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Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Diso...
Mullins, Niamh; Kang, JooEun; Campos, Adrian I; Coleman, Jonathan R I; Edwards, Alexis C; Galfalvy, Hanga; Levey, Daniel F; Lori, AdrianaBackground: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and nonfatal suicide attempts, which occur far more frequently, are a major source of disability and social and economic burden. Both have substantial genetic etiology, which is partially shared and partially distinct from that of related psychiatric disorders. Methods: We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 29,782 suicide attempt (SA) c...
Dual role of allele-specific DNA hypermethylation within the TERT promoter in c...
Lee, Donghyun D.; Komosa, Martin; Sudhaman, Sumedha; Leão, Ricardo; Zhang, Cindy H.; Apolonio, Joana D.; Hermanns, Thomas; Wild, Peter J.Aberrant activation of telomerase in human cancer is achieved by various alterations within the TERT promoter, including cancer-specific DNA hypermethylation of the TERT hypermethylated oncological region (THOR). However, the impact of allele-specific DNA methylation within the TERT promoter on gene transcription remains incompletely understood. Using allele-specific next-generation sequencing, we screened a la...