• Genome-wide association study of borderline personality disorder reveals genetic overlap with bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia 

      Witt, Stephanie H.; Streit, F; Jungkunz, M; Frank, J; Awasthi, S; Reinbold, CS; Treutlein, J; Degenhardt, F; Forstner, AJ; Heilmann-Heimbach, S; Dietl, L; Schwarze, CE; Schendel, D; Strohmaier, Jana; Abdellaoui, A; Adolfsson, Rolf; Air, TM; Akil, Huda; Alda, Martin; Alliey-Rodriguez, N; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Babadjanova, Gulia; Bass, N; Bauer, M; Baune, Bernhard T.; Bellivier, Frank; Bergen, Sarah E; Bethell, A; Biernacka, Joanna M.; Blackwood, Douglas H.R.; Boks, Marco P; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Borglum, Anders D; Borrmann-Hassenbach, M; Brennan, P; Budde, M; Buttenschon, HN; Byrne, Enda M.; Cervantes, P; Clarke, TK; Craddock, N; Cruceanu, C; Curtis, David; Czerski, Piotr M.; Dannlowski, Udo; Davis, T; de Geus, Eco J C; Di Florio, A; Djurovic, Srdjan; Domenici, Enrico; Edenberg, Howard J; Etain, Bruno; Fischer, SB; Forty, L; Fraser, C; Frye, M; Fullerton, JM; Gershon, Elliot S.; Gieglin, I; Gordon, Scott D; Gordon-Smith, K; Grabe, Hans Jörgen; Green, EK; Greenwood, TA; Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria; Guzman-Parra, J; Hall, L; Hamshere, Marian; Hauser, J; Hautzinger, Martin; Heilbronner, U; Herms, Stefan; Hitturlingappa, S; HOFFMANN, PAVEL; Holmans, P; Hottenga, Jouke Jan; Jamain, Stephane; Jones, I; Jones, L; Juréus, Anna; Kahn, René S; Kammerer-Ciernioch, Jutta; Kirov, George; Kittel-Schneider, Sarah; Kloiber, Stefan; Knott, SV; Kogevinas, Manolis; Landen, M; Leber, M; Leboyer, Marion; Li, Qingqin S.; Lissowska, Jolanta; Lucae, Susanne; Martin, NG; Mayoral-Cleries, F; McElroy, SL; McIntosh, Andrew M; McKay, James D; McQuilling, A; Medland, Sarah E; Middeldorp, Christel M.; Milaneschi, Y; Mitchell, Philip B; Montgomery, Grant W; Mors, O; Mühleisen, Thomas W.; Muller-Myshok, B; Myers, Richard M; Nievergelt, Caroline M.; Nurnberger, John I.; O'Donovan, Michael C; Loohuis, Loes M. Olde; Ophoff, R; Oruc, Liliana; Owen, Michael J; Paciga, SA; Penninx, Brenda W J H; Perry, A; Pfennig, Andrea; Potash, James B.; Preisig, Martin; Reif, A; Rivas, F; Rouleau, GA; Schofield, Peter R; Schulze, Thomas G; Schwarz, M; Scott, L; Sinnamon, GCB; Stahl, Eli A.; Strauss, J; Turecki, G; Van der Auwera, S; Vedder, Helmut; Vincent, John B; Willemsen, Gonneke; Witt, CC; Wray, Naomi R; Xi, HS; Tadic, A; Dahmen, Norbert; Schott, Björn H; Cichon, Sven; Nothen, Markus M; Ripke, Stephan; Mobascher, A; Rujescu, Dan; Lieb, K; Roepke, S; Schmal, Christine; Bohus, Martin; Rietschel, Marcella; Morken, Gunnar; Gade, K (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Borderline personality disorder (BOR) is determined by environmental and genetic factors, and characterized by affective instability and impulsivity, diagnostic symptoms also observed in manic phases of bipolar disorder ...
    • GWAS of suicide attempt in psychiatric disorders and association with major depression polygenic risk scores 

