TY - JOUR T1 - Genome-wide meta-analyses reveal novel loci for verbal short-term memory and learning. JF - Molecular Psychiatry Y1 - 2022 A1 - Lahti, Jari A1 - Tuominen, Samuli A1 - Yang, Qiong A1 - Pergola, Giulio A1 - Ahmad, Shahzad A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Armstrong, Nicola J A1 - Beiser, Alexa A1 - Bey, Katharina A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Bressler, Jan A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Chen, Qiang A1 - Corley, Janie A1 - Cox, Simon R A1 - Davies, Gail A1 - De Jager, Philip L A1 - Derks, Eske M A1 - Jessica Faul A1 - Fitzpatrick, Annette L A1 - Fohner, Alison E A1 - Ford, Ian A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Gerring, Zachary A1 - Grabe, Hans J A1 - Grodstein, Francine A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Simonsick, Eleanor A1 - Holliday, Elizabeth G A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Kajantie, Eero A1 - Kaprio, Jaakko A1 - Karell, Pauliina A1 - Kleineidam, Luca A1 - Knol, Maria J A1 - Kochan, Nicole A A1 - Kwok, John B A1 - Leber, Markus A1 - Lam, Max A1 - Lee, Teresa A1 - Li, Shuo A1 - Loukola, Anu A1 - Luck, Tobias A1 - Marioni, Riccardo E A1 - Mather, Karen A A1 - Medland, Sarah A1 - Mirza, Saira S A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Nho, Kwangsik A1 - O'Donnell, Adrienne A1 - Oldmeadow, Christopher A1 - Painter, Jodie A1 - Pattie, Alison A1 - Reppermund, Simone A1 - Risacher, Shannon L A1 - Rose, Richard J A1 - Sadashivaiah, Vijay A1 - Scholz, Markus A1 - Satizabal, Claudia L A1 - Schofield, Peter W A1 - Schraut, Katharina E A1 - Scott, Rodney J A1 - Simino, Jeannette A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Smith, Jennifer A A1 - Stott, David J A1 - Surakka, Ida A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Thalamuthu, Anbupalam A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Turner, Stephen T A1 - van der Lee, Sven J A1 - Villringer, Arno A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Wilson, Robert S A1 - Wittfeld, Katharina A1 - Vuoksimaa, Eero A1 - Xia, Rui A1 - Yaffe, Kristine A1 - Yu, Lei A1 - Zare, Habil A1 - Zhao, Wei A1 - Ames, David A1 - Attia, John A1 - Bennett, David A A1 - Brodaty, Henry A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Goldman, Aaron L A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Sharon L R Kardia A1 - Lencz, Todd A1 - Loeffler, Markus A1 - Mattay, Venkata S A1 - Palotie, Aarno A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Ramirez, Alfredo A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Riedel-Heller, Steffi G A1 - Sachdev, Perminder S A1 - Saykin, Andrew J A1 - Scherer, Martin A1 - Schofield, Peter R A1 - Sidney, Stephen A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Trollor, Julian A1 - Ulrich, William A1 - Wagner, Michael A1 - David R Weir A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Wright, Margaret J A1 - Weinberger, Daniel R A1 - Debette, Stéphanie A1 - Eriksson, Johan G A1 - Mosley, Thomas H A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Seshadri, Sudha A1 - Räikkönen, Katri KW - Genome KW - health outcomes KW - Memory KW - neurocognitive outcomes KW - polygenic score KW - Verbal Learning AB -

Understanding the genomic basis of memory processes may help in combating neurodegenerative disorders. Hence, we examined the associations of common genetic variants with verbal short-term memory and verbal learning in adults without dementia or stroke (N = 53,637). We identified novel loci in the intronic region of CDH18, and at 13q21 and 3p21.1, as well as an expected signal in the APOE/APOC1/TOMM40 region. These results replicated in an independent sample. Functional and bioinformatic analyses supported many of these loci and further implicated POC1. We showed that polygenic score for verbal learning associated with brain activation in right parieto-occipital region during working memory task. Finally, we showed genetic correlations of these memory traits with several neurocognitive and health outcomes. Our findings suggest a role of several genomic loci in verbal memory processes.

ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genome-wide meta-analysis associates HLA-DQA1/DRB1 and LPA and lifestyle factors with human longevity. JF - Nature Communications Y1 - 2017 A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Nicola Pirastu A1 - Kentistou, Katherine A A1 - Fischer, Krista A1 - Edith Hofer A1 - Schraut, Katharina E A1 - Clark, David W A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - Barnes, Catriona L K A1 - Paul Rhj Timmers A1 - Shen, Xia A1 - Gandin, Ilaria A1 - McDaid, Aaron F A1 - Hansen, Thomas Folkmann A1 - Gordon, Scott D A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Boutin, Thibaud S A1 - Abdellaoui, Abdel A1 - Zhao, Wei A1 - Medina-Gomez, Carolina A1 - Traci M Bartz A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Leslie A Lange A1 - Raffield, Laura A1 - van der Spek, Ashley A1 - Galesloot, Tessel E A1 - Proitsi, Petroula A1 - Yanek, Lisa R A1 - Bielak, Lawrence F A1 - Payton, Antony A1 - Murgia, Federico A1 - Concas, Maria Pina A1 - Biino, Ginevra A1 - Tajuddin, Salman M A1 - Seppälä, Ilkka A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Børglum, Anders D A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Ellen W Demerath A1 - Demuth, Ilja A1 - Jessica Faul A1 - Ford, Ian A1 - Gialluisi, Alessandro A1 - Gögele, Martin A1 - Graff, Mariaelisa A1 - Aroon Hingorani A1 - Jouke-Jan Hottenga A1 - Hougaard, David M A1 - Hurme, Mikko A A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Jylhä, Marja A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Ligthart, Lannie A1 - Lill, Christina M A1 - Lindenberger, Ulman A1 - Lumley, Thomas A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Marques-Vidal, Pedro A1 - Sarah E Medland A1 - Lili Milani A1 - Nagy, Reka A1 - William E R Ollier A1 - Peyser, Patricia A A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Fernando Rivadeneira A1 - Ruggiero, Daniela A1 - Saba, Yasaman A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Slagboom, P Eline A1 - Smith, Blair H A1 - Smith, Jennifer A A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona A1 - Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth A1 - van Rooij, Frank J A A1 - Verbeek, André L A1 - Vermeulen, Sita H A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Wang, Yunpeng A1 - Werge, Thomas A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Alan B Zonderman A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Michele K Evans A1 - Pirastu, Mario A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - Bertram, Lars A1 - Pendleton, Neil A1 - Sharon L R Kardia A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Becker, Diane M A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Cornelia M van Duijn A1 - Wilson, James G A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Lambertus A Kiemeney A1 - André G Uitterlinden A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Kari E North A1 - David R Weir A1 - Andres Metspalu A1 - Dorret I Boomsma A1 - Caroline Hayward A1 - Daniel I Chasman A1 - Nicholas G Martin A1 - Sattar, Naveed A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Tõnu Esko A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - James F Wilson KW - Alleles KW - Body Mass Index KW - Coronary Disease KW - Education KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - HLA-DQ alpha-Chains KW - HLA-DRB1 Chains KW - Humans KW - Insulin Resistance KW - Life Style KW - Lipoprotein(a) KW - Lipoproteins, HDL KW - Longevity KW - Lung Neoplasms KW - Obesity KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Smoking KW - Socioeconomic factors AB -

Genomic analysis of longevity offers the potential to illuminate the biology of human aging. Here, using genome-wide association meta-analysis of 606,059 parents' survival, we discover two regions associated with longevity (HLA-DQA1/DRB1 and LPA). We also validate previous suggestions that APOE, CHRNA3/5, CDKN2A/B, SH2B3 and FOXO3A influence longevity. Next we show that giving up smoking, educational attainment, openness to new experience and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are most positively genetically correlated with lifespan while susceptibility to coronary artery disease (CAD), cigarettes smoked per day, lung cancer, insulin resistance and body fat are most negatively correlated. We suggest that the effect of education on lifespan is principally mediated through smoking while the effect of obesity appears to act via CAD. Using instrumental variables, we suggest that an increase of one body mass index unit reduces lifespan by 7 months while 1 year of education adds 11 months to expected lifespan.Variability in human longevity is genetically influenced. Using genetic data of parental lifespan, the authors identify associations at HLA-DQA/DRB1 and LPA and find that genetic variants that increase educational attainment have a positive effect on lifespan whereas increasing BMI negatively affects lifespan.

