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Genome-wide analysis of insomnia in 1,331,010 individuals identifies new risk loci and functional pathways.
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468 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 916 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Identification of therapeutic targets for insomnia through genetic and plasma proteomic approaches.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Structural rather than functional brain alterations that characterize the differences between major depressive disorder and primary insomnia: a comparative meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Genome-wide association meta-analysis and rare copy number variant analysis of treatment-resistant depression.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Large-scale genome-wide analyses of stuttering.Nature genetics · 2025Pooled it
- Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses incorporating SNP-by-psychosocial interactions identify novel loci for serum lipids.Translational psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Associations between sleep traits and colorectal cancer: a mendelian randomization analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Associations between insomnia and cardiovascular diseases: a meta-review and meta-analysis of observational and Mendelian randomization studies.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Genome-wide meta-analyses of restless legs syndrome yield insights into genetic architecture, disease biology and risk prediction.Nature genetics · 2024Pooled it
- GWAS Meta-Analysis of Suicide Attempt: Identification of 12 Genome-Wide Significant Loci and Implication of Genetic Risks for Specific Health Factors.The American journal of psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Altered Effective Connectivity of Precuneus Subregions and Associated Gene Profiles in Chronic Insomnia Disorder Patients Before and After Treatment.Brain and behavior · 2026Trial
- Phenotype Refinement Influences GWAS-Implicated Variant Effect Sizes for Insomnia.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- Genetically supported targets and drug repurposing for sleep disorders: a Mendelian randomization systematic study.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Emerging genetics of sleep and circadian disorders.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2026Article
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- GWAS of Tau-Neurodegeneration Mismatch Identifies New Risk Loci for Susceptibility to Tau.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Article
- The Prognostic Nutritional Index as a Lifeline for Cardiovascular Health in Individuals With Insomnia: A Prospective Cohort Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
Insomnia is the second most prevalent mental disorder, with no sufficient treatment available. Despite substantial heritability, insight into the associated genes and neurobiological pathways remains limited. Here, we use a large genetic association sample (n = 1,331,010) to detect novel loci and gain insight into the pathways, tissue and cell types involved in insomnia complaints. We identify 202 loci implicating 956 genes through positional, expression quantitative trait loci, and chromatin mapping. The meta-analysis explained 2.6% of the variance. We show gene set enrichments for the axonal part of neurons, cortical and subcortical tissues, and specific cell types, including striatal, hypothalamic, and claustrum neurons. We found considerable genetic correlations with psychiatric traits and sleep duration, and modest correlations with other sleep-related traits. Mendelian randomization identified the causal effects of insomnia on depression, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, and the protective effects of educational attainment and intracranial volume. Our findings highlight key brain areas and cell types implicated in insomnia, and provide new treatment targets.
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