Ana Barac

TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed genome-wide gene by short or long sleep duration interaction analyses on four BP traits across five ancestry groups in two stages using 2 degree of freedom (df) joint test followed by 1df test of interaction effects.

TL;DR: It is indicated that sleep and primary mechanisms regulating BP may interact to elevate BP level, suggesting novel insights into sleep-related BP regulation.

TL;DR: Functional annotation of the novel BP loci supports a major role for genes implicated in the immune response, synaptic function and neurotransmission, as well as genes previously implicated in neuropsychiatric or stress-related disorders (FSTL5 and CHODL).