      Mullins, Niamh; Bigdeli, Tim B.; Børglum, Anders D.; Coleman, Jonathan R.I.; Demontis, Ditte; Mehta, Divya; Power, Robert A.; Ripke, Stephan; Stahl, Eli A.; Starnawska, Anna; Anjorin, Adebayo; Corvin, Aiden; Sanders, Alan R.; Forstner, Andreas J.; Reif, Andreas; Koller, Anna C.; Świątkowska, Beata; Baune, Bernhard T.; Müller-Myhsok, Bertram; Penninx, Brenda W.J.H.; Pato, Carlos; Zai, Clement; Rujescu, Dan; Hougaard, David M.; Quested, Digby; Levinson, Douglas F.; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Byrne, Enda M.; Agerbo, Esben; Streit, Fabian; Mayoral, Fermin; Bellivier, Frank; Degenhardt, Franziska; Breen, Gerome; Morken, Gunnar; Turecki, Gustavo; Rouleau, Guy A.; Grabe, Hans J.; Völzke, Henry; Jones, Ian; Giegling, Ina; Agartz, Ingrid; Melle, Ingrid; Lawrence, Jacob; Walters, James T.R.; Strohmaier, Jana; Shi, Jianxin; Hauser, Joanna; Biernacka, Joanna M.; Vincent, John B.; Kelsoe, John; Strauss, John S.; Lissowska, Jolanta; Pimm, Jonathan; Smoller, Jordan W.; Guzman-Parra, José; Berger, Klaus; Scott, Laura J.; Jones, Lisa A.; Azevedo, M. Helena; Trzaskowski, Maciej; Kogevinas, Manolis; Rietschel, Marcella; Boks, Marco; Ising, Marcus; Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria; Hamshere, Marian L.; Leboyer, Marion; Frye, Mark; Nöthen, Markus M.; Alda, Martin; Preisig, Martin; Nordentoft, Merete; Boehnke, Michael; O'Donovan, Michael C.; Owen, Michael J.; Pato, Michele T.; Renteriá, Miguel E.; Budde, Monika; Weissman, Myrna M.; Wray, Naomi R.; Bass, Nicholas; Craddock, Nicholas; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Mors, Ole; Gejman, Pablo V.; Sklar, Pamela; McGrath, Patrick; Hoffmann, Per; McGuffin, Peter; Lee, Phil H.; Mortensen, Preben Bo; Kahn, René S.; Ophoff, Roel A.; Adolfsson, Rolf; Van der Auwera, Sandra; Djurovic, Srdjan; Kloiber, Stefan; Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie; Jamain, Stéphane; Hamilton, Steven P.; McElroy, Susan L.; Lucae, Susanne; Cichon, Sven; Schulze, Thomas G.; Hansen, Thomas; Werge, Thomas; Air, Tracy M.; Nimgaonkar, Vishwajit; Appadurai, Vivek; Cahn, Wiepke; Milaneschi, Yuri; Fanous, Ayman H.; Kendler, Kenneth S.; McQuillin, Andrew; Lewis, Cathryn M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Objective: More than 90% of people who attempt suicide have a psychiatric diagnosis; however, twin and family studies suggest that the genetic etiology of suicide attempt is partially distinct from that of the psychiatric ...
    • Heavier smoking may lead to a relative increase in waist circumference: Evidence for a causal relationship from a Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis. The CARTA consortium 

      Morris, Richard W.; Taylor, Amy E.; Fluharty, Meg E.; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Campbell, Archie; Marioni, Riccardo; Kumari, Meena; Korhonen, Tellervo; Männistö, Satu; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Kaakinen, Marika; Cavadino, Alana; Postmus, Iris; Husemoen, Lise Lotte N.; Skaaby, Tea; Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh; Treur, Jorien L.; Willemsen, Gonneke; Dale, Caroline; Wannamethee, S. Goya; Lahti, Jari; Palotie, Aarno; Räikkönen, Katri; McConnachie, Alex; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Wong, Andrew; Dalgård, Christine; Paternoster, Lavinia; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Tyrrell, Jessica; Horwood, John; Fergusson, David M.; Kennedy, Martin A.; Nohr, Ellen A.; Christiansen, Lene; Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm; Kuh, Diana; Watt, Graham; Eriksson, Johan G.; Whincup, Peter H.; Vink, Jacqueline M.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Smith, George Davey; Lawlor, Debbie; Linneberg, Allan; Ford, Ian; Jukema, J. Wouter; Power, Chris; Hyppönen, Elina; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Preisig, Martin; Borodulin, Katja; Kaprio, Jaakko; Kivimaki, Mika; Smith, Blair H.; Hayward, Caroline; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.; Munafo, Marcus R.; Sattar, Naveed (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Objectives: To investigate, using a Mendelian randomisation approach, whether heavier smoking is associated with a range of regional adiposity phenotypes, in particular those related to abdominal adiposity. Design: ...
    • Investigating the possible causal association of smoking with depression and anxiety using Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis: the CARTA consortium 

