The DISC locus in psychiatric illness

JE Chubb, NJ Bradshaw, DC Soares, DJ Porteous… - Molecular …, 2008 - nature.com
The DISC locus is located at the breakpoint of a balanced t (1; 11) chromosomal
translocation in a large and unique Scottish family. This translocation segregates in a highly …

[HTML][HTML] The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: a study to examine influences on cognitive ageing from age 11 to age 70 and beyond

IJ Deary, AJ Gow, MD Taylor, J Corley, C Brett… - BMC geriatrics, 2007 - Springer
Background Cognitive ageing is a major burden for society and a major influence in
lowering people's independence and quality of life. It is the most feared aspect of ageing …

CpG-free plasmids confer reduced inflammation and sustained pulmonary gene expression

SC Hyde, IA Pringle, S Abdullah, AE Lawton… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Pulmonary delivery of plasmid DNA (pDNA)/cationic liposome complexes is associated with
an acute unmethylated CG dinucleotide (CpG)-mediated inflammatory response and brief …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19

E Pairo-Castineira, S Clohisey, L Klaric, AD Bretherick… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Host-mediated lung inflammation is present, and drives mortality, in the critical illness
caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Host genetic variants associated with …

Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

JJ Lee, R Wedow, A Okbay, E Kong, O Maghzian… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Here we conducted a large-scale genetic association analysis of educational attainment in a
sample of approximately 1.1 million individuals and identify 1,271 independent genome …

Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

DM Howard, MJ Adams, TK Clarke, JD Hafferty… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Major depression is a debilitating psychiatric illness that is typically associated with low
mood and anhedonia. Depression has a heritable component that has remained difficult to …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

A Okbay, Y Wu, N Wang, H Jayashankar, M Bennett… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a
sample of~ 3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome …

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

AF Pardiñas, P Holmans, AJ Pocklington… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric condition often associated with poor quality of life
and decreased life expectancy. Lack of progress in improving treatment outcomes has been …

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

A Okbay, JP Beauchamp, MA Fontana, JJ Lee, TH Pers… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but
genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals 1 …

Disruption of two novel genes by a translocation co-segregating with schizophrenia

JK Millar, JC Wilson-Annan, S Anderson… - Human molecular …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Abstract A balanced (1; 11)(q42. 1; q14. 3) translocation segregates with schizophrenia and
related psychiatric disorders in a large Scottish family (maximum LOD= 6.0). We hypothesize …