, Copenhagen, Herlev 2730, Denmark
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- Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, 96813, HI, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, MD, USA
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, 37073, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, 37203, TN, USA
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, 37203, TN, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 44106, OH, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, 33006, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Campus del Cristo s/n, Oviedo, 33006, Spain
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- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, 34361, Israel
- Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, 34361, Israel
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 98109, WA, USA
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- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 4DA, UK
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- Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, 6525 EZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, 99210-1495, WA, USA
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- National Institute of Occupational Health, 0033, Gydas vei 8, 0033, Oslo, Norway
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- British Columbia Cancer Agency, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, V5Z1L3, Canada
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, 33612, FL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Drive, Hanover, 03755, NH, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Ave, Nanjing, 211166, PR China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 151 742, Republic of Korea
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- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, 15232, PA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, IRCCS Foundation Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, 20133, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, IRCCS Foundation Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, 20133, Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, 20133, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030, TX, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 02115, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 02115, MA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 02115, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Ave, Nanjing, 211166, PR China
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System and University of Toronto, Toronto, M5T 3L9, Canada
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- University Health Network-The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Department of Oncology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, 2730, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, 2730, Denmark
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- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, 34361, Israel
- Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, 34361, Israel
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, 90033, CA, USA
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- Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, 96813, HI, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, 33006, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Campus del Cristo s/n, Oviedo, 33006, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, 33006, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Campus del Cristo s/n, Oviedo, 33006, Spain
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, 6525 EZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Integrative Bioscience & Biotechnology, Sejong University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Ave, Nanjing, 211166, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jiangsu Key Lab of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Ave, Nanjing, 211166, PR China
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- Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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- Roy Castle Lung Cancer Research Programme, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Lund University, Lund, 222 41, Sweden
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- Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
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- Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
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- School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
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- Cancer Registry and Histopathology Department, "Civic-M.P. Arezzo" Hospital, ASP, Ragusa, 97100, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Drive, Hanover, 03755, NH, USA
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 98109-1024, WA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 98109-1024, WA, USA
- Swedish Medical Group, Arnold Pavilion, Suite 200, Seattle, 98104, WA, USA
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, D-85764, Germany
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- Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, D-85764, Germany
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- Thoraxklinik at University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69126, Germany
- Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC-H), Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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- Cancer Cluster Salzburg, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, 37073, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Umeå University, Umeå, 901 85, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, 901 85, Sweden
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- Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, First Floor, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, 40508, KY, USA
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, 33612, KY, USA
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- Institute of Pneumology "Marius Nasta", Bucharest, RO-050159, Romania
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- 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, Prague, 121 08 Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Kateřinská 32, Prague, 121 08 Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Pulmonology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, M. Sklodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Center, Warsaw, 02-781, Poland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Russian N.N. Blokhin Cancer Research Centre, Moscow, 115478, Russian Federation
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- International Organization for Cancer Prevention and Research, Belgrade, 11070, Serbia
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- Department of Surgery, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, PL-01-138, Poland
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, 69372 CEDEX 08, France
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- Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, 91-348, Poland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Russian N.N. Blokhin Cancer Research Centre, Moscow, 115478, Russian Federation
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, 5021, Norway
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- National Institute of Occupational Health, 0033, Gydas vei 8, 0033, Oslo, Norway
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- National Institute of Occupational Health, 0033, Gydas vei 8, 0033, Oslo, Norway
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- Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO-IDIBELL), Barcelona, 08908, Spain
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- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, 15232, PA, USA
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- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, 119077, Singapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117549, Singapore
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- Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai, 2200, China
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- Department of Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, 02115-5727, MA, USA
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St Paul's Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6Z 1Y6, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, GRIAC, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NL - 9713 GZ, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, MD, USA
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- Genetic Epidemiology Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
- Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- Genetic Epidemiology Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
- Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- Genetic Epidemiology Group, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
- Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, MD, USA
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A8, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5T 1R8, ON, Canada
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, M6J 1H4, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, MD, USA
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, 69372 CEDEX 08, France
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- Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, 03750, NH, USA.
- The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 77030, TX, USA.
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Wang Q, Li S, Li H, Jia C. Association of serotonergic pathway genes with smoking cessation in a Chinese rural male population. Addict Behav 2018; 80:34-38. [PMID: 29310005 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Revised: 01/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Previous studies have found serotonergic pathway genes have inhibitory effects on dopamine system which may influence smoking addiction. This study examined the associations of serotonergic pathway genes (serotonergic receptor genes, solute carrier family 6 member4 and tryptophan hydroxylase gene) with smoking cessation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male current and former smokers (n=819) were recruited from 17 villages of three counties in Shandong province, China. DNA was extracted from the blood samples. Eleven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in serotonergic pathway genes were genotyped. Multiple logistic regression was used to assess associations between SNPs and smoking cessation. Pearson's χ2 test was performed to explore associations of haplotypes with smoking cessation. Multiple logistic regression was used to detect the interaction between SNPs on smoking cessation. RESULTS In multiple logistic regression, rs1042173 of Solute carrier family 6 member 4 was significantly related to smoking cessation in additive and dominant model (p=0.03 and 0.02, respectively). Rs4570625 of tryptophan hydroxylase 2 was significantly associated with smoking cessation in dominant model (p=0.03). Nine significant interactions were detected between SNPs in serotonergic pathway genes. CONCLUSIONS The present study reveals that serotonergic pathway genes were significantly related to smoking cessation. Future research should expand upon these findings to confirm them.
