Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

Aysu Okbay; Bart M L Baselmans; Jan Emmanuel De Neve; Patrick Turley; Michel G. Nivard; Mark Alan Fontana; S. Fleur W Meddens; Richard Karlsson Linnér; Cornelius A. Rietveld; Jaime Derringer; Jacob Gratten; James J. Lee; Jimmy Z. Liu; Ronald De Vlaming; Tarunveer SAhluwalia; Jadwiga Buchwald; Alana Cavadino; Alexis C. Frazier-Wood; Nicholas A. Furlotte; Victoria Garfield; Marie Henrike Geisel; Juan R. Gonzalez; Saskia Haitjema; Robert Karlsson; Sander Wvan Der Laan; Karl Heinz Ladwig; Jari Lahti; Sven J. Van Der Lee; Penelope A. Lind; Tian Liu; Lindsay Matteson; Evelin Mihailov; Michael B. Miller; Camelia CMinica; Ilja MNolte; Dennis Mook-Kanamori; Peter J. Van Der Most; Christopher Oldmeadow; Yong Qian; Olli Raitakari; Rajesh Rawal; Anu Realo; Rico Rueedi; Börge Schmidt; Albert V. Smith; Evie Stergiakouli; Toshiko Tanaka; Kent Taylor; Juho Wedenoja; Juergen Wellmann; Harm Jan Westra; Sara MWillems; Wei Zhao; Life Lines Cohort Study; Najaf Amin; Andrew Bakshi; Patricia A. Boyle; Samantha Cherney; Simon R. Cox; Gail Davies; Oliver S P Davis; Jun Ding; Nese Direk; Peter Eibich; Rebecca T. Emeny; Ghazaleh Fatemifar; Jessica D. Faul; Luigi Ferrucci; Andreas Forstner; Christian Gieger; Richa Gupta; Tamara B. Harris; Juliette M. Harris; Elizabeth G. Holliday; Jouke Jan Hottenga; Philip L. De Jager; Marika A. Kaakinen; Eero Kajantie; Ville Karhunen; Ivana Kolcic; Meena Kumari; Lenore J. Launer; Lude Franke; Ruifang Li-Gao; Marisa Koini; Anu Loukola; Pedro Marques-Vidal; Grant W. Montgomery; Miriam A. Mosing; Lavinia Paternoster; Alison Pattie; Katja E. Petrovic; Laura Pulkki-R'back; Lydia Quaye; Katri R'ikkönen; Igor Rudan; Rodney J. Scott; Jennifer A. Smith; Angelina R. Sutin; Maciej Trzaskowski; Anna E. Vinkhuyze; Lei Yu; Delilah Zabaneh; John R. Attia; David A. Bennett; Klaus Berger; Lars Bertram; Dorret I. Boomsma; Harold Snieder; Shun Chiao Chang; Francesco Cucca; Ian J. Deary; Cornelia M. Van Duijn; Johan G. Eriksson; Ute Bültmann; Eco J Cde Geus; Patrick J F Groenen; Vilmundur Gudnason; Torben Hansen; Catharine A. Hartman; Claire M A Haworth; Caroline Hayward; Andrew C. Heath; David A. Hinds; Elina Hyppönen; William G. Iacono; Marjo Riitta J'rvelin; Karl Heinz Jöckel; Jaakko Kaprio; Sharon L R Kardia; Liisa Keltikangas-J'rvinen; Peter Kraft; Laura D. Kubzansky; Terho Lehtim'ki; Patrik K E Magnusson; Nicholas G. Martin; Matt McGue; Andres Metspalu; Melinda Mills; Renée De Mutsert; Albertine J. Oldehinkel; Gerard Pasterkamp; Nancy L. Pedersen; Robert Plomin; Ozren Polasek; Christine Power; Stephen S. Rich; Frits R. Rosendaal; Hester M. Den Ruijter; David Schlessinger; Helena Schmidt; Rauli Svento; Reinhold Schmidt; Behrooz Z. Alizadeh; Thorkild I A SØrensen; Tim DSpector; Andrew Steptoe; Antonio Terracciano; A. Roy Thurik; Nicholas J. Timpson; Henning Tiemeier; André G. Uitterlinden; Peter Vollenweider; Gert G. Wagner; David R. Weir; Jian Yang; Dalton C. Conley; George Davey Smith; Albert Hofman; Magnus Johannesson; David I. Laibson; Sarah E. Medland; Michelle N. Meyer; Joseph K. Pickrell; T'nu Esko; Robert F. Krueger; Jonathan P. Beauchamp; Philipp D. Koellinger; Daniel J. Benjamin; Meike Bartels; David Cesarini

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Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

