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Wolfgang Maier
Researcher at University Hospital Bonn
Publications - 197
Citations - 13743
Wolfgang Maier is an academic researcher from University Hospital Bonn. The author has contributed to research in topics: Escitalopram & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 197 publications receiving 11731 citations. Previous affiliations of Wolfgang Maier include German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases & University of Bonn.
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Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Paul Hollingworth,Denise Harold,Rebecca Sims,Amy Gerrish,Jean-Charles Lambert,Jean-Charles Lambert,Jean-Charles Lambert,Minerva M. Carrasquillo,Richard Abraham,Marian L. Hamshere,Jaspreet Singh Pahwa,Valentina Moskvina,Kimberley Dowzell,Nicola Jones,Alexandra Stretton,Charlene Thomas,Alexander Richards,Dobril Ivanov,Caroline S. Widdowson,Jade Chapman,Simon Lovestone,John Powell,Petroula Proitsi,Michelle K. Lupton,Carol Brayne,David C. Rubinsztein,Michael Gill,Brian A. Lawlor,Aoibhinn Lynch,Kristelle Brown,Peter Passmore,David Craig,Bernadette McGuinness,Stephen Todd,Clive Holmes,David M. A. Mann,A. David Smith,Helen Beaumont,Donald Warden,Gordon K. Wilcock,Seth Love,Patrick G. Kehoe,Nigel M. Hooper,Emma R L C Vardy,John Hardy,Simon Mead,Nick C. Fox,Martin N. Rossor,John Collinge,Wolfgang Maier,Frank Jessen,Eckart Rüther,Britta Schürmann,R. Heun,Heike Kölsch,Hendrik van den Bussche,Isabella Heuser,Johannes Kornhuber,Jens Wiltfang,Martin Dichgans,Lutz Frölich,Harald Hampel,John Gallacher,Michael Hüll,Dan Rujescu,Ina Giegling,Alison Goate,John S. K. Kauwe,Carlos Cruchaga,Petra Nowotny,John C. Morris,Kevin Mayo,Kristel Sleegers,Karolien Bettens,Sebastiaan Engelborghs,Peter Paul De Deyn,Christine Van Broeckhoven,Gill Livingston,Nicholas Bass,Hugh Gurling,Andrew McQuillin,Rhian Gwilliam,Panagiotis Deloukas,Ammar Al-Chalabi,Christopher Shaw,Magda Tsolaki,Andrew B. Singleton,Rita Guerreiro,Thomas W. Mühleisen,Markus M. Nöthen,Susanne Moebus,Karl-Heinz Jöckel,Norman Klopp,H.-Erich Wichmann,V. Shane Pankratz,Sigrid Botne Sando,Jan O. Aasly,Maria Barcikowska,Zbigniew K. Wszolek,Dennis W. Dickson,Neill R. Graff-Radford,Ronald C. Petersen,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Monique M.B. Breteler,M. Arfan Ikram,Anita L. DeStefano,Annette L. Fitzpatrick,Oscar L. Lopez,Lenore J. Launer,Sudha Seshadri,Claudine Berr,Dominique Campion,Jacques Epelbaum,Jean-François Dartigues,Christophe Tzourio,Annick Alpérovitch,Mark Lathrop,T. Feulner,Patricia Friedrich,Caterina Riehle,Michael Krawczak,Stefan Schreiber,Manuel Mayhaus,S. Nicolhaus,Stefan Wagenpfeil,Stacy Steinberg,Hreinn Stefansson,Kari Stefansson,Jon Snaedal,Sigurbjorn Bjornsson,Palmi V. Jonsson,Vincent Chouraki,Vincent Chouraki,Vincent Chouraki,Benjamin Genier-Boley,Benjamin Genier-Boley,Benjamin Genier-Boley,Mikko Hiltunen,Hilkka Soininen,Onofre Combarros,Diana Zelenika,Marc Delepine,María J. Bullido,Florence Pasquier,Ignacio Mateo,Ana Frank-García,Elisa Porcellini,Olivier Hanon,Eliecer Coto,Victoria Alvarez,Paolo Bosco,Gabriele Siciliano,Michelangelo Mancuso,Francesco Panza,Vincenzo Solfrizzi,Benedetta Nacmias,Sandro Sorbi,Paola Bossù,Paola Piccardi,Beatrice Arosio,Giorgio Annoni,Davide Seripa,Alberto Pilotto,Elio Scarpini,Daniela Galimberti,Alexis Brice,Didier Hannequin,Federico Licastro,Lesley Jones,Peter Holmans,Thorlakur Jonsson,Matthias Riemenschneider,Kevin Morgan,Steven G. Younkin,Michael John Owen,Michael Conlon O'Donovan,Philippe Amouyel,Julie Williams +177 more
TL;DR: Meta-analyses of all data provided compelling evidence that ABCA7 and the MS4A gene cluster are new Alzheimer's disease susceptibility loci and independent evidence for association for three loci reported by the ADGC, which, when combined, showed genome-wide significance.