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Yin X, Bizon C, Tilson J, Lin Y, Gizer IR, Ehlers CL, Wilhelmsen KC. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies a novel susceptibility signal at CACNA2D3 for nicotine dependence. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2017; 174:557-567. [PMID: 28440896 PMCID: PMC5656555 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Nicotine dependence (ND) has a reported heritability of 40-70%. Low-coverage whole-genome sequencing was conducted in 1,889 samples from the UCSF Family study. Linear mixed models were used to conduct genome-wide association (GWA) tests of ND in this and five cohorts obtained from the database of Genotypes and Phenotypes. Fixed-effect meta-analysis was carried out separately for European (n = 14,713) and African (n = 3,369) participants, and then in a combined analysis of both ancestral groups. The meta-analysis of African participants identified a significant and novel susceptibility signal (rs56247223; p = 4.11 × 10-8 ). Data from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) study suggested the protective allele is associated with reduced mRNA expression of CACNA2D3 in three human brain tissues (p < 4.94 × 10-2 ). Sequence data from the UCSF Family study suggested that a rare nonsynonymous variant in this gene conferred increased risk for ND (p = 0.01) providing further support for CACNA2D3 involvement in ND. Suggestive associations were observed in six additional regions in both European and merged populations (p < 5.00 × 10-6 ). The top variants were found to regulate mRNA expression levels of genes in human brains using GTEx data (p < 0.05): HAX1 and CHRNB2 (rs1760803), ADAMTSL1 (rs17198023), PEX2 (rs12680810), GLIS3 (rs12348139), non-coding RNA for LINC00476 (rs10759883), and GABBR1 (rs56020557 and rs62392942). A gene-based association test further supported the relation between GABBR1 and ND (p = 6.36 × 10-7 ). These findings will inform the biological mechanisms and development of therapeutic targets for ND.
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- Xianyong Yin
- Department of Genetics, and Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road 5000 D, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264, United States
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- Department of Genetics, and Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road 5000 D, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264, United States
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- Department of Genetics, and Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road 5000 D, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264, United States
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- Department of Genetics, and Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road 5000 D, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264, United States
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, 210 McAlester Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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- Department of Genetics, and Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road 5000 D, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264, United States,Correspondence to: Kirk C. Wilhelmsen, MD, PhD, Department of Genetics, and Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road 5000 D, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7264, USA. Tel: 1-919-966-1373; Fax: 1-919-843-4682;
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Caputo F, Ciminelli BM, Jodice C, Blasi P, Vignoli T, Cibin M, Zoli G, Malaspina P. Alcohol use disorder and GABA B receptor gene polymorphisms in an Italian sample: haplotype frequencies, linkage disequilibrium and association studies. Ann Hum Biol 2017; 44:384-388. [PMID: 28118741 DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2017.1287307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a complex trait with genetic and environmental influences. Several gene variants have been associated with the risk for AUD, including genes encoding the sub-units of the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors. AIM This study evaluated whether specific single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes encoding GABAB receptor sub-units can be considered as candidates for the risk of AUD. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Seventy-four AUD subjects and 128 Italian controls were genotyped for 10 SNPs in genes encoding GABA-B1 and GABA-B2 sub-units (GABBR1 and GABBR2). Allele, genotype, and haplotype frequencies were tested for the association with the AUD trait. RESULTS A significant difference between AUD individuals and controls was observed at genotype level for rs2900512 of GABBR2 gene. The homozygous T/T genotype was not found in the controls, whereas it was over-represented in the AUD individuals. Under the recessive model (T/T vs C/T + C/C) this result was statistically significant, as well as the Odds Ratio for the association with the AUD trait. CONCLUSIONS The results provide preliminary data on the association between GABAB receptor gene variation and risk of AUD. To confirm this finding, studies with larger samples and additional characterisation of the phenotypic AUD trait are required.
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- Fabio Caputo
- a Department of Internal Medicine , SS Annunziata Hospital, Cento , Ferrara , Italy
- b 'G. Fontana' Centre for the Study and Multidisciplinary Treatment of Alcohol Addiction, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences , University of Bologna , Italy
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- c Department of Biology , University of Rome Tor Vergata , Rome , Italy
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- c Department of Biology , University of Rome Tor Vergata , Rome , Italy
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- a Department of Internal Medicine , SS Annunziata Hospital, Cento , Ferrara , Italy
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- a Department of Internal Medicine , SS Annunziata Hospital, Cento , Ferrara , Italy
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- a Department of Internal Medicine , SS Annunziata Hospital, Cento , Ferrara , Italy
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Li M, Wei C, Wen Y, Wang T, Lu Q. Detecting Gene-Gene Interactions Associated with Multiple Complex Traits with U-Statistics. Curr Genomics 2016; 17:403-415. [PMID: 28479869 PMCID: PMC5320542 DOI: 10.2174/1389202917666160513100946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Many complex diseases, such as psychiatric and behavioral disorders, are commonly characterized through various measurements that reflect physical, behavioral and psychological aspects of diseases. While it remains a great challenge to find a unified measurement to characterize a disease, the available multiple phenotypes can be analyzed jointly in the genetic association study. Simultaneously testing these phenotypes has many advantages, including considering different aspects of the disease in the analysis, and utilizing correlated phenotypes to improve the power of detecting disease-associated variants. Furthermore, complex diseases are likely caused by the interplay of multiple genetic variants through complicated mechanisms. Considering gene-gene interactions in the joint association analysis of complex diseases could further increase our ability to discover genetic variants involving complex disease pathways. In this article, we propose a stepwise U-test for joint association analysis of multiple loci and multiple phenotypes. Through simulations, we demonstrated that testing multiple phenotypes simultaneously could attain higher power than testing one single phenotype at a time, especially when there are shared genes contributing to multiple phenotypes. We also illustrated the proposed method with an application to Nicotine Dependence (ND), using datasets from the Study of Addition, Genetics and Environment (SAGE). The joint analysis of three ND phenotypes identified two SNPs, rs10508649 and rs2491397, and reached a nominal P-value of 3.79e-13. The association was further replicated in two independent datasets with P-values of 2.37e-05 and 7.46e-05.
