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ReviewNeuron2019

Uncovering the Genetic Architecture of Major Depression.

Andrew M McIntosh, Patrick F Sullivan, Cathryn M Lewis

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Review in Neuron, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
17.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. The Longitudinal Effects of Parent-Adolescent Digital Communication on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025
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  12. Genome-wide association study of adolescent-onset depression.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Andrew M McIntoshDivision of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Electronic address: andrew.mcintosh@ed.ac.uk.
Patrick F SullivanDepartments of Genetics and Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Cathryn M LewisSocial, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London, London, UK; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London, London UK.
King's College London · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GBUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

7/7 Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: Finding actionable variationU01MH109532 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AGRAWAL, ARPANA, EDENBERG, HOWARD J · 2016 to 2020
$3.1M
3/7 Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: Finding actionable variationU01MH109536 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI CHARNEY, ALEXANDER W, HUCKINS, LAURA MARIANNE · 2016 to 2020
$2.7M
1/7 Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: Finding actionable variationU01MH109528 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SULLIVAN, PATRICK F · 2016 to 2020
$2.5M
1/4 Psychiatric GWAS Consortium: Genomic Follow-up Next-Gen Sequencing & GenotypiU01MH094421 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SULLIVAN, PATRICK F · 2012 to 2015
$1.9M
1/5-The Psychiatric GWAS Consortium: Integrated & Coordinated GWAS Meta-AnalysesU01MH085520 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SULLIVAN, PATRICK F · 2008 to 2008
$642k
Medical Research Council MC_PC_17209Medical Research Council MC_PC_MR/R01910X/1Medical Research Council MR/N015746/1NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH085520NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH094421NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH109528NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH109532NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH109536Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There have been several recent studies addressing the genetic architecture of depression. This review serves to take stock of what is known now about the genetics of depression, how it has increased our knowledge and understanding of its mechanisms, and how the information and knowledge can be leveraged to improve the care of people affected. We identify four priorities for how the field of MD genetics research may move forward in future years, namely by increasing the sample sizes available for genome-wide association studies (GWASs), greater inclusion of diverse ancestries and low-income countries, the closer integration of psychiatric genetics with electronic medical records, and the development of the neuroscience toolkit for polygenic disorders.

Indexed as

Genome-Wide Association StudyHumansMajor Depressive DisorderMultifactorial InheritanceRacial GroupsTwin Studies as Topic

Identifiers

PMID30946830
PMCPMC6482287
OpenAlexW2928334046

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Registered trials

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