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Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.
Valentina Escott-Price,Céline Bellenguez,Li-San Wang,Seung Hoan Choi,Denise Harold,Lesley Jones,Peter Holmans,Amy Gerrish,Alexey Vedernikov,Alexander Richards,Anita L. DeStefano,Jean-Charles Lambert,Carla A. Ibrahim-Verbaas,Adam C. Naj,Rebecca Sims,Gyungah Jun,Joshua C. Bis,Gary W. Beecham,Benjamin Grenier-Boley,Giancarlo Russo,Tricia A. Thornton-Wells,Nicola Denning,Albert V. Smith,Vincent Chouraki,Charlene Thomas,M. Arfan Ikram,Diana Zelenika,Badri N. Vardarajan,Badri N. Vardarajan,Yoichiro Kamatani,Chiao-Feng Lin,Helena Schmidt,Brian W. Kunkle,Melanie L. Dunstan,Maria Vronskaya,Andrew D. Johnson,Agustín Ruiz,Marie-Thérèse Bihoreau,Christiane Reitz,Florence Pasquier,Paul Hollingworth,Olivier Hanon,Annette L. Fitzpatrick,Joseph D. Buxbaum,Dominique Campion,Paul K. Crane,Clinton T. Baldwin,Tim Becker,Vilmundur Gudnason,Carlos Cruchaga,David Craig,Najaf Amin,Claudine Berr,Oscar L. Lopez,Philip L. De Jager,Philip L. De Jager,Vincent Deramecourt,Janet A. Johnston,Denis A. Evans,Simon Lovestone,Luc Letenneur,Isabel Hernández,David C. Rubinsztein,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Kristel Sleegers,Alison Goate,Nathalie Fievet,Matthew J. Huentelman,Michael Gill,Kristelle Brown,M. Ilyas Kamboh,Lina Keller,Pascale Barberger-Gateau,Bernadette McGuinness,Eric B. Larson,Eric B. Larson,Amanda J. Myers,Carole Dufouil,Stephen Todd,David Wallon,Seth Love,Ekaterina Rogaeva,John Gallacher,Peter St George-Hyslop,Jordi Clarimón,Alberto Lleó,Antony James Bayer,Debby W. Tsuang,Lei Yu,Magda Tsolaki,Paola Bossù,Gianfranco Spalletta,Petra Proitsi,John Collinge,Sandro Sorbi,Florentino Sanchez Garcia,Nick C. Fox,John Hardy,Maria Candida Deniz Naranjo,Paolo Bosco,Robert Clarke,Carol Brayne,Daniela Galimberti,Elio Scarpini,Ubaldo Bonuccelli,Michelangelo Mancuso,Gabriele Siciliano,Susanne Moebus,Patrizia Mecocci,Maria Del Zompo,Wolfgang Maier,Harald Hampel,Alberto Pilotto,Ana Frank-García,Francesco Panza,Vincenzo Solfrizzi,Paolo Caffarra,Benedetta Nacmias,William Perry,Manuel Mayhaus,Lars Lannfelt,Hakon Hakonarson,Sabrina Pichler,Minerva M. Carrasquillo,Martin Ingelsson,Duane Beekly,Victoria Alvarez,Fanggeng Zou,Otto Valladares,Steven G. Younkin,Eliecer Coto,Kara L. Hamilton-Nelson,Wei Gu,Cristina Razquin,Pau Pastor,Ignacio Mateo,Michael John Owen,Kelley Faber,Palmi V. Jonsson,Onofre Combarros,Michael Conlon O'Donovan,Laura B. Cantwell,Hilkka Soininen,Deborah Blacker,Simon Mead,Thomas H. Mosley,David A. Bennett,Tamara B. Harris,Laura Fratiglioni,Laura Fratiglioni,Clive Holmes,Renée F.A.G. de Bruijn,Peter Passmore,Thomas J. Montine,Karolien Bettens,Jerome I. Rotter,Alexis Brice,Kevin Morgan,Tatiana Foroud,Walter A. Kukull,Didier Hannequin,John Powell,Mike