Aysu Okbay, Bart M L Baselmans, Jan Emmanuel De Neve, Patrick Turley, Michel G. Nivard, Mark Alan Fontana, S. Fleur W Meddens, Richard Karlsson Linnér, Cornelius A. Rietveld, Jaime Derringer, Jacob Gratten, James J. Lee, Jimmy Z. Liu, Ronald De Vlaming, Tarunveer SAhluwalia, Jadwiga Buchwald, Alana Cavadino, Alexis C. Frazier-Wood, Nicholas A. Furlotte, Victoria GarfieldMarie Henrike Geisel, Juan R. Gonzalez, Saskia Haitjema, Robert Karlsson, Sander Wvan Der Laan, Karl Heinz Ladwig, Jari Lahti, Sven J. Van Der Lee, Penelope A. Lind, Tian Liu, Lindsay Matteson, Evelin Mihailov, Michael B. Miller, Camelia CMinica, Ilja MNolte, Dennis Mook-Kanamori, Peter J. Van Der Most, Christopher Oldmeadow, Yong Qian, Olli Raitakari, Rajesh Rawal, Anu Realo, Rico Rueedi, Börge Schmidt, Albert V. Smith, Evie Stergiakouli, Toshiko Tanaka, Kent Taylor, Juho Wedenoja, Juergen Wellmann, Harm Jan Westra, Sara MWillems, Wei Zhao, Life Lines Cohort Study, Najaf Amin, Andrew Bakshi, Patricia A. Boyle, Samantha Cherney, Simon R. Cox, Gail Davies, Oliver S P Davis, Jun Ding, Nese Direk, Peter Eibich, Rebecca T. Emeny, Ghazaleh Fatemifar, Jessica D. Faul, Luigi Ferrucci, Andreas Forstner, Christian Gieger, Richa Gupta, Tamara B. Harris, Juliette M. Harris, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Jouke Jan Hottenga, Philip L. De Jager, Marika A. Kaakinen, Eero Kajantie, Ville Karhunen, Ivana Kolcic, Meena Kumari, Lenore J. Launer, Lude Franke, Ruifang Li-Gao, Marisa Koini, Anu Loukola, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Grant W. Montgomery, Miriam A. Mosing, Lavinia Paternoster, Alison Pattie, Katja E. Petrovic, Laura Pulkki-R'back, Lydia Quaye, Katri R'ikkönen, Igor Rudan, Rodney J. Scott, Jennifer A. Smith, Angelina R. Sutin, Maciej Trzaskowski, Anna E. Vinkhuyze, Lei Yu, Delilah Zabaneh, John R. Attia, David A. Bennett, Klaus Berger, Lars Bertram, Dorret I. Boomsma, Harold Snieder, Shun Chiao Chang, Francesco Cucca, Ian J. Deary, Cornelia M. Van Duijn, Johan G. Eriksson, Ute Bültmann, Eco J Cde Geus, Patrick J F Groenen, Vilmundur Gudnason, Torben Hansen, Catharine A. Hartman, Claire M A Haworth, Caroline Hayward, Andrew C. Heath, David A. Hinds, Elina Hyppönen, William G. Iacono, Marjo Riitta J'rvelin, Karl Heinz Jöckel, Jaakko Kaprio, Sharon L R Kardia, Liisa Keltikangas-J'rvinen, Peter Kraft, Laura D. Kubzansky, Terho Lehtim'ki, Patrik K E Magnusson, Nicholas G. Martin, Matt McGue, Andres Metspalu, Melinda Mills, Renée De Mutsert, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Gerard Pasterkamp, Nancy L. Pedersen, Robert Plomin, Ozren Polasek, Christine Power, Stephen S. Rich, Frits R. Rosendaal, Hester M. Den Ruijter, David Schlessinger, Helena Schmidt, Rauli Svento, Reinhold Schmidt, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Thorkild I A SØrensen, Tim DSpector, Andrew Steptoe, Antonio Terracciano, A. Roy Thurik, Nicholas J. Timpson, Henning Tiemeier, André G. Uitterlinden, Peter Vollenweider, Gert G. Wagner, David R. Weir, Jian Yang, Dalton C. Conley, George Davey Smith, Albert Hofman, Magnus Johannesson, David I. Laibson, Sarah E. Medland, Michelle N. Meyer, Joseph K. Pickrell, T'nu Esko, Robert F. Krueger, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Philipp D. Koellinger, Daniel J. Benjamin, Meike Bartels, David Cesarini

