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Erschienen in: Current Psychiatry Reports 2/2018

01.02.2018 | Genetic Disorders (F Goes, Section Editor)

Human Genetics of Addiction: New Insights and Future Directions

verfasst von: Dana B. Hancock, Christina A. Markunas, Laura J. Bierut, Eric O. Johnson

Erschienen in: Current Psychiatry Reports | Ausgabe 2/2018

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Abstract

Purpose of Review

With the advent of the genome-wide association study (GWAS), our understanding of the genetics of addiction has made significant strides forward. Here, we summarize genetic loci containing variants identified at genome-wide statistical significance (P < 5 × 10−8) and independently replicated, review evidence of functional or regulatory effects for GWAS-identified variants, and outline multi-omics approaches to enhance discovery and characterize addiction loci.

Recent Findings

Replicable GWAS findings span 11 genetic loci for smoking, eight loci for alcohol, and two loci for illicit drugs combined and include missense functional variants and noncoding variants with regulatory effects in human brain tissues traditionally viewed as addiction-relevant (e.g., prefrontal cortex [PFC]) and, more recently, tissues often overlooked (e.g., cerebellum).

Summary

GWAS analyses have discovered several novel, replicable variants contributing to addiction. Using larger sample sizes from harmonized datasets and new approaches to integrate GWAS with multiple ‘omics data across human brain tissues holds great promise to significantly advance our understanding of the biology underlying addiction.
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Metadaten
Titel
Human Genetics of Addiction: New Insights and Future Directions
verfasst von
Dana B. Hancock
Christina A. Markunas
Laura J. Bierut
Eric O. Johnson
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Current Psychiatry Reports / Ausgabe 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1523-3812
Elektronische ISSN: 1535-1645
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-018-0873-3

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