A. Nalls,Karen Ritchie,Kathryn L. Lunetta,John S. K. Kauwe,Eric Boerwinkle,Matthias Riemenschneider,Mercè Boada,Mikko Hiltunen,Eden R. Martin,Reinhold Schmidt,Dan Rujescu,Jean-François Dartigues,Richard Mayeux,Christophe Tzourio,Albert Hofman,Markus M. Nöthen,Caroline Graff,Bruce M. Psaty,Bruce M. Psaty,Jonathan L. Haines,Jonathan L. Haines,Mark Lathrop,Margaret A. Pericak-Vance,Lenore J. Launer,Christine Van Broeckhoven,Lindsay A. Farrer,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Alfredo Ramirez,Sudha Seshadri,Sudha Seshadri,Gerard D. Schellenberg,Philippe Amouyel,Julie Williams +194 more
TL;DR: The additional genes identified in this study, have an array of functions previously implicated in Alzheimer's disease, including aspects of energy metabolism, protein degradation and the immune system and add further weight to these pathways as potential therapeutic targets in Alzheimers disease.
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Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease
Rebecca Sims,Sven J. van der Lee,Adam C. Naj,Céline Bellenguez,Céline Bellenguez,Nandini Badarinarayan,Johanna Jakobsdottir,Brian W. Kunkle,Anne Boland,Rachel Raybould,Joshua C. Bis,Eden R. Martin,Benjamin Grenier-Boley,Benjamin Grenier-Boley,Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach,Vincent Chouraki,Vincent Chouraki,Amanda B. Kuzma,Kristel Sleegers,Kristel Sleegers,Maria Vronskaya,Agustín Ruiz,Robert R. Graham,Robert Olaso,Per Hoffmann,Per Hoffmann,Megan L. Grove,Badri N. Vardarajan,Mikko Hiltunen,Markus M. Nöthen,Charles C. White,Kara L. Hamilton-Nelson,Jacques Epelbaum,Wolfgang Maier,Wolfgang Maier,Seung Hoan Choi,Gary W. Beecham,Cécile Dulary,Stefan Herms,Stefan Herms,Albert V. Smith,Cory C. Funk,Céline Derbois,Andreas J. Forstner,Shahzad Ahmad,Hong-Dong Li,Delphine Bacq,Denise Harold,Claudia L. Satizabal,Claudia L. Satizabal,Otto Valladares,Alessio Squassina,Rhodri Thomas,Jennifer A. Brody,Liming Qu,Pascual Sánchez-Juan,Taniesha Morgan,Frank J. Wolters,Yi Zhao,Florentino Sanchez Garcia,Nicola Denning,Myriam Fornage,John Malamon,Maria Candida Deniz Naranjo,Elisa Majounie,Thomas H. Mosley,Beth A. Dombroski,David Wallon,Michelle K. Lupton,Michelle K. Lupton,Josée Dupuis,Patrice L. Whitehead,Laura Fratiglioni,Laura Fratiglioni,Christopher Medway,Xueqiu Jian,Shubhabrata Mukherjee,Lina Keller,Kristelle Brown,Honghuang Lin,Laura B. Cantwell,Francesco Panza,Bernadette McGuinness,Sonia Moreno-Grau,Jeremy D. Burgess,Vincenzo Solfrizzi,Petra Proitsi,Hieab H.H. Adams,Mariet Allen,Davide Seripa,Pau Pastor,L. Adrienne Cupples,L. Adrienne Cupples,Nathan D. Price,Didier Hannequin,Ana Frank-García,Ana Frank-García,Daniel Levy,Daniel Levy,Paramita Chakrabarty,Paolo Caffarra,Paolo Caffarra,Ina Giegling,Alexa S. Beiser,Alexa S. Beiser,Vilmantas