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- Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, P.R. China; Tel: 517.353.8623 x137; Fax: 517.432.1130;, E-mail:
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Terranova C, Tucci M, Di Pietra L, Ferrara SD. GABA Receptors Genes Polymorphisms and Alcohol Dependence: No Evidence of an Association in an Italian Male Population. CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE 2014; 12:142-8. [PMID: 25191505 PMCID: PMC4153861 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2014.12.2.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Objective The genes encoding for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A and B receptors may be considered as candidates for alcoholism; genetic alterations at this level may produce structural and functional diversity and thus play a role in the response to alcohol addiction treatment. To investigate these aspects further, we conducted a preliminary genetic association study on a population of Italian male alcohol addicts, focusing on GABA A and B receptors. Methods A total of 186 alcohol-dependent subjects (in the first phase 139, then 47 more samples) and 182 controls were genotyped for 25 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of genes encoding the alpha-1 subunit of GABA A receptor (GABRA1) and subunits 1 and 2 of GABA B receptor (GABBR1 and GABBR2). The chi-squared test for allele and genotype distributions and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium analysis of both subjects and controls were performed. Bonferroni's correction for multiple comparisons was applied. Results Preliminary results comparing 139 alcohol-dependent subjects and 182 controls showed differences in genotype distribution in the former for SNP rs29253, located in the intron region of the GABBR1 gene. In order to clarify the meaning of this association, 47 more samples from alcohol-dependent subjects were tested for this SNP only: the previously found association was not confirmed. Conclusion The lack of significant differences between the two groups does not provide evidence that GABRA 1 and GABBR1 and 2 genes are candidates for alcoholism in this population. Further studies with larger samples are needed, together with investigation of other components of the GABA pathway.
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- Claudio Terranova
- School of Medicine, Forensic Toxicology and Antidoping, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- School of Medicine, Forensic Toxicology and Antidoping, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- School of Medicine, Forensic Toxicology and Antidoping, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- School of Medicine, Forensic Toxicology and Antidoping, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Yang J, Li MD. Association and interaction analyses of 5-HT3 receptor and serotonin transporter genes with alcohol, cocaine, and nicotine dependence using the SAGE data. Hum Genet 2014; 133:905-18. [PMID: 24590108 PMCID: PMC4055533 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-014-1431-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Previous studies have implicated genes encoding the 5-HT3AB receptors (HTR3A and HTR3B) and the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4), both independently and interactively, in alcohol (AD), cocaine (CD), and nicotine dependence (ND). However, whether these genetic effects also exist in subjects with comorbidities remains largely unknown. We used 1,136 African-American (AA) and 2,428 European-American (EA) subjects from the Study of Addiction: Genetics and Environment (SAGE) to determine associations between 88 genotyped or imputed variants within HTR3A, HTR3B, and SLC6A4 and three types of addictions, which were measured by DSM-IV diagnoses of AD, CD, and ND and the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), an independent measure of ND commonly used in tobacco research. Individual SNP-based association analysis revealed a significant association of rs2066713 in SLC6A4 with FTND in AA (β = -1.39; P = 1.6E - 04). Haplotype-based association analysis found one major haplotype formed by SNPs rs3891484 and rs3758987 in HTR3B that was significantly associated with AD in the AA sample, and another major haplotype T-T-G, formed by SNPs rs7118530, rs12221649, and rs2085421 in HTR3A, which showed significant association with FTND in the EA sample. Considering the biologic roles of the three genes and their functional relations, we used the GPU-based Generalized Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction (GMDR-GPU) program to test SNP-by-SNP interactions within the three genes and discovered two- to five-variant models that have significant impacts on AD, CD, ND, or FTND. Interestingly, most of the SNPs included in the genetic interaction model(s) for each addictive phenotype are either overlapped or in high linkage disequilibrium for both AA and EA samples, suggesting these detected variants in HTR3A, HTR3B, and SLC6A4 are interactively contributing to etiology of the three addictive phenotypes examined in this study.
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- Jiekun Yang
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, 450 Ray C. Hunt Drive, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA
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Johnson BA, Seneviratne C, Wang XQ, Ait-Daoud N, Li MD. Determination of genotype combinations that can predict the outcome of the treatment of alcohol dependence using the 5-HT(3) antagonist ondansetron. Am J Psychiatry 2013; 170:1020-31. [PMID: 23897038 PMCID: PMC3809153 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12091163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The authors previously reported that the 5'-HTTLPR-LL and rs1042173-TT (SLC6A4-LL/TT) genotypes in the serotonin transporter gene predicted a significant reduction in the severity of alcohol consumption among alcoholics receiving the 5-HT3 antagonist ondansetron. In this study, they explored additional markers of ondansetron treatment response in alcoholics by examining polymorphisms in the HTR3A and HTR3B genes, which regulate directly the function and binding of 5-HT3 receptors to ondansetron. METHOD The authors genotyped one rare and 18 common single-nucleotide polymorphisms in HTR3A and HTR3B in the same sample that they genotyped for SLC6A4-LL/TT in the previous randomized, double-blind, 11-week clinical trial. Participants were 283 European Americans who received oral ondansetron (4 mg/kg of body weight twice daily) or placebo along with weekly cognitive-behavioral therapy. Associations of individual and combined genotypes with treatment response on drinking outcomes were analyzed. RESULTS Individuals carrying one or more of genotypes rs1150226-AG and rs1176713-GG in HTR3A and rs17614942-AC in HTR3B showed a significant overall mean difference between ondansetron and placebo in drinks per drinking day (22.50; effect size=0.867), percentage of heavy drinking days (220.58%; effect size=0.780), and percentage of days abstinent (18.18%; effect size=0.683). Combining these HTR3A/HTR3B and SLC6A4-LL/TT genotypes increased the target cohort from approaching 20% (identified in the previous study) to 34%. CONCLUSIONS The authors present initial evidence suggesting that a combined fivemarker genotype panel can be used to predict the outcome of treatment of alcohol dependence with ondansetron. Additional, larger pharmacogenetic studies would help to validate these results.
