• Bidirectional genetic overlap between autism spectrum disorder and cognitive traits 

      Hope, Sigrun; Shadrin, Alexey; Lin, Aihua; Bahrami, Shahram; Rødevand, Linn; Frei, Oleksandr; Hübenette, Saira Jameela; Cheng, Weiqiu; Hindley, Guy; Nag, Heidi Elisabeth; Ulstein, Line; Efrim-Budisteanu, Magdalena; O’Connell, Kevin; Dale, Anders; Djurovic, Srdjan; Nærland, Terje; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable condition with a large variation in cognitive function. Here we investigated the shared genetic architecture between cognitive traits (intelligence (INT) and educational ...
    • Characterizing the Genetic Overlap Between Psychiatric Disorders and Sleep-Related Phenotypes 

      O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Frei, Oleksandr; Bahrami, Shahram; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Bettella, Francesco; Cheng, Weiqiu; Chu, Yunhan; Hindley, Guy; Lin, Aihua; Shadrin, Alexey; Barrett, Elizabeth Ann; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Steen, Nils Eiel; Dale, Anders M.; Djurovic, Srdjan; Andreassen, Ole A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: A range of sleep disturbances are commonly experienced by patients with psychiatric disorders, and genome-wide genetic analyses have shown some significant genetic correlations between these traits. Here, we ...
    • Cross-trait genome-wide association analysis of C-reactive protein level and psychiatric disorders 

      Hindley, Guy; Drange, Ole Kristian; Lin, Aihua; Kutrolli, Gleda; Shadrin, Alexey; Parker, Nadine; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Rødevand, Linn; Cheng, Weiqiu; Bahrami, Shahram; Karadag, Naz; Holen, Børge; Jaholkowski, Piotr Pawel; Woldeyohannes, Markos Tesfaye; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dale, Anders M.; Frei, Oleksandr; Ueland, Thor; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      C-reactive protein (CRP) tends to be elevated in individuals with psychiatric disorders. Recent findings have suggested a protective effect of the genetic liability to elevated CRP on schizophrenia risk and a causative ...
    • Genetic Overlap Between Global Cortical Brain Structure, C-Reactive Protein, and White Blood Cell Counts 

      Parker, Nadine; Cheng, Weiqiu; Hindley, Guy; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Karthikeyan, Sandeep; Holen, Børge; Shadrin, Alexey; Rahman, Zillur; Karadag, Naz; Bahrami, Shahram; Lin, Aihua; Steen, Nils Eiel; Ueland, Thor; Aukrust, Pål; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dale, Anders; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Frei, Oleksandr; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Background For many brain disorders, a subset of patients jointly exhibit alterations in cortical brain structure and elevated levels of circulating immune markers. This may be driven in part by shared genetic architecture. ...
    • Genome-wide analysis of anorexia nervosa and major psychiatric disorders and related traits reveals genetic overlap and identifies novel risk loci for anorexia nervosa 

      Bang, Lasse; Bahrami, Shahram; Hindley, Guy; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Rødevand, Linn; Jaholkowski, Piotr Pawel; Shadrin, Alexey; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Frei, Oleksandr; Lin, Aihua; Rahman, Zillur; Cheng, Weiqiu; Parker, Nadine; Fan, Chun C.; Dale, Anders M.; Djurovic, Srdjan; Bulik, Cynthia M.; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a heritable eating disorder (50–60%) with an array of commonly comorbid psychiatric disorders and related traits. Although significant genetic correlations between AN and psychiatric disorders and ...
    • Genome-wide analysis reveals genetic overlap between alcohol use behaviours, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and identifies novel shared risk loci 

      Wiström, Erik David; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Karadag, Naz; Bahrami, Shahram; Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; Lin, Aihua; Cheng, Weiqiu; Steen, Nils Eiel; Shadrin, Alexey; Frei, Oleksandr; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dale, Anders M.; Andreassen, Ole A.; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background and aim Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) have a high comorbidity of alcohol use disorder (AUD), and both comorbid AUD and excessive alcohol consumption (AC) have been linked to greater illness ...
    • Genome-wide Association Analysis of Schizophrenia and Vitamin D Levels Shows Shared Genetic Architecture and Identifies Novel Risk Loci 

      Jaholkowski, Piotr Pawel; Hindley, Guy; Shadrin, Alexey; Tesfaye, Markos; Bahrami, Shahram; Nerhus, Mari; Rahman, Zillur; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Holen, Børge; Parker, Nadine; Cheng, Weiqiu; Lin, Aihua; Rødevand, Linn; Karadag, Naz; Frei, Oleksandr; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dale, Anders M.; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Low vitamin D (vitD) levels have been consistently reported in schizophrenia (SCZ) suggesting a role in the etiopathology. However, little is known about the role of underlying shared genetic mechanisms. We applied a ...
    • Polygenic overlap and shared genetic loci between loneliness, severe mental disorders, and cardiovascular disease risk factors suggest shared molecular mechanisms 

      Rødevand, Linn; Bahrami, Shahram; Frei, Oleksandr; Lin, Aihua; Gani, Osman; Shadrin, Alexey A.; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; O'Connell, Kevin; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Winterton, Adriano; Quintana, Daniel; Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; Werner, Maren Caroline Frogner; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dale, Anders Martin; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Steen, Nils Eiel; Andreassen, Ole Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Clinical and epidemiological evidence suggest that loneliness is associated with severe mental disorders (SMDs) and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the mechanisms underlying the relationship ...
    • Shared genetic architecture between irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric disorders reveals molecular pathways of the gut-brain axis 

      Woldeyohannes, Markos Tesfaye; Jaholkowski, Piotr Pawel; Hindley, Guy; Shadrin, Alexey; Rahman, Zillur; Bahrami, Shahram; Lin, Aihua; Holen, Børge; Parker, Nadine; Cheng, Weiqiu; Rødevand, Linn; Frei, Oleksandr; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dale, Anders M.; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; O’Connell, Kevin S.; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-01)
      Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) often co-occurs with psychiatric and gastrointestinal disorders. A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified several genetic risk variants for IBS. However, most of ...
    • Shared genetic architecture between schizophrenia and subcortical brain volumes implicates early neurodevelopmental processes and brain development in childhood 

      Cheng, Weiqiu; van der Meer, Dennis; Parker, Nadine; Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Wang, Yunpeng; Shadrin, Alexey; Alnæs, Dag; Bahrami, Shahram; Lin, Aihua; Karadag, Naz; Holen, Børge; Fernández-Cabello, Sara; Fan, Chun-Chieh; Dale, Anders; Djurovic, Srdjan; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Frei, Oleksandr; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Patients with schizophrenia have consistently shown brain volumetric abnormalities, implicating both etiological and pathological processes. However, the genetic relationship between schizophrenia and brain volumetric ...
    • The shared genetic basis of mood instability and psychiatric disorders: A cross-trait genome-wide association analysis 

      Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Rahman, Zillur; Frei, Oleksandr; Bahrami, Shahram; Shadrin, Alexey; Høegh, Margrethe Collier; Cheng, Weiqiu; Karadag, Naz; Lin, Aihua; Rødevand, Linn; Fan, Chun C.; Djurovic, Srdjan; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Dale, Anders; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Recent genome-wide association studies of mood instability (MOOD) have found significant positive genetic correlation with major depression (DEP) and weak correlations with other psychiatric disorders. We investigated the ...