Giedraitis,Harald Hampel,Harald Hampel,Melissa E. Garcia,Xue Wang,Lars Lannfelt,Patrizia Mecocci,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Paul K. Crane,Florence Pasquier,Florence Pasquier,Virginia Boccardi,Isabel Henández,Robert Barber,Martin Scherer,Lluís Tárraga,Perrie M. Adams,Markus Leber,Yuning Chen,Marilyn S. Albert,Steffi G. Riedel-Heller,Valur Emilsson,Duane Beekly,Anne Braae,Reinhold Schmidt,Deborah Blacker,Carlo Masullo,Helena Schmidt,Rachelle S. Doody,Gianfranco Spalletta,W. T. Longstreth,Thomas Fairchild,Paola Bossù,Oscar L. Lopez,Matthew P. Frosch,Eleonora Sacchinelli,Bernardino Ghetti,Qiong Yang,Ryan M. Huebinger,Frank Jessen,Frank Jessen,Frank Jessen,Shuo Li,M. Ilyas Kamboh,John C. Morris,Oscar Sotolongo-Grau,Mindy J. Katz,Chris Corcoran,Melanie L. Dunstan,Amy Braddel,Charlene Thomas,Alun Meggy,Rachel Marshall,Amy Gerrish,Jade Chapman,Miquel Aguilar,Sarah Taylor,Matt Hill,Monica Diez Fairen,Angela Hodges,Bruno Vellas,Hilkka Soininen,Iwona Kłoszewska,Makrina Daniilidou,James Uphill,Yogen Patel,Joseph T. Hughes,Jenny Lord,James Turton,Annette M. Hartmann,Roberta Cecchetti,Chiara Fenoglio,Maria Serpente,Marina Arcaro,Carlo Caltagirone,Maria Donata Orfei,Antonio Ciaramella,Sabrina Pichler,Manuel Mayhaus,Wei Gu,Alberto Lleó,Juan Fortea,Rafael Blesa,Imelda Barber,Keeley J. Brookes,Chiara Cupidi,Raffaele Maletta,David Carrell,Sandro Sorbi,Susanne Moebus,Maria Urbano,Alberto Pilotto,Johannes Kornhuber,Paolo Bosco,Stephen Todd,David Craig,Janet A. Johnston,Michael Gill,Brian A. Lawlor,Aoibhinn Lynch,Nick C. Fox,John Hardy,Roger L. Albin,Liana G. Apostolova,Liana G. Apostolova,Liana G. Apostolova,Steven E. Arnold,Sanjay Asthana,Craig S. Atwood,Clinton T. Baldwin,Lisa L. Barnes,Sandra Barral,Thomas G. Beach,James T. Becker,Eileen H. Bigio,Thomas D. Bird,Bradley F. Boeve,James Bowen,Adam L. Boxer,James R. Burke,Jeffrey M. Burns,Joseph D. Buxbaum,Nigel J. Cairns,Chuanhai Cao,Christopher S. Carlson,Cynthia M. Carlsson,Regina M. Carney,Minerva M. Carrasquillo,Steven L. Carroll,Carolina Ceballos Diaz,Helena C. Chui,David G. Clark,David G. Clark,David H. Cribbs,Elizabeth Crocco,Charles DeCarli,Malcolm B. Dick,Ranjan Duara,Denis A. Evans,Kelley Faber,Kenneth B. Fallon,David W. Fardo,Martin R. Farlow,Steven H. Ferris,Tatiana Foroud,Douglas Galasko,Marla Gearing,Daniel H. Geschwind,John R. Gilbert,Neill R. Graff-Radford,Robert C. Green,John H. Growdon,Ronald L. Hamilton,Lindy E. Harrell,Lawrence S. Honig,Matthew J. Huentelman,Christine M. Hulette,Bradley T. Hyman,Gail P. Jarvik,Erin L. Abner,Lee-Way Jin,Gyungah Jun,Anna Karydas,Jeffrey Kaye,Jeffrey Kaye,Ronald C. Kim,Neil W. Kowall,Joel H. Kramer,Frank M. LaFerla,James J. Lah,James B. Leverenz,Allan I. Levey,Ge Li,Andrew P. Lieberman,Kathryn L. Lunetta,Constantine G. Lyketsos,Daniel C. Marson,Frank Martiniuk,Deborah C. Mash,Eliezer Masliah,Wayne C. McCormick,Susan M. McCurry,Andrew McDavid,Ann C. McKee,M.