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- Bankole A. Johnson
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Wehby GL, Wilcox A, Lie RT. The Impact of Cigarette Quitting during Pregnancy on Other Prenatal Health Behaviors. REVIEW OF ECONOMICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD 2013; 11:211-233. [PMID: 23807871 PMCID: PMC3690665 DOI: 10.1007/s11150-012-9163-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Several economic studies have evaluated the effects of cigarette smoking and quitting on other health behaviors such as alcohol use and weight gain. However, there is little research that evaluates the effects of cigarette quitting during pregnancy on other health behaviors such as caloric intake, alcohol consumption, multivitamin use, and caffeine intake. In this paper, we evaluate these effects and employ a genetic variant that predicts cigarette quitting to aid in identification. We find some evidence that cigarette quitting during pregnancy may increase multivitamin use and caloric intake and reduce caffeine consumption.
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- George L. Wehby
- Associate Professor of Health Economics, Dept. of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 105 River Street, N248 CPHB, Iowa City, IA 52242, Phone: 319-384-3814, Fax: 319-384-4371
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Development of GMDR-GPU for gene-gene interaction analysis and its application to WTCCC GWAS data for type 2 diabetes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61943. [PMID: 23626757 PMCID: PMC3633958 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Although genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a significant number of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with many complex human traits, the susceptibility loci identified so far can explain only a small fraction of the genetic risk. Among other possible explanations, the lack of a comprehensive examination of gene–gene interaction (G×G) is often considered a source of the missing heritability. Previously, we reported a model-free Generalized Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction (GMDR) approach for detecting G×G in both dichotomous and quantitative phenotypes. However, the computational burden and less efficient implementation of the original programs make them impossible to use for GWAS. In this study, we developed a graphics processing unit (GPU)-based GMDR program (named GWAS-GPU), which is able not only to analyze GWAS data but also to run much faster than the earlier version of the GMDR program. As a demonstration of the program, we used the GMDR-GPU software to analyze a publicly available GWAS dataset on type 2 diabetes (T2D) from the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium. Through an exhaustive search of pair-wise interactions and a selected search of three- to five-way interactions conditioned on significant pair-wise results, we identified 24 core SNPs in six genes (FTO: rs9939973, rs9940128, rs9922047, rs1121980, rs9939609, rs9930506; TSPAN8: rs1495377; TCF7L2: rs4074720, rs7901695, rs4506565, rs4132670, rs10787472, rs11196205, rs10885409, rs11196208; L3MBTL3: rs10485400, rs4897366; CELF4: rs2852373, rs608489; RUNX1: rs445984, rs1040328, rs990074, rs2223046, rs2834970) that appear to be important for T2D. Of these core SNPs, 11 in FTO, TSPAN8, and TCF7L2 have been reported to be associated with T2D, obesity, or both, providing an independent replication of previously reported SNPs. Importantly, we identified three new susceptibility genes; i.e., L3MBTL3, CELF4, and RUNX1, for T2D, a finding that warrants further investigation with independent samples.
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Stokes PR, Benecke A, Myers J, Erritzoe D, Watson BJ, Kalk N, Barros DR, Hammers A, Nutt DJ, Lingford-Hughes AR. History of cigarette smoking is associated with higher limbic GABAA receptor availability. Neuroimage 2013; 69:70-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2012] [Revised: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Li MD, Cao J, Wang S, Wang J, Sarkar S, Vigorito M, Ma JZ, Chang SL. Transcriptome sequencing of gene expression in the brain of the HIV-1 transgenic rat. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59582. [PMID: 23536882 PMCID: PMC3607591 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The noninfectious HIV-1 transgenic (HIV-1Tg) rat was developed as a model of AIDs-related pathology and immune dysfunction by manipulation of a noninfectious HIV-1gag-pol virus with a deleted 3-kb SphI-MscI fragment containing the 3′ -region of gag and the 5′ region of pol into F344 rats. Our previous studies revealed significant behavioral differences between HIV-1Tg and F344 control rats in their performance in the Morris water maze and responses to psychostimulants. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these behavioral differences remain largely unknown. The primary goal of this study was to identify differentially expressed genes and enriched pathways affected by the gag-pol-deleted HIV-1 genome. Using RNA deep sequencing, we sequenced RNA transcripts in the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and striatum of HIV-1Tg and F344 rats. A total of 72 RNA samples were analyzed (i.e., 12 animals per group × 2 strains × 3 brain regions). Following deep-sequencing analysis of 50-bp paired-end reads of RNA-Seq, we used Bowtie/Tophat/Cufflinks suites to align these reads into transcripts based on the Rn4 rat reference genome and to measure the relative abundance of each transcript. Statistical analyses on each brain region in the two strains revealed that immune response- and neurotransmission-related pathways were altered in the HIV-1Tg rats, with brain region differences. Other neuronal survival-related pathways, including those encoding myelin proteins, growth factors, and translation regulators, were altered in the HIV-1Tg rats in a brain region-dependent manner. This study is the first deep-sequencing analysis of RNA transcripts associated the HIV-1Tg rat. Considering the functions of the pathways and brain regions examined in this study, our findings of abnormal gene expression patterns in HIV-1Tg rats suggest mechanisms underlying the deficits in learning and memory and vulnerability to drug addiction and other psychiatric disorders observed in HIV-positive patients.
