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Trial reportTranslational psychiatry2019

Gene set enrichment analysis to create polygenic scores: a developmental examination of aggression.

Kit K Elam, Sierra Clifford, Daniel S Shaw, Melvin N Wilson, Kathryn Lemery-Chalfant

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Translational psychiatry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. The association between temperament and polygenic score for psychopathology from infancy to middle childhood.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025
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  8. A gene-environment cascade theoretical framework of developmental psychopathology.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kit K ElamDepartment of Applied Health Science, Indiana University - Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA. kitelam@iu.edu.
Sierra CliffordDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Daniel S ShawDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Melvin N WilsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Kathryn Lemery-ChalfantDepartment of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.

Funding

Preventing Substance Use in the Context of Poverty: Risk and Protection from Early Childhood to Early AdulthoodR01DA036832 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SHAW, DANIEL S, WESTLING, ERIKA · 2014 to 2020
$10.2M
Parental Involvement, Extra-Familial Contexts and Prevention of Drug Use Risk.R01DA023245 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SHAW, DANIEL S · 2007 to 2011
$4.0M
Understanding and Preventing Childhood Drug Use RiskR01DA022773 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SHAW, DANIEL S · 2008 to 2012
$3.4M
Gene-environment interplay underlying negative family environments and family-based interventions in early adolescent substance useK01DA042828 · NIDA · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI ELAM, KIT · 2017 to 2021
$718k
NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA042828NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA022773NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA023245NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA036832U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) DA022773U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) DA023245U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) DA036832U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) K01DA042828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous approaches for creating polygenic risk scores (PRSs) do not explicitly consider the biological or developmental relevance of the genetic variants selected for inclusion. We applied gene set enrichment analysis to meta-GWAS data to create developmentally targeted, functionally informed PRSs. Using two developmentally matched meta-GWAS discovery samples, separate PRSs were formed, then examined in time-varying effect models of aggression in a second, longitudinal sample of children (n = 515, 49% female) in early childhood (2-5 years old), and middle childhood (7.5-10.5 years old). Functional PRSs were associated with aggression in both the early and middle childhood models.

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Multifactorial InheritancePhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideAggressionChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID31477688
PMCPMC6718657

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