-Marsel Mesulam,Bruce L. Miller,Carol A. Miller,Joshua W. Miller,Jill R. Murrell,Amanda J. Myers,Sid E. O'Bryant,John M Olichney,Vernon S. Pankratz,Joseph E. Parisi,Henry L. Paulson,William Perry,Elaine R. Peskind,Aimee Pierce,Wayne W. Poon,Huntington Potter,Joseph F. Quinn,Joseph F. Quinn,Ashok Raj,Murray A. Raskind,Barry Reisberg,Christiane Reitz,John M. Ringman,Erik D. Roberson,Ekaterina Rogaeva,Howard J. Rosen,Roger N. Rosenberg,Mark A. Sager,Andrew J. Saykin,Julie A. Schneider,Lon S. Schneider,William W. Seeley,Amanda Smith,Joshua A. Sonnen,Salvatore Spina,Robert S. Stern,Russell H. Swerdlow,Rudolph E. Tanzi,Tricia A. Thornton-Wells,John Q. Trojanowski,Juan C. Troncoso,Vivianna M. Van Deerlin,Linda J. Van Eldik,Harry V. Vinters,Jean Paul G. Vonsattel,Sandra Weintraub,Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer,Kirk C. Wilhelmsen,Jennifer Williamson,Thomas S. Wingo,Randall L. Woltjer,Clinton B. Wright,Chang En Yu,Lei Yu,Fabienne Garzia,Feroze Golamaully,Gislain Septier,Sebastien Engelborghs,Rik Vandenberghe,Peter Paul De Deyn,Carmen Muñoz Fernadez,Yoland Aladro Benito,Håkan Thonberg,Charlotte Forsell,Lena Lilius,Anne Kinhult-Ståhlbom,Lena Kilander,RoseMarie Brundin,Letizia Concari,Letizia Concari,Seppo Helisalmi,Anne M. Koivisto,Annakaisa Haapasalo,Vincent Dermecourt,Nathalie Fievet,Olivier Hanon,Carole Dufouil,Carole Dufouil,Alexis Brice,Alexis Brice,Karen Ritchie,Bruno Dubois,Bruno Dubois,Jayanadra J. Himali,C. Dirk Keene,JoAnn T. Tschanz,Annette L. Fitzpatrick,Walter A. Kukull,Maria C. Norton,Thor Aspelund,Eric B. Larson,Eric B. Larson,Ronald G. Munger,Jerome I. Rotter,Richard B. Lipton,María J. Bullido,María J. Bullido,Albert Hofman,Thomas J. Montine,Eliecer Coto,Eric Boerwinkle,Eric Boerwinkle,Ronald C. Petersen,Victoria Alvarez,Fernando Rivadeneira,Eric M. Reiman,Maura Gallo,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Joan S. Reisch,Amalia C. Bruni,Donald R. Royall,Martin Dichgans,Martin Dichgans,Mary Sano,Daniela Galimberti,Peter St George-Hyslop,Peter St George-Hyslop,Elio Scarpini,Debby W. Tsuang,Michelangelo Mancuso,Ubaldo Bonuccelli,Ashley R. Winslow,Antonio Daniele,Chuang Kuo Wu,Oliver Peters,Benedetta Nacmias,Matthias Riemenschneider,Reinhard Heun,Carol Brayne,David C. Rubinsztein,Jose Bras,Jose Bras,Rita Guerreiro,Rita Guerreiro,Ammar Al-Chalabi,Christopher Shaw,John Collinge,David G. Mann,David G. Mann,Jordi Clarimón,Rebecca Sussams,Simon Lovestone,Michael Conlon O'Donovan,Michael John Owen,Timothy W. Behrens,Simon Mead,André G. Uitterlinden,André G. Uitterlinden,Carlos Cruchaga,Martin Ingelsson,David A. Bennett,John Powell,Todd E. Golde,Caroline Graff,Philip L. De Jager,Kevin Morgan,Nilufer