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- Ming D. Li
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MDL); (SLC)
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Biological Sciences, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Psychology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Biological Sciences, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MDL); (SLC)
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Rodriguez-Flores JL, Fuller J, Hackett NR, Salit J, Malek JA, Al-Dous E, Chouchane L, Zirie M, Jayoussi A, Mahmoud MA, Crystal RG, Mezey JG. Exome sequencing of only seven Qataris identifies potentially deleterious variants in the Qatari population. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47614. [PMID: 23139751 PMCID: PMC3490971 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The Qatari population, located at the Arabian migration crossroads of African and Eurasia, is comprised of Bedouin, Persian and African genetic subgroups. By deep exome sequencing of only 7 Qataris, including individuals in each subgroup, we identified 2,750 nonsynonymous SNPs predicted to be deleterious, many of which are linked to human health, or are in genes linked to human health. Many of these SNPs were at significantly elevated deleterious allele frequency in Qataris compared to other populations worldwide. Despite the small sample size, SNP allele frequency was highly correlated with a larger Qatari sample. Together, the data demonstrate that exome sequencing of only a small number of individuals can reveal genetic variations with potential health consequences in understudied populations.
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- Juan L. Rodriguez-Flores
- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
- Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Harmey D, Griffin PR, Kenny PJ. Development of novel pharmacotherapeutics for tobacco dependence: progress and future directions. Nicotine Tob Res 2012; 14:1300-18. [PMID: 23024249 PMCID: PMC3611986 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The vast majority of tobacco smokers seeking to quit will relapse within the first month of abstinence. Currently available smoking cessation agents have limited utility in increasing rates of smoking cessation and in some cases there are notable safety concerns related to their use. Hence, there is a pressing need to develop safer and more efficacious smoking cessation medications. METHODS Here, we provide an overview of current efforts to develop new pharmacotherapeutic agents to facilitate smoking cessation, identified from ongoing clinical trials and published reports. RESULTS Nicotine is considered the major addictive agent in tobacco smoke, and the vast majority of currently available smoking cessation agents act by modulating nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) signaling. Accordingly, there is much effort directed toward developing novel small molecule therapeutics and biological agents such as nicotine vaccines for smoking cessation that act by modulating nAChR activity. Our increasing knowledge of the neurobiology of nicotine addiction has revealed new targets for novel smoking cessation therapeutics. Indeed, we highlight many examples of novel small molecule drug development around non-nAChR targets. Finally, there is a growing appreciation that medications already approved for other disease indications could show promise as smoking cessation agents, and we consider examples of such repurposing efforts. CONCLUSION Ongoing clinical assessment of potential smoking cessation agents offers the promise of new effective medications. Nevertheless, much of our current knowledge of molecular mechanisms of nicotine addiction derived from preclinical studies has not yet been leveraged for medications development.
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- Dympna Harmey
- Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute—Scripps Florida, Jupiter, FL
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- Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute—Scripps Florida, Jupiter, FL
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- Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute—Scripps Florida, Jupiter, FL
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Basu M, Das T, Ghosh A, Majumder S, Maji AK, Kanjilal SD, Mukhopadhyay I, Roychowdhury S, Banerjee S, Sengupta S. Gene-gene interaction and functional impact of polymorphisms on innate immune genes in controlling Plasmodium falciparum blood infection level. PLoS One 2012; 7:e46441. [PMID: 23071570 PMCID: PMC3470565 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Genetic variations in toll-like receptors and cytokine genes of the innate immune pathways have been implicated in controlling parasite growth and the pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum mediated malaria. We previously published genetic association of TLR4 non-synonymous and TNF-α promoter polymorphisms with P.falciparum blood infection level and here we extend the study considerably by (i) investigating genetic dependence of parasite-load on interleukin-12B polymorphisms, (ii) reconstructing gene-gene interactions among candidate TLRs and cytokine loci, (iii) exploring genetic and functional impact of epistatic models and (iv) providing mechanistic insights into functionality of disease-associated regulatory polymorphisms. Our data revealed that carriage of AA (P = 0.0001) and AC (P = 0.01) genotypes of IL12B 3′UTR polymorphism was associated with a significant increase of mean log-parasitemia relative to rare homozygous genotype CC. Presence of IL12B+1188 polymorphism in five of six multifactor models reinforced its strong genetic impact on malaria phenotype. Elevation of genetic risk in two-component models compared to the corresponding single locus and reduction of IL12B (2.2 fold) and lymphotoxin-α (1.7 fold) expressions in patients'peripheral-blood-mononuclear-cells under TLR4Thr399Ile risk genotype background substantiated the role of Multifactor Dimensionality Reduction derived models. Marked reduction of promoter activity of TNF-α risk haplotype (C-C-G-G) compared to wild-type haplotype (T-C-G-G) with (84%) and without (78%) LPS stimulation and the loss of binding of transcription factors detected in-silico supported a causal role of TNF-1031. Significantly lower expression of IL12B+1188 AA (5 fold) and AC (9 fold) genotypes compared to CC and under-representation (P = 0.0048) of allele A in transcripts of patients' PBMCs suggested an Allele-Expression-Imbalance. Allele (A+1188C) dependent differential stability (2 fold) of IL12B-transcripts upon actinomycin-D treatment and observed structural modulation (P = 0.013) of RNA-ensemble were the plausible explanations for AEI. In conclusion, our data provides functional support to the hypothesis that de-regulated receptor-cytokine axis of innate immune pathway influences blood infection level in P. falciparum malaria.
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- Madhumita Basu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Cancer & Cell Biology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Centre for Liver Research, The Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Protozoology, The Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Pediatric Medicine, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Cancer & Cell Biology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Centre for Liver Research, The Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Cui WY, Seneviratne C, Gu J, Li MD. Genetics of GABAergic signaling in nicotine and alcohol dependence. Hum Genet 2012; 131:843-55. [PMID: 22048727 PMCID: PMC3746562 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-011-1108-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 10/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Both nicotine and alcohol addictions are common chronic brain disorders that are of great concern to individuals and society. Although genetics contributes significantly to these disorders, the susceptibility genes and variants underlying them remain largely unknown. Many years of genome-wide linkage and association studies have implicated a number of genes and pathways in the etiology of nicotine and alcohol addictions. In this communication, we focus on current evidence, primarily from human genetic studies, supporting the involvement of genes and variants in the GABAergic signaling system in the etiology of nicotine dependence and alcoholism based on linkage, association, and gene-by-gene interaction studies. Current efforts aim not only to replicate these findings in independent samples, but also to identify which variant contributes to the detected associations and through what molecular mechanisms.