      Taylor, Amy E; Fluharty, Meg; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Skorpen, Frank; Marioni, Riccardo R.; Campbell, A.; Engmann, J; Mirza, Saira Saeed; Loukola, A.; Laatikainen, Tiina; Partonen, Timo; Kaakinen, Marika; Ducci, Francesca; Cavadino, Alana; Husemoen, Lise Lotte N; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh; Jacobsen, Rikke Kart; Skaaby, Tea; Ebstrup, Jeanette Frost; Mortensen, Erik Lykke; Minica, Camelia C; Vink, Jacqueline; Willemsen, Gonneke; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Dale, Caroline E; Amuzu, Antoinette; Lennon, Lucy; Lahti, J; Palotie, Aarno; Räikkönen, K; Wong, Andrew; Paternoster, Lavinia; Wong, Angelita Pui-Yee; Horwood, L John; Murphy, Michael; Johnstone, Elaine; Kennedy, Martin A; Pausova, Zdenka; Paus, Tomas; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Nohr, Ellen A; Kuh, Diana; Kivimaki, Mika; Eriksson, Johan G; Morris, Richard W; Casas, Juan Pablo; Preisig, Martin; Boomsma, Dorret I; Linneberg, Allan; Power, Chris; Hypponen, Elina; Veijola, J; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Korhonen, T.; Tiemeier, H; Kumari, Meena; Porteous, David J.; Hayward, Caroline; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Smith, George Davey; Munafo, Marcus R (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Objectives: To investigate whether associations of smoking with depression and anxiety are likely to be causal, using a Mendelian randomisation approach. Design: Mendelian randomisation meta-analyses using a genetic ...
    • Stratification by smoking status reveals an association of CHRNA5-A3-B4 genotype with body mass index in never smokers 

      Taylor, Amy E; Morris, Richard W; Fluharty, Meg; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Campbell, A.; Marioni, Riccardo R.; Kumari, Meena; Hällfors, Jenni; Männistö, Satu; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Kaakinen, Marika; Cavadino, Alana; Postmus, Iris; Husemoen, Lise Lotte N; Skaaby, Tea; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer Singh; Treur, Jorien L; Willemsen, Gonneke; Dale, Caroline; Wannamethee, SG; Lahti, J; Palotie, Aarno; Räikkönen, K; Kisialiou, Aliaksei; McConnachie, Alex; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Wong, Andrew; Dalgård, Christine; Paternoster, Lavinia; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Tyrrell, Jessica; Horwood, John; Fergusson, D; Kennedy, Martin A; Frayling, T; Nohr, Ellen A; Christiansen, Lene; Ohm Kyvik, K; Kuh, Diana; Watt, Graham; Eriksson, Johan; Whincup, Peter H; Vink, JM; Boomsma, Dorret I; Davey Smith, George; Lawlor, Debbie A; Linneberg, Allan; Ford, Ian; Jukema, J Wouter; Power, C; Hyppönen, E; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Preisig, Martin; Borodulin, Katja; Kaprio, Jaakko; Kivimaki, Mika; Smith, BH; Hayward, Caroline; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.; Munafo, Marcus R; Sattar, Naveed (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      We previously used a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the CHRNA5-A3-B4 gene cluster associated with heaviness of smoking within smokers to confirm the causal effect of smoking in reducing body mass index (BMI) in a ...