VL - 8 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment. JF - Nature Y1 - 2016 A1 - Okbay, Aysu A1 - Jonathan P. Beauchamp A1 - Mark Alan Fontana A1 - Lee, James J A1 - Pers, Tune H A1 - Cornelius A Rietveld A1 - Turley, Patrick A1 - Chen, Guo-Bo A1 - Emilsson, Valur A1 - Meddens, S Fleur W A1 - Oskarsson, Sven A1 - Pickrell, Joseph K A1 - Thom, Kevin A1 - Pascal N Timshel A1 - de Vlaming, Ronald A1 - Abdel Abdellaoui A1 - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S A1 - Bacelis, Jonas A1 - Baumbach, Clemens A1 - Bjornsdottir, Gyda A1 - Brandsma, Johannes H A1 - Maria Pina Concas A1 - Derringer, Jaime A1 - Furlotte, Nicholas A A1 - Galesloot, Tessel E A1 - Giorgia G Girotto A1 - Gupta, Richa A1 - Hall, Leanne M A1 - Sarah E Harris A1 - Edith Hofer A1 - Horikoshi, Momoko A1 - Huffman, Jennifer E A1 - Kaasik, Kadri A1 - Ioanna Panagiota Kalafati A1 - Karlsson, Robert A1 - Kong, Augustine A1 - Lahti, Jari A1 - Sven J van der Lee A1 - Christiaan de Leeuw A1 - Penelope A Lind A1 - Lindgren, Karl-Oskar A1 - Tian Liu A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Mihailov, Evelin A1 - Michael B Miller A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Christopher J Oldmeadow A1 - Payton, Antony A1 - Pervjakova, Natalia A1 - Wouter J Peyrot A1 - Qian, Yong A1 - Olli T Raitakari A1 - Rueedi, Rico A1 - Salvi, Erika A1 - Schmidt, Börge A1 - Schraut, Katharina E A1 - Jianxin Shi A1 - Albert Vernon Smith A1 - Poot, Raymond A A1 - St Pourcain, Beate A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Thorleifsson, Gudmar A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Vuckovic, Dragana A1 - Jürgen Wellmann A1 - Westra, Harm-Jan A1 - Yang, Jingyun A1 - Wei Zhao A1 - Zhihong Zhu A1 - Alizadeh, Behrooz Z A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Bakshi, Andrew A1 - Baumeister, Sebastian E A1 - Biino, Ginevra A1 - Bønnelykke, Klaus A1 - Patricia A. Boyle A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Cappuccio, Francesco P A1 - Gail Davies A1 - De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel A1 - Deloukas, Panos A1 - Demuth, Ilja A1 - Ding, Jun A1 - Eibich, Peter A1 - Eisele, Lewin A1 - Eklund, Niina A1 - Jessica Faul A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Andreas J Forstner A1 - Gandin, Ilaria A1 - Gunnarsson, Bjarni A1 - Halldórsson, Bjarni V A1 - Tamara B Harris A1 - Andrew C Heath A1 - Lynne J Hocking A1 - Holliday, Elizabeth G A1 - Homuth, Georg A1 - Horan, Michael A A1 - Jouke-Jan Hottenga A1 - Philip L de Jager A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Jugessur, Astanand A1 - Marika A Kaakinen A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kanoni, Stavroula A1 - Keltigangas-Järvinen, Liisa A1 - Lambertus A Kiemeney A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Koskinen, Seppo A1 - Kraja, Aldi T A1 - Kroh, Martin A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Latvala, Antti A1 - Lenore J Launer A1 - Lebreton, Maël P A1 - Douglas F Levinson A1 - Paul Lichtenstein A1 - Lichtner, Peter A1 - David C Liewald A1 - Loukola, Anu A1 - Pamela A F Madden A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Mäki-Opas, Tomi A1 - Riccardo E Marioni A1 - Marques-Vidal, Pedro A1 - Meddens, Gerardus A A1 - McMahon, George A1 - Meisinger, Christa A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Milaneschi, Yusplitri A1 - Lili Milani A1 - Grant W Montgomery