Ertekin-Taner,Onofre Combarros,Bruce M. Psaty,Peter Passmore,Steven G. Younkin,Claudine Berr,Vilmundur Gudnason,Dan Rujescu,Dennis W. Dickson,Jean-François Dartigues,Anita L. DeStefano,Anita L. DeStefano,Sara Ortega-Cubero,Hakon Hakonarson,Dominique Campion,Mercè Boada,John K Kauwe,Lindsay A. Farrer,Christine Van Broeckhoven,Christine Van Broeckhoven,M. Arfan Ikram,Lesley Jones,Jonathan L. Haines,Christophe Tzourio,Lenore J. Launer,Lenore J. Launer,Valentina Escott-Price,Richard Mayeux,Jean-François Deleuze,Najaf Amin,Alison Goate,Margaret A. Pericak-Vance,Peter Holmans,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Alfredo Ramirez,Alfredo Ramirez,Li-San Wang,Jean-Charles Lambert,Jean-Charles Lambert,Sudha Seshadri,Sudha Seshadri,Julie Williams,Gerard D. Schellenberg +487 more
TL;DR: Three new genome-wide significant nonsynonymous variants associated with Alzheimer's disease are observed, providing additional evidence that the microglia-mediated innate immune response contributes directly to the development of Alzheimer's Disease.
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Genetic evidence implicates the immune system and cholesterol metabolism in the aetiology of Alzheimer's disease.
Lesley Jones,Peter Holmans,Marian L. Hamshere,Denise Harold,Valentina Moskvina,Dobril Ivanov,Andrew Pocklington,Richard Abraham,Paul Hollingworth,Rebecca Sims,Amy Gerrish,Jaspreet Singh Pahwa,Nicola L. Jones,Alexandra Stretton,Angharad R. Morgan,Simon Lovestone,John Powell,Petroula Proitsi,Michelle K. Lupton,Carol Brayne,David C. Rubinsztein,Michael Gill,Brian A. Lawlor,Aoibhinn Lynch,Kevin Morgan,Kristelle Brown,Peter Passmore,David Craig,Bernadette McGuinness,Stephen Todd,Clive Holmes,David G. Mann,A. David Smith,Seth Love,Patrick G. Kehoe,Simon Mead,Nick C. Fox,Martin N. Rossor,John Collinge,Wolfgang Maier,Frank Jessen,Britta Schürmann,Hendrik van den Bussche,Isabella Heuser,Oliver Peters,Johannes Kornhuber,Jens Wiltfang,Martin Dichgans,Lutz Frölich,Harald Hampel,Harald Hampel,Michael Hüll,Dan Rujescu,Alison Goate,John S. K. Kauwe,Carlos Cruchaga,Petra Nowotny,John C. Morris,Kevin Mayo,Gill Livingston,Nicholas Bass,Hugh Gurling,Andrew McQuillin,Rhian Gwilliam,Panos Deloukas,Ammar Al-Chalabi,Christopher Shaw,Andrew B. Singleton,Rita Guerreiro,Thomas W. Mühleisen,Markus M. Nöthen,Susanne Moebus,Karl-Heinz Jöckel,Norman Klopp,H.-Erich Wichmann,Eckhard Rüther,Minerva M. Carrasquillo,V. Shane Pankratz,Steven G. Younkin,John Hardy,Michael Conlon O'Donovan,Michael John Owen,Julie Williams +82 more
TL;DR: Independent evidence from two large studies demonstrates that these processes related to cholesterol metabolism and the innate immune response are aetiologically relevant, and suggests that they may be suitable targets for novel and existing therapeutic approaches.
