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ArticleNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2026

Comparative polygenic predispositions of treatment-resistant depression in East Asian and European populations.

Chi-Fung Cheng, Wei-Yi Kao, Mei-Chen Lin, Mei-Hsin Su, Chi-Shin Wu, Chun-Chieh Fan, Shi-Heng Wang

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Chi-Fung Cheng *National Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
Wei-Yi Kao *National Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
Mei-Chen LinNational Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
Mei-Hsin SuDepartment of Psychiatry, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7198-4874
Chi-Shin WuNational Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
Chun-Chieh FanCenter for Population Neuroscience and Genetics, Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9437-2128
Shi-Heng WangNational Center for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan. shwang@nhri.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8466-2698

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Abstract

Large-scale genetic studies of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) have been performed majority on European ancestry cohorts, potentially missing important population-specific biological insights. Understanding the genetic predisposition for TRD across populations could provide insights for etiologic heterogeneity. Conducting a cohort study of 106,796 unrelated participants using Taiwan Biobank (TWBB), we investigated the association of polygenic score (PGS) with the development of TRD among patients with depression and explore the concordance of the PGS association between East Asian and European populations. Three binary outcomes were defined, including TRD vs. non-major depressive disorder (MDD), treatment responsive MDD (trMDD) vs. non-MDD, and TRD vs. trMDD. Six PGSs belong to personality domains (nervous, worry, guilty feelings, neuroticism, tense, and worry embarrassment) and compulsive PGS were associated with TRD vs. trMDD in TWBB. The pattern of association was consistent across TRD definitions with different dose, duration, and interrupted window for antidepressant treatment. The estimated strength of PGS association in TWBB is consistent with that in All of US (AoU) (meta-analytic R

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Depressive Disorder, Treatment-ResistantGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseMajor Depressive DisorderMultifactorial InheritanceWhite PeopleAdultAntidepressive AgentsAsia, EasternCohort StudiesEast Asian PeopleFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTaiwanWhiteAntidepressive Agents

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