A1 - Myhre, Ronny A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - Nyholt, Dale R A1 - William E R Ollier A1 - Aarno Palotie A1 - Paternoster, Lavinia A1 - Nancy L Pedersen A1 - Katja E Petrovic A1 - David J Porteous A1 - Katri Räikkönen A1 - Ring, Susan M A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Rostapshova, Olga A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Rustichini, Aldo A1 - Veikko Salomaa A1 - Sanders, Alan R A1 - Sarin, Antti-Pekka A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Rodney J Scott A1 - Smith, Blair H A1 - Jennifer A Smith A1 - Staessen, Jan A A1 - Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Antonio Terracciano A1 - Tobin, Martin D A1 - Ulivi, Sheila A1 - Vaccargiu, Simona A1 - Quaye, Lydia A1 - van Rooij, Frank J A A1 - Venturini, Cristina A1 - Anna A E Vinkhuyzen A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Vonk, Judith M A1 - Vozzi, Diego A1 - Waage, Johannes A1 - Erin B Ware A1 - Gonneke Willemsen A1 - John R. Attia A1 - David A Bennett A1 - Klaus Berger A1 - Bertram, Lars A1 - Bisgaard, Hans A1 - Dorret I Boomsma A1 - Ingrid B Borecki A1 - Bültmann, Ute A1 - Chabris, Christopher F A1 - Francesco Cucca A1 - Cusi, Daniele A1 - Ian J Deary A1 - George Dedoussis A1 - Cornelia M van Duijn A1 - Johan G Eriksson A1 - Franke, Barbara A1 - Lude L Franke A1 - Paolo P. Gasparini A1 - Gejman, Pablo V A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Hans-Jörgen Grabe A1 - Gratten, Jacob A1 - Groenen, Patrick J F A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Caroline Hayward A1 - Hinds, David A A1 - Hoffmann, Wolfgang A1 - Hyppönen, Elina A1 - Iacono, William G A1 - Jacobsson, Bo A1 - Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Jöckel, Karl-Heinz A1 - Kaprio, Jaakko A1 - Sharon L R Kardia A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Lehrer, Steven F A1 - Patrik K E Magnusson A1 - Nicholas G Martin A1 - McGue, Matt A1 - Andres Metspalu A1 - Pendleton, Neil A1 - Brenda W J H Penninx A1 - Markus Perola A1 - Nicola Pirastu A1 - Pirastu, Mario A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Posthuma, Danielle A1 - Power, Christine A1 - Province, Michael A A1 - Nilesh J Samani A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Thorkild I. A. Sørensen A1 - Timothy Spector A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - A. Roy Thurik A1 - Nicholas J Timpson A1 - Henning Tiemeier A1 - Tung, Joyce Y A1 - André G Uitterlinden A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - David R Weir A1 - James F Wilson A1 - Alan F Wright A1 - Dalton C Conley A1 - Krueger, Robert F A1 - George Davey Smith A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - David I Laibson A1 - Sarah E Medland A1 - Meyer, Michelle N A1 - Yang, Jian A1 - Johannesson, Magnus A1 - Peter M Visscher A1 - Tõnu Esko A1 - Philipp D Koellinger A1 - Cesarini, David A1 - Daniel J. Benjamin KW - Alzheimer's disease KW - Bipolar Disorder KW - Cognitive Ability KW - Education KW - Fetus KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Humans KW - Molecular Sequence Annotation KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Schizophrenia KW - United Kingdom AB -

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. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.

VL - 533 IS - 7604 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27225129?dopt=Abstract ER -