RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Trans-ancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 257311 DO 10.1101/257311 A1 Raymond K. Walters A1 Mark J. Adams A1 Amy E. Adkins A1 Fazil Aliev A1 Silviu-Alin Bacanu A1 Anthony Batzler A1 Sarah Bertelsen A1 Joanna Biernacka A1 Tim B. Bigdeli A1 Li-Shiun Chen A1 Toni-Kim Clarke A1 Yi-Ling Chou A1 Franziska Degenhardt A1 Anna R. Docherty A1 Pierre Fontanillas A1 Jerome Foo A1 Louis Fox A1 Josef Frank A1 Ina Giegling A1 Scott Gordon A1 Laura M. Hack A1 Annette M. Hartmann A1 Sarah M. Hartz A1 Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach A1 Stefan Herms A1 Colin Hodgkinson A1 Per Hoffmann A1 Jouke-Jan Hottenga A1 Martin A. Kennedy A1 Mervi Alanne-Kinnunen A1 Bettina Konte A1 Jari Lahti A1 Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen A1 Lannie Ligthart A1 Anu-Maria Loukola A1 Brion S. Maher A1 Hamdi Mbarek A1 Andrew M. McIntosh A1 Matthew B. McQueen A1 Yuri Milaneschi A1 Teemu Palviainen A1 John F. Pearson A1 Roseann E. Peterson A1 Renato Polimanti A1 Samuli Ripatti A1 Euijung Ryu A1 Nancy L. Saccone A1 Jessica E. Salvatore A1 Sandra Sanchez-Roige A1 Melanie Schwandt A1 Richard Sherva A1 Fabian Streit A1 Jana Strohmaier A1 Nathaniel Thomas A1 Jen-Chyong Wang A1 Bradley T. Webb A1 Robbee Wedow A1 Leah Wetherill A1 Amanda G. Wills A1 23andMe Research Team A1 Jason D. Boardman A1 Danfeng Chen A1 Doo-Sup Choi A1 William E. Copeland A1 Robert C. Culverhouse A1 Norbert Dahmen A1 Louisa Degenhardt A1 Benjamin W. Domingue A1 Sarah L. Elson A1 Mark Frye A1 Wolfgang Gäbel A1 Marcus Ising A1 Emma C. Johnson A1 Margaret Keyes A1 Falk Kiefer A1 John Kramer A1 Samuel Kuperman A1 Susanne Lucae A1 Michael T. Lynskey A1 Wolfgang Maier A1 Karl Mann A1 Satu Männistö A1 Jeanette Nance McClintick A1 Jacquelyn L. Meyers A1 Bertram Müller-Myhsok A1 John I. Nurnberger A1 Aarno Palotie A1 Ulrich Preuss A1 Katri Räikkönen A1 Maureen D. Reynolds A1 Monika Ridinger A1 Norbert Scherbaum A1 Marc Shuckit A1 Michael Soyka A1 Jens Treutlein A1 Stephanie Witt A1 Norbert Wodarz A1 Peter Zill A1 Daniel E. Adkins A1 Joseph M. Boden A1 Dorret Boomsma A1 Laura J Bierut A1 Sandra A. Brown A1 Kathleen K. Bucholz A1 Sven Cichon A1 E. Jane Costello A1 Harriet de Wit A1 Nancy Diazgranados A1 Danielle M. Dick A1 Johan G. Eriksson A1 Lindsay A. Farrer A1 Tatiana M. Foroud A1 Nathan A. Gillespie A1 Alison A. Goate A1 David Goldman A1 Richard A. Grucza A1 Dana B. Hancock A1 Kathleen Mullan Harris A1 Andrew C. Heath A1 Victor Hesselbrock A1 John K. Hewitt A1 Christian Hopfer A1 John Horwood A1 William Iacono A1 Eric O. Johnson A1 Jaakko A. Kaprio A1 Victor Karpyak A1 Kenneth S. Kendler A1 Henry R. Kranzler A1 Kenneth Krauter A1 Paul Lichtenstein A1 Penelope A. Lind A1 Matt McGue A1 James MacKillop A1 Pamela A.F. Madden A1 Hermine Maes A1 Patrik Magnusson A1 Nicholas G. Martin A1 Sarah E. Medland A1 Grant W. Montgomery A1 Elliot C. Nelson A1 Markus Nöthen A1 Abraham A. Palmer A1 Nancy L. Pedersen A1 Brenda W.J.H. Penninx A1 Bernice Porjesz A1 John P. Rice A1 Marcella Rietschel A1 Brien P. Riley A1 Richard Rose A1 Dan Rujescu A1 Pei-Hong Shen A1 Judy Silberg A1 Michael C. Stallings A1 Ralph E. Tarter A1 Michael M. Vanyukov A1 Scott Vrieze A1 Tamara L. Wall A1 John B. Whitfield A1 Hongyu Zhao A1 Benjamin M. Neale A1 Joel Gelernter A1 Howard J. Edenberg A1 Arpana Agrawal YR 2018 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/03/10/257311.abstract AB Liability to alcohol dependence (AD) is heritable, but little is known about its complex polygenic architecture or its genetic relationship with other disorders. To discover loci associated with AD and characterize the relationship between AD and other psychiatric and behavioral outcomes, we carried out the largest GWAS to date of DSM - IV diagnosed AD. Genome - wide data on 14,904 individuals with AD and 37,944 controls from 28 case / control and family - based studies were meta - analyzed, stratified by genetic ancestry (European, N = 46,568; African; N = 6,280). Independent, genome - wide significant effects of different ADH1B variants were identified in European (rs1229984; p = 9.8E - 13) and African ancestries (rs2066702; p = 2.2E - 9). Significant genetic correlations were observed with schizophrenia, ADHD, depression, and use of cigarettes and cannabis. There was only modest genetic correlation with alcohol consumption and inconsistent associations with problem drinking. The genetic underpinnings of AD only partially overlap with those for alcohol consumption, underscoring the genetic distinction between pathological and non - pathological drinking behaviors.