Tylee, Daniel S.Mick, Eric O.2022-08-232022-08-232018-10-162019-01-23<p>Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2018 Oct;177(7):641-657. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32652. Epub 2018 Oct 16. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32652">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>1552-4841 (Linking)10.1002/ajmg.b.3265230325587https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/46771<p>Full author list omitted for brevity. For the full list of authors, see article.</p>Individuals with psychiatric disorders have elevated rates of autoimmune comorbidity and altered immune signaling. It is unclear whether these altered immunological states have a shared genetic basis with those psychiatric disorders. The present study sought to use existing summary-level data from previous genome-wide association studies to determine if commonly varying single nucleotide polymorphisms are shared between psychiatric and immune-related phenotypes. We estimated heritability and examined pair-wise genetic correlations using the linkage disequilibrium score regression (LDSC) and heritability estimation from summary statistics methods. Using LDSC, we observed significant genetic correlations between immune-related disorders and several psychiatric disorders, including anorexia nervosa, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, smoking behavior, and Tourette syndrome. Loci significantly mediating genetic correlations were identified for schizophrenia when analytically paired with Crohn's disease, primary biliary cirrhosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and ulcerative colitis. We report significantly correlated loci and highlight those containing genome-wide associations and candidate genes for respective disorders. We also used the LDSC method to characterize genetic correlations among the immune-related phenotypes. We discuss our findings in the context of relevant genetic and epidemiological literature, as well as the limitations and caveats of the study.en-USC-reactive proteinCrohn's diseaseTourette syndromeallergyanorexia nervosaattention deficit-hyperactivity disorderautoimmune disorderbipolar disorderceliac diseasechildhood ear infectiongenetic correlationgenome-wide associationhypothyroidismmajor depressionneuroticismobsessive schizophreniaprimary biliary cirrhosisrheumatoid arthritissmokingsystemic lupus erythematosustuberculosis susceptibilitytype 1 diabetesulcerative colitisGenetics and GenomicsImmune System DiseasesMedical GeneticsMental DisordersJournal Articlehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/qhs_pp/123013667575qhs_pp/1230