The genomics of major psychiatric disorders in a large pedigree from Northern Sweden

We searched for genetic causes of major psychiatric disorders (bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia) in a large, densely affected pedigree from Northern Sweden that originated with three pairs of founders born around 1650. We applied a systematic genomic approach to the pedi...

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Published in:Translational Psychiatry
Main Authors: Szatkiewicz, Jin, Crowley, James J., Adolfsson, Annelie Nordin, Åberg, Karolina A., Alaerts, Maaike, Genovese, Giulio, McCarroll, Steven, Del-Favero, Jurgen, Adolfsson, Rolf, Sullivan, Patrick F.
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Northern Sweden
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362018/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30718465
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-019-0414-9
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Summary:We searched for genetic causes of major psychiatric disorders (bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia) in a large, densely affected pedigree from Northern Sweden that originated with three pairs of founders born around 1650. We applied a systematic genomic approach to the pedigree via karyotyping (N = 9), genome-wide SNP arrays (N = 418), whole-exome sequencing (N = 26), and whole-genome sequencing (N = 10). Comprehensive analysis did not identify plausible variants of strong effect. Rather, pedigree cases had significantly higher genetic risk scores compared to pedigree and community controls.

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