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Multi-ancestry multi-trait analysis reveals shared genetics across major psychiatric disorders and Alzheimer's disease.
Translational psychiatry - 26 Jun 2026
Zheng Xin, Feng Hongye, Ren Lijie, Zhang Youcheng
Abstract excerpt
The clinical overlap between major psychiatric disorders (MPDs) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) implicates complex shared etiology. Previous studies demonstrated that both diseases are genetically complex and highly heritable, suggesting that more endeavors are necessary to be made from the very bottom to understand their genetic basis. With the advance of post-genomic analysis, multi-ancestry meta-analysis allows...
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- Humans
- Alzheimer Disease
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Mental Disorders