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Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders
Raymond K. Walters,Raymond K. Walters,Renato Polimanti,Emma C. Johnson,Jeanette N. McClintick,Mark Adams,Amy E. Adkins,Fazil Aliev,Silviu-Alin Bacanu,Anthony Batzler,Sarah Bertelsen,Joanna M. Biernacka,Tim B. Bigdeli,Li-Shiun Chen,Toni-Kim Clarke,Yi-Ling Chou,Franziska Degenhardt,Anna R. Docherty,Alexis C. Edwards,Pierre Fontanillas,Jerome C. Foo,Louis Fox,Josef Frank,Ina Giegling,Scott Gordon,Laura M. Hack,Annette M. Hartmann,Sarah M. Hartz,Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach,Stefan Herms,Stefan Herms,Colin A. Hodgkinson,Per Hoffmann,Per Hoffmann,Jouke-Jan Hottenga,Martin A. Kennedy,Mervi Alanne-Kinnunen,Bettina Konte,Jari Lahti,Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen,Dongbing Lai,Lannie Ligthart,Anu Loukola,Brion S. Maher,Hamdi Mbarek,Andrew M. McIntosh,Matthew B. McQueen,Jacquelyn L. Meyers,Yuri Milaneschi,Teemu Palviainen,John F. Pearson,Roseann E. Peterson,Samuli Ripatti,Euijung Ryu,Nancy L. Saccone,Jessica E. Salvatore,Sandra Sanchez-Roige,Melanie L. Schwandt,Richard Sherva,Fabian Streit,Jana Strohmaier,Nathaniel Thomas,Jen-Chyong Wang,Bradley T. Webb,Robbee Wedow,Leah Wetherill,Amanda G. Wills,Jason D. Boardman,Danfeng Chen,Doo Sup Choi,William E. Copeland,Robert Culverhouse,Norbert Dahmen,Louisa Degenhardt,Benjamin W. Domingue,Sarah L. Elson,Mark A. Frye,Wolfgang Gäbel,Caroline Hayward,Marcus Ising,Margaret Keyes,Falk Kiefer,John Kramer,Samuel Kuperman,Susanne Lucae,Michael T. Lynskey,Wolfgang Maier,Karl Mann,Satu Männistö,Bertram Müller-Myhsok,Alison D. Murray,John I. Nurnberger,Aarno Palotie,Ulrich W. Preuss,Katri Räikkönen,Maureen Reynolds,Monika Ridinger,Norbert Scherbaum,Marc A. Schuckit,Michael Soyka,Michael Soyka,Jens Treutlein,Stephanie H. Witt,Norbert Wodarz,Peter Zill,Daniel E. Adkins,Joseph M. Boden,Dorret I. Boomsma,Laura J. Bierut,Sandra A. Brown,Kathleen K. Bucholz,Sven Cichon,E. Jane Costello,Harriet de Wit,Nancy Diazgranados,Danielle M. Dick,Johan G. Eriksson,Lindsay A. Farrer,Tatiana Foroud,Nathan A. Gillespie,Alison Goate,David Goldman,Richard A. Grucza,Dana B. Hancock,Kathleen Mullan Harris,Andrew C. Heath,Victor Hesselbrock,John K. Hewitt,Christian J. Hopfer,John Horwood,William G. Iacono,Eric O. Johnson,Jaakko Kaprio,Victor M. Karpyak,Kenneth S. Kendler,Henry R. Kranzler,Kenneth Krauter,Paul Lichtenstein,Penelope A. Lind,Matt McGue,James MacKillop,Pamela A. F. Madden,Hermine H. Maes,Patrik K. E. Magnusson,Nicholas G. Martin,Sarah E. Medland,Grant W. Montgomery,Elliot C. Nelson,Markus M. Nöthen,Abraham A. Palmer,Nancy L. Pedersen,Brenda W. J. H. Penninx,Bernice Porjesz,John P. Rice,Marcella Rietschel,Brien P. Riley,Richard J. Rose,Dan Rujescu,Pei-Hong Shen,Judy L. Silberg,Michael C. Stallings,Ralph E. Tarter,Michael M. Vanyukov,Scott I. Vrieze,Tamara L. Wall,John Whitfield,Hongyu Zhao,Benjamin M. Neale,Benjamin M. Neale,Joel Gelernter,Howard J. Edenberg,Arpana Agrawal +171 more
TL;DR: The largest genome-wide association study to date of DSM-IV-diagnosed AD found loci associated with AD and characterized the relationship between AD and other psychiatric and behavioral outcomes, underscoring the genetic distinction between pathological and nonpathological drinking behaviors.