• Boosting Schizophrenia Genetics by Utilizing Genetic Overlap With Brain Morphology 

      van der Meer, Dennis; Shadrin, Alexey; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Bettella, Francesco; Djurovic, Srdjan; Wolfers, Thomas; Alnæs, Dag; Agartz, Ingrid; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Melle, Ingrid; Sánchez, Jennifer Monereo; Linden, David E.J.; Dale, Anders; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Andreassen, Ole; Frei, Oleksandr; Kaufmann, Tobias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Schizophrenia is a complex polygenic disorder with subtle, distributed abnormalities in brain morphology. There are indications of shared genetic architecture between schizophrenia and brain measures despite ...
    • Characterisation of age and polarity at onset in bipolar disorder 

      Kalman, Janos L.; Loohuis, Loes M. Olde; Vreeker, Annabel; McQuillin, Andrew; Stahl, Eli A.; Ruderfer, Douglas; Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria; Panagiotaropoulou, Georgia; Ripke, Stephan; Bigdeli, Tim B.; Stein, Frederike; Meller, Tina; Meinert, Susanne; Pelin, Helena; Streit, Fabian; Papiol, Sergi; Adams, Mark J.; Adolfsson, Rolf; Adorjan, Kristina; Agartz, Ingrid; Aminoff, Sofie Ragnhild; Anderson-Schmidt, Heike; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Ardau, Raffaella; Aubry, Jean-Michel; Balaban, Ceylan; Djurovic, Srdjan; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Melle, Ingrid; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; O'Connell, Kevin Sean (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Studying phenotypic and genetic characteristics of age at onset (AAO) and polarity at onset (PAO) in bipolar disorder can provide new insights into disease pathology and facilitate the development of screening ...
    • Characterising the shared genetic determinants of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and risk-taking 

      Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; Bahrami, Shahram; Steen, Nils Eiel; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Frei, Oleksandr; Shadrin, Alexey; Bettella, Francesco; Rødevand, Linn; Fan, Chun-Chieh; Dale, Anders; Djurovic, Srdjan; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Increased risk-taking is a central component of bipolar disorder (BIP) and is implicated in schizophrenia (SCZ). Risky behaviours, including smoking and alcohol use, are overrepresented in both disorders and associated ...
    • 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 ...
    • Dose-dependent transcriptional effects of lithium and adverse effect burden in a psychiatric cohort 

      Krull, Florian; Akkouh, Ibrahim Ahmed; Hughes, Timothy; Bettella, Francesco; Athanasiu, Lavinia; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Brattbakk, Hans-Richard; Steen, Vidar Martin; Steen, Nils Eiel; Djurovic, Srdjan; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Lithium is the first-line treatment for bipolar disorder (BD), but there is a large variation in response rate and adverse effects. Although the molecular effects of lithium have been studied extensively, the specific ...
    • 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 analyses reveal novel opioid use disorder loci and genetic overlap with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression 

      Holen, Børge; Shadrin, Alexey; Icick, Romain; Filiz, Tahir Tekin; Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; Rødevand, Linn; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Hagen, Espen; Frei, Oleksandr; Bahrami, Shahram; Cheng, Weiqiu; Parker, Nadine; Woldeyohannes, Markos Tesfaye; Jaholkowski, Piotr Pawel; Karadag, Naz; Dale, Anders M; Djurovic, Srdjan; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Opioid use disorder (OUD) and mental disorders are often comorbid, with increased morbidity and mortality. The causes underlying this relationship are poorly understood. Although these conditions are highly heritable, their ...
    • 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 ...
    • Increased circulating IL-18 levels in severe mental disorders indicate systemic inflammasome activation 

      Szabo, Attila; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Ueland, Thor; Sheikh, Mashhood Ahmed; Agartz, Ingrid; Andreou, Dimitrios; Aukrust, Pål; Boye, Birgitte; Bøen, Erlend; Drange, Ole Kristian; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Engh, John; Hope, Sigrun; Høegh, Margrethe Collier; Joa, Inge; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune Andreas; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Lekva, Tove; Malt, Ulrik Fredrik; Melle, Ingrid; Morken, Gunnar; Nærland, Terje; Steen, Vidar Martin; Sørensen, Kjetil; Wedervang-Resell, Kirsten; Weibell, Melissa Anne Elin Authen; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Steen, Nils Eiel; Andreassen, Ole; Djurovic, Srdjan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) are severe mental illnesses (SMI) that are part of a psychosis continuum, and dysregulated innate immune responses have been suggested to be involved in their ...
    • Polygenic overlap with body-mass index improves prediction of treatment-resistant schizophrenia 

      O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Koch, Elise; Lenk, Hasan Cagin; Akkouh, Ibrahim Ahmed; Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; Jaholkowski, Piotr Pawel; Smith, Robert Løvsletten; Holen, Børge; Shadrin, Alexey; Frei, Oleksandr; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Steen, Nils Eiel; Dale, Anders M; Molden, Espen; Djurovic, Srdjan; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Treatment resistant schizophrenia (TRS) is characterized by repeated treatment failure with antipsychotics. A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) of TRS showed a polygenic architecture, but no significant loci were ...
    • Shared genetic architecture between neuroticism, coronary artery disease and cardiovascular risk factors 

      Torgersen, Kristin Stensland; Bahrami, Shahram; Frei, Oleksandr; Shadrin, Alexey; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Munkhaugen, John; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dammen, Toril; Andreassen, Ole A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Neuroticism is associated with poor health, cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and coronary artery disease (CAD). The conditional/conjunctional false discovery rate method (cond/conjFDR) was applied to genome wide ...
    • 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 ...
    • Shared genetic loci between depression and cardiometabolic traits 

      Torgersen, Kristin Stensland; Rahman, Zillur; Bahrami, Shahram; Hindley, Guy Frederick Lanyon; Parker, Nadine; Frei, Oleksandr; Shadrin, Alexey; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Tesli, Martin Steen; Smeland, Olav Bjerkehagen; Munkhaugen, John; Djurovic, Srdjan; Dammen, Toril; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-13)
      Epidemiological and clinical studies have found associations between depression and cardiovascular disease risk factors, and coronary artery disease patients with depression have worse prognosis. The genetic relationship ...
    • Systemic Cell Adhesion Molecules in Severe Mental Illness: Potential Role of Intercellular CAM-1 in Linking Peripheral and Neuroinflammation 

      Sheikh, Mashhood Ahmed; O'Connell, Kevin Sean; Lekva, Tove; Szabo, Attila; Akkouh, Ibrahim Ahmed; Osete, Jordi Requena; Agartz, Ingrid; Engh, John; Andreou, Dimitrios; Boye, Birgitte; Bøen, Erlend; Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn; Hope, Sigrun; Werner, Maren Caroline Frogner; Joa, Inge; Johnsen, Erik; Kroken, Rune Andreas; Lagerberg, Trine Vik; Melle, Ingrid; Drange, Ole Kristian; Morken, Gunnar; Nærland, Terje; Sørensen, Kjetil; Vaaler, Arne; Weibell, Melissa Anne Elin Authen; Westlye, Lars Tjelta; Aukrust, Pål; Djurovic, Srdjan; Steen, Nils Eiel; Andreassen, Ole; Ueland, Thor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) orchestrate leukocyte trafficking and could link peripheral and neuroinflammation in patients with severe mental illness (SMI), by promoting inflammatory and immune-mediated ...