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- Wen-Yan Cui
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- National Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, 1670 Discovery Drive, Suite 110, Charlottesville, VA 22911, USA
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- National Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, 1670 Discovery Drive, Suite 110, Charlottesville, VA 22911, USA
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Ribeiro AF, Correia D, Torres AA, Boas GRV, Rueda AVL, Camarini R, Chiavegatto S, Boerngen-Lacerda R, Brunialti-Godard AL. A transcriptional study in mice with different ethanol-drinking profiles: possible involvement of the GABA(B) receptor. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2012; 102:224-32. [PMID: 22579910 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2012.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Revised: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 04/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Previous studies have suggested that γ-aminobutyric acid-B (GABA(B)) receptor agonists effectively reduce ethanol intake. The quantification using real-time polymerase chain reaction of Gabbr1 and Gabbr2 mRNA from the prefrontal cortex, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and striatum in mice exposed to an animal model of the addiction developed in our laboratory was performed to evaluate the involvement of the GABA(B) receptor in ethanol consumption. We used outbred, Swiss mice exposed to a three-bottle free-choice model (water, 5% v/v ethanol, and 10% v/v ethanol) that consisted of four phases: acquisition (AC), withdrawal (W), reexposure (RE), and quinine-adulteration (AD). Based on individual ethanol intake, the mice were classified into three groups: "addicted" (A group; preference for ethanol and persistent consumption during all phases), "heavy" (H group; preference for ethanol and a reduction in ethanol intake in the AD phase compared to AC phase), and "light" (L group; preference for water during all phases). In the prefrontal cortex in the A group, we found high Gabbr1 and Gabbr2 transcription levels, with significantly higher Gabbr1 transcription levels compared with the C (ethanol-naive control mice), L, and H groups. In the hippocampus in the A group, Gabbr2 mRNA levels were significantly lower compared with the C, L, and H groups. In the striatum, we found a significant increase in Gabbr1 transcription levels compared with the C, L, and H groups. No differences in Gabbr1 or Gabbr2 transcription levels were observed in the hypothalamus among groups. In summary, Gabbr1 and Gabbr2 transcription levels were altered in cerebral areas related to drug taking only in mice behaviorally classified as "addicted" drinkers, suggesting that these genes may contribute to high and persistent ethanol consumption.
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- Andrea Frozino Ribeiro
- Department of General Biology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, CEP 31270-901, Brazil
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Wei J, Chu C, Wang Y, Yang Y, Wang Q, Li T, Zhang L, Ma X. Association study of 45 candidate genes in nicotine dependence in Han Chinese. Addict Behav 2012; 37:622-6. [PMID: 22309839 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2011] [Revised: 10/09/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Numerous genetic linkages, association studies have been performed in different ethnic groups and revealed many susceptibility loci and genes for nicotine dependence. However, limited similar researches were performed in Han Chinese. This study was designed to investigate the association of candidate genes with nicotine dependence in Han Chinese. We genotyped 384 SNPs within 45 candidate genes with nicotine dependence in a Han Chinese population consisting 223 high nicotine dependent subjects and 257 low nicotine dependent subjects by employing GoldenGate genotyping assay (Illumina). Following association analysis was performed using PLINK software. Individual SNP-based association analysis revealed that nine SNPs located in DRD3 (rs2630351), DRD5 (rs1967550), MAP3K4 (rs2314378), DDC (rs11575461), CHRNB3 (rs4954), GABBR2 (rs2779562), DRD2 (rs11214613 and rs6589377) and CHRNA4 (rs2236196) were significantly associated with FTND after correction for multiple testing with the p values from 2.59×10(-7) to 9.99×10(-5). Haplotype-based association analysis revealed haplotype G-A-A formed by rs2630351, rs167771 and rs324032 and haplotype G-G-G-A formed by rs3773678, rs2630349, rs2630351 and rs167771 in DRD3; haplotype of G-A formed by rs2779562 and rs2808566 in GABBR2 and haplotype of T-T-A-G-A formed by rs6832644, rs4057797, rs9764, rs4552421 and rs10033119 in NPY1R are associated with FTND (p=3.61×10(-7)-8.78×10(-6)). Our results provided confirmation of the previous findings that DRD2, DRD3, DDC, CHRNB3, GABBR2 and CHRNA4 are associated with nicotine dependence. Furthermore, we for the first time report a significant association between nicotine dependence and DRD5, MAP3K4 and NPY1R. These findings need independent replication in the future studies.
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- Jinxue Wei
- Psychiatric Laboratory and Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 1 Keyuan Si Road, Chengdu, PR China
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Wehby GL, Murray JC, Wilcox A, Lie RT. Smoking and body weight: evidence using genetic instruments. ECONOMICS AND HUMAN BIOLOGY 2012; 10:113-26. [PMID: 22024417 PMCID: PMC3272157 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2010] [Revised: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Several studies have evaluated whether the high and rising obesity rates over the past three decades may be due to the declining smoking rates. There is mixed evidence across studies - some find negative smoking effects and positive cigarette cost effects on body weight, while others find opposite effects. This study applies a unique approach to identify the smoking effects on body weight and to evaluate the heterogeneity in these effects across the body mass index (BMI) distribution by utilizing genetic instruments for smoking. Using a data sample of 1057 mothers from Norway, the study finds heterogeneous effects of cigarette smoking on BMI - smoking increases BMI at low/moderate BMI levels and decreases BMI at high BMI levels. The study highlights the potential advantages and challenges of employing genetic instrumental variables to identify behavior effects including the importance of qualifying the instruments and the need for large samples.