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Very few genetic variants have been associated with depression and neuroticism, likely because of limitations on sample size in previous studies. Subjective well-being, a phenotype that is genetically correlated with both of these traits, has not yet been studied with genome-wide data. We conducted genome-wide association studies of three phenotypes: subjective well-being (n = 298,420), depressive symptoms (n = 161,460), and neuroticism (n = 170,911). We identify 3 variants associated with subjective well-being, 2 variants associated with depressive symptoms, and 11 variants associated with neuroticism, including 2 inversion polymorphisms. The two loci associated with depressive symptoms replicate in an independent depression sample. Joint analyses that exploit the high genetic correlations between the phenotypes (P = 0.8) strengthen the overall credibility of the findings and allow us to identify additional variants. Across our phenotypes, loci regulating expression in central nervous system and adrenal or pancreas tissues are strongly enriched for association.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	624-633
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nature Genetics
Volume	48
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3552
State	Published - Jun 1 2016
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Okbay, A., Baselmans, B. M. L., De Neve, J. E., Turley, P., Nivard, M. G., Fontana, M. A., Meddens, S. F. W., Linnér, R. K., Rietveld, C. A., Derringer, J., Gratten, J., Lee, J. J., Liu, J. Z., De Vlaming, R., SAhluwalia, T., Buchwald, J., Cavadino, A., Frazier-Wood, A. C., Furlotte, N. A., ... Cesarini, D. (2016). Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses. Nature Genetics, 48(6), 624-633. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3552

Okbay, A, Baselmans, BML, De Neve, JE, Turley, P, Nivard, MG, Fontana, MA, Meddens, SFW, Linnér, RK, Rietveld, CA, Derringer, J, Gratten, J, Lee, JJ, Liu, JZ, De Vlaming, R, SAhluwalia, T, Buchwald, J, Cavadino, A, Frazier-Wood, AC, Furlotte, NA, Garfield, V, Geisel, MH, Gonzalez, JR, Haitjema, S, Karlsson, R, Der Laan, SW, Ladwig, KH, Lahti, J, Van Der Lee, SJ, Lind, PA, Liu, T, Matteson, L, Mihailov, E, Miller, MB, CMinica, C, MNolte, I, Mook-Kanamori, D, Van Der Most, PJ, Oldmeadow, C, Qian, Y, Raitakari, O, Rawal, R, Realo, A, Rueedi, R, Schmidt, B, Smith, AV, Stergiakouli, E, Tanaka, T, Taylor, K, Wedenoja, J, Wellmann, J, Westra, HJ, MWillems, S, Zhao, W, Study, LLC, Amin, N, Bakshi, A, Boyle, PA, Cherney, S, Cox, SR, Davies, G, Davis, OSP, Ding, J, Direk, N, Eibich, P, Emeny, RT, Fatemifar, G, Faul, JD, Ferrucci, L, Forstner, A, Gieger, C, Gupta, R, Harris, TB, Harris, JM, Holliday, EG, Hottenga, JJ, De Jager, PL, Kaakinen, MA, Kajantie, E, Karhunen, V, Kolcic, I, Kumari, M, Launer, LJ, Franke, L, Li-Gao, R, Koini, M, Loukola, A, Marques-Vidal, P, Montgomery, GW, Mosing, MA, Paternoster, L, Pattie, A, Petrovic, KE, Pulkki-R'back, L, Quaye, L, R'ikkönen, K, Rudan, I, Scott, RJ, Smith, JA, Sutin, AR, Trzaskowski, M, Vinkhuyze, AE, Yu, L, Zabaneh, D, Attia, JR, Bennett, DA, Berger, K, Bertram, L, Boomsma, DI, Snieder, H, Chang, SC, Cucca, F, Deary, IJ, Van Duijn, CM, Eriksson, JG, Bültmann, U, Geus, EJC, Groenen, PJF, Gudnason, V, Hansen, T, Hartman, CA, Haworth, CMA, Hayward, C, Heath, AC, Hinds, DA, Hyppönen, E, Iacono, WG, J'rvelin, MR, Jöckel, KH, Kaprio, J, Kardia, SLR, Keltikangas-J'rvinen, L, Kraft, P, Kubzansky, LD, Lehtim'ki, T, Magnusson, PKE, Martin, NG, McGue, M, Metspalu, A, Mills, M, De Mutsert, R, Oldehinkel, AJ, Pasterkamp, G, Pedersen, NL, Plomin, R, Polasek, O, Power, C, Rich, SS, Rosendaal, FR, Den Ruijter, HM, Schlessinger, D, Schmidt, H, Svento, R, Schmidt, R, Alizadeh, BZ, SØrensen, TIA, DSpector, T, Steptoe, A, Terracciano, A, Thurik, AR, Timpson, NJ, Tiemeier, H, Uitterlinden, AG, Vollenweider, P, Wagner, GG, Weir, DR, Yang, J, Conley, DC, Smith, GD, Hofman, A, Johannesson, M, Laibson, DI, Medland, SE, Meyer, MN, Pickrell, JK, Esko, T, Krueger, RF, Beauchamp, JP, Koellinger, PD, Benjamin, DJ, Bartels, M & Cesarini, D 2016, 'Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses', Nature Genetics, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 624-633. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3552

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