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Sparse whole-genome sequencing identifies two loci for major depressive disorder.
Nature 523, 588-591 (2015)
Major depressive disorder (MDD), one of the most frequently encountered forms of mental illness and a leading cause of disability worldwide, poses a major challenge to genetic analysis. To date, no robustly replicated genetic loci have been identified, despite analysis of more than 9,000 cases. Here, using low-coverage whole-genome sequencing of 5,303 Chinese women with recurrent MDD selected to reduce phenotypic heterogeneity, and 5,337 controls screened to exclude MDD, we identified, and subsequently replicated in an independent sample, two loci contributing to risk of MDD on chromosome 10: one near the SIRT1 gene (P = 2.53 × 10(-10)), the other in an intron of the LHPP gene (P = 6.45 × 10(-12)). Analysis of 4,509 cases with a severe subtype of MDD, melancholia, yielded an increased genetic signal at the SIRT1 locus. We attribute our success to the recruitment of relatively homogeneous cases with severe illness.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0028-0836
e-ISSN
1476-4687
Journal
Nature
Quellenangaben
Volume: 523,
Issue: 7562,
Pages: 588-591
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place
London
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Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC)