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SynthesisGenes, brain, and behavior2026

Multiancestry and Multitrait GWAS Meta-Analysis on Schizophrenia With a Sample of 322,321 Unveils Genetic Links to Chronic Lung Diseases.

Abudusalamu Ayoufu, Ayinigeer Abulimiti, Wusimanjiang Aierken, ZhouBin Wei, XueCheng Wang, HaiFeng Wang, Liang Zhao

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Abudusalamu AyoufuThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
Ayinigeer AbulimitiHypertension Center of People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Hypertension Institute, NHC Key Laboratory of Hypertension Clinical Research, Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region "Hypertension Research Laboratory", Xinjiang Clinical Medical Research Center for Hypertension (Cardio-Cerebrovascular) Diseases, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
Wusimanjiang AierkenThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4309-8043
ZhouBin WeiThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
XueCheng WangThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
HaiFeng WangThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
Liang ZhaoThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4071-7333

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Abstract

Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a highly heritable psychiatric disorder, yet its genetic links with chronic pulmonary diseases remain poorly defined. Such links may reflect shared biological pathways and could create opportunities for cross-disorder risk prediction and therapeutic repurposing. Here we applied a multiancestry, multitrait GWAS framework to SCZ and chronic pulmonary disease datasets. The analysis included 322,321 participants of European and East Asian ancestry from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, FinnGen, and 23andMe. We identified 16 previously unreported genetic variants associated with schizophrenia across ancestries. Transcriptome-wide association analysis and machine learning prioritization highlighted candidate genes, including WBP1L and CNNM2, that may contribute to schizophrenia biology. Gene-expression-based drug repurposing further nominated potential therapeutic opportunities shared across psychiatric and pulmonary traits. These findings indicate that schizophrenia and chronic pulmonary diseases share part of their inherited architecture, supporting integrated genetic models for comorbidity, risk stratification, and therapeutic discovery.

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Lung DiseasesSchizophreniaChronic DiseaseGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic Risk ScoreGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansPolymorphism, Single Nucleotidechronic pulmonary diseasesgenome‐wide association study (GWAS)multiancestry analysispolygenic risk scoring (PRS)schizophrenia

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