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- George L Wehby
- Dept. of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, E205 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Ribeiro A, Correia D, Boerngen-Lacerda R, Brunialti-Godard A. A possible role of a cerebral energy gene in alcoholism. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2012; 11:404-11. [DOI: 10.4238/2012.february.17.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Jugessur A, Wilcox AJ, Murray JC, Gjessing HK, Nguyen TT, Nilsen RM, Lie RT. Assessing the impact of nicotine dependence genes on the risk of facial clefts: An example of the use of national registry and biobank data. NORSK EPIDEMIOLOGI 2012; 21:241-250. [PMID: 26451072 DOI: 10.5324/nje.v21i2.1500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been associated with risk of facial clefts in offspring, but causation has not yet been established. It is possible that the effect of maternal smoking on facial clefts is mediated through genes that are involved in nicotine dependence. Gamma-aminobutyric acid B receptor 2 (GABBR2), dopa decarboxylase (DDC), and cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 4 (CHRNA4) are three examples of genes that have previously shown strong associations with nicotine dependence. METHODS We used a population-based sample of 377 case-parent trios of cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) and 762 control-parent trios from Norway (1996-2001) to investigate whether variants in GABBR2, DDC and CHRNA4 are associated with maternal first-trimester smoking and with clefting risk. We used HAPLIN (Gjessing et al. 2006), a statistical software tailored for family-based association tests, to perform haplotype-based analyses on 12 SNPs in these genes (rs10985765, rs1435252, rs3780422, rs2779562, and rs3750344 in GABBR2; rs2060762, rs3757472, rs1451371, rs3735273, and rs921451 in DDC; rs4522666 and rs1044393 in CHRNA4). RESULTS When analyzed one at a time, there was little evidence of association between any of the 12 SNPs and maternal first-trimester smoking. In haplotype analyses, however, one copy of the maternal G-G-c-G-c haplotype in DDC was linked with smoking prevalence (odds ratio: 1.5; 95% confidence interval: 1.0-2.1). This same haplotype also increased the risk of isolated CL/P in offspring by 1.5-fold with one copy and 2.4-fold with two copies (Ptrend = 0.06). No statistically significant associations were detected with GABBR2 and CHRNA4. CONCLUSIONS Despite strong associations previously reported between nicotine dependence and variants in GABBR2, DDC and CHRNA4, these genes were poor predictors of maternal first-trimester smoking in our data. The direct association of the DDC haplotype with CL/P suggests that this haplotype may either have direct effects on clefts or it may influence clefting risks through other yet unexplored risk behavior(s).
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- Astanand Jugessur
- Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway ; Craniofacial Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway ; Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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- Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway ; Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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Zebrafish: a model for the study of addiction genetics. Hum Genet 2011; 131:977-1008. [PMID: 22207143 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-011-1128-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2011] [Accepted: 12/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Drug abuse and dependence are multifaceted disorders with complex genetic underpinnings. Identifying specific genetic correlates is challenging and may be more readily accomplished by defining endophenotypes specific for addictive disorders. Symptoms and syndromes, including acute drug response, consumption, preference, and withdrawal, are potential endophenotypes characterizing addiction that have been investigated using model organisms. We present a review of major genes involved in serotonergic, dopaminergic, GABAergic, and adrenoreceptor signaling that are considered to be directly involved in nicotine, opioid, cannabinoid, and ethanol use and dependence. The zebrafish genome encodes likely homologs of the vast majority of these loci. We also review the known expression patterns of these genes in zebrafish. The information presented in this review provides support for the use of zebrafish as a viable model for studying genetic factors related to drug addiction. Expansion of investigations into drug response using model organisms holds the potential to advance our understanding of drug response and addiction in humans.
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Wehby G, Jugessur A, Murray JC, Moreno L, Wilcox A, Lie RT. GENES AS INSTRUMENTS FOR STUDYING RISK BEHAVIOR EFFECTS: AN APPLICATION TO MATERNAL SMOKING AND OROFACIAL CLEFTS. HEALTH SERVICES AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2011; 11:54-78. [PMID: 22102793 DOI: 10.1007/s10742-011-0071-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study uses instrumental variable (IV) models with genetic instruments to assess the effects of maternal smoking on the child's risk of orofacial clefts (OFC), a common birth defect. The study uses genotypic variants in neurotransmitter and detoxification genes relateded to smoking as instruments for cigarette smoking before and during pregnancy. Conditional maximum likelihood and two-stage IV probit models are used to estimate the IV model. The data are from a population-level sample of affected and unaffected children in Norway. The selected genetic instruments generally fit the IV assumptions but may be considered "weak" in predicting cigarette smoking. We find that smoking before and during pregnancy increases OFC risk substantially under the IV model (by about 4-5 times at the sample average smoking rate). This effect is greater than that found with classical analytic models. This may be because the usual models are not able to consider self-selection into smoking based on unobserved confounders, or it may to some degree reflect limitations of the instruments. Inference based on weak-instrument robust confidence bounds is consistent with standard inference. Genetic instruments may provide a valuable approach to estimate the "causal" effects of risk behaviors with genetic-predisposing factors (such as smoking) on health and socioeconomic outcomes.
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- George Wehby
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, E205 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA,
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Practical and theoretical considerations in study design for detecting gene-gene interactions using MDR and GMDR approaches. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16981. [PMID: 21386969 PMCID: PMC3046176 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Detection of interacting risk factors for complex traits is challenging. The choice of an appropriate method, sample size, and allocation of cases and controls are serious concerns. To provide empirical guidelines for planning such studies and data analyses, we investigated the performance of the multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) and generalized MDR (GMDR) methods under various experimental scenarios. We developed the mathematical expectation of accuracy and used it as an indicator parameter to perform a gene-gene interaction study. We then examined the statistical power of GMDR and MDR within the plausible range of accuracy (0.50∼0.65) reported in the literature. The GMDR with covariate adjustment had a power of>80% in a case-control design with a sample size of≥2000, with theoretical accuracy ranging from 0.56 to 0.62. However, when the accuracy was<0.56, a sample size of≥4000 was required to have sufficient power. In our simulations, the GMDR outperformed the MDR under all models with accuracy ranging from 0.56∼0.62 for a sample size of 1000–2000. However, the two methods performed similarly when the accuracy was outside this range or the sample was significantly larger. We conclude that with adjustment of a covariate, GMDR performs better than MDR and a sample size of 1000∼2000 is reasonably large for detecting gene-gene interactions in the range of effect size reported by the current literature; whereas larger sample size is required for more subtle interactions with accuracy<0.56.
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Culverhouse RC, Saccone NL, Stitzel JA, Wang JC, Steinbach JH, Goate AM, Schwantes-An TH, Grucza RA, Stevens VL, Bierut LJ. Uncovering hidden variance: pair-wise SNP analysis accounts for additional variance in nicotine dependence. Hum Genet 2011; 129:177-88. [PMID: 21079997 PMCID: PMC3030551 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-010-0911-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Results from genome-wide association studies of complex traits account for only a modest proportion of the trait variance predicted to be due to genetics. We hypothesize that joint analysis of polymorphisms may account for more variance. We evaluated this hypothesis on a case-control smoking phenotype by examining pairs of nicotinic receptor single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using the Restricted Partition Method (RPM) on data from the Collaborative Genetic Study of Nicotine Dependence (COGEND). We found evidence of joint effects that increase explained variance. Four signals identified in COGEND were testable in independent American Cancer Society (ACS) data, and three of the four signals replicated. Our results highlight two important lessons: joint effects that increase the explained variance are not limited to loci displaying substantial main effects, and joint effects need not display a significant interaction term in a logistic regression model. These results suggest that the joint analyses of variants may indeed account for part of the genetic variance left unexplained by single SNP analyses. Methodologies that limit analyses of joint effects to variants that demonstrate association in single SNP analyses, or require a significant interaction term, will likely miss important joint effects.
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- Robert C Culverhouse
- Division of General Medical Sciences, Department of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Wehby G, Fletcher JM, Lehrer SF, Moreno LM, Murray JC, Wilcox A, Lie RT. A genetic instrumental variables analysis of the effects of prenatal smoking on birth weight: evidence from two samples. BIODEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY 2011; 57:3-32. [PMID: 21845925 PMCID: PMC3256988 DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2011.564468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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There is a large literature showing the detrimental effects of prenatal smoking on birth and childhood health outcomes. It is somewhat unclear though, whether these effects are causal or reflect other characteristics and choices by mothers who choose to smoke that may also affect child health outcomes or biased reporting of smoking. In this paper we use genetic markers that predict smoking behaviors as instruments to address the endogeneity of smoking choices in the production of birth and childhood health outcomes. Our results indicate that prenatal smoking produces more dramatic declines in birth weight than estimates that ignore the endogeneity of prenatal smoking, which is consistent with previous studies with non-genetic instruments. We use data from two distinct samples from Norway and the United States with different measured instruments and find nearly identical results. The study provides a novel application that can be extended to study several behavioral impacts on health and social and economic outcomes.
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- George Wehby
- Assistant Professor of Health Economics, Dept. of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, E205 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA, Phone: 319-384-5133; Fax: 319-384-5125
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- Assistant Professor of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Yale University, 60 College St, #303; New Haven, CT 06520
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- Queen’s University, School of Policy Studies, Kingston, OntarioCanada, K7L 3N6
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- Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, N401 DSB, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- University of Iowa, Dept of Pediatrics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA, Phone 1 319 335 6897
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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Li MD, Yoon D, Lee JY, Han BG, Niu T, Payne TJ, Ma JZ, Park T. Associations of variants in CHRNA5/A3/B4 gene cluster with smoking behaviors in a Korean population. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12183. [PMID: 20808433 PMCID: PMC2922326 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2010] [Accepted: 07/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Multiple genome-wide and targeted association studies reveal a significant association of variants in the CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 (CHRNA5/A3/B4) gene cluster on chromosome 15 with nicotine dependence. The subjects examined in most of these studies had a European origin. However, considering the distinct linkage disequilibrium patterns in European and other ethnic populations, it would be of tremendous interest to determine whether such associations could be replicated in populations of other ethnicities, such as Asians. In this study, we performed comprehensive association and interaction analyses for 32 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CHRNA5/A3/B4 with smoking initiation (SI), smoking quantity (SQ), and smoking cessation (SC) in a Korean sample (N = 8,842). We found nominally significant associations of 7 SNPs with at least one smoking-related phenotype in the total sample (SI: P = 0.015 approximately 0.023; SQ: P = 0.008 approximately 0.028; SC: P = 0.018 approximately 0.047) and the male sample (SI: P = 0.001 approximately 0.023; SQ: P = 0.001 approximately 0.046; SC: P = 0.01). A spectrum of haplotypes formed by three consecutive SNPs located between rs16969948 in CHRNA5 and rs6495316 in the intergenic region downstream from the 5' end of CHRNB4 was associated with these three smoking-related phenotypes in both the total and the male sample. Notably, associations of these variants and haplotypes with SC appear to be much weaker than those with SI and SQ. In addition, we performed an interaction analysis of SNPs within the cluster using the generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction method and found a significant interaction of SNPs rs7163730 in LOC123688, rs6495308 in CHRNA3, and rs7166158, rs8043123, and rs11072793 in the intergenic region downstream from the 5' end of CHRNB4 to be influencing SI in the male sample. Considering that fewer than 5% of the female participants were smokers, we did not perform any analysis on female subjects specifically. Together, our detected associations of variants in the CHRNA5/A3/B4 cluster with SI, SQ, and SC in the Korean smoker samples provide strong evidence for the contribution of this cluster to the etiology of SI, ND, and SC in this Asian population.
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- Ming D. Li
- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Genome Science, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Statistics, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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