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Christian Figge

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Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 3 Immunology· 1

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Organism:human· 4 Approach:statistical model· 4 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 3 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 1 Approach:matrix factorization· 1 Research Focus:polygenic risk· 1

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Pleiotropic genetic architecture linking schizophrenia and substance use disorders

Selena Aranda, Dóra Koller, Sergi Papiol, María Soler Artigas, Ana María Pérez-Gutiérrez, Javier Gonzalez-Peñas, Monika Budde, Pablo Jácome-Ferrer, Celso Arango, K. Adorjan, Elisabet Vilella, Gerard Muntané, Lourdes Martorell, Maria Heilbronner, María Dolores Moltó, , Bru Cormand

This study identifies shared genetic architecture between schizophrenia and substance use disorders using GWAS and genomic methods, finding significant genetic correlations and bidirectional causal relationships.

medRxiv · Sep 4, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Pathway-Specific Polygenic Scores for Predicting Clinical Lithium Treatment Response in Patients with Bipolar Disorder

Nigussie Tadesse Sharew, Scott Richard Clark, Sergi Papiol, Urs Heilbronner, Franziska Degenhardt, Janice M. Fullerton, Liping Hou, Tatyana Shekhtman, Mazda Adli, Nirmala Akula, Kazufumi Akiyama, Raffaella Ardau, Bárbara Arias, Roland Hasler, Hélène Richard-Lepouriel, , Layla Kassem

The paper develops pathway-specific polygenic scores to predict lithium treatment response in bipolar disorder and finds associations with specific biological pathways.

Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science · Jun 25, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Disease Severity Across Psychiatric Disorders Is Linked to Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines

Pierre Solomon, Monika Budde, Mojtaba Oraki Kohshour, Kristina Adorjan, Maria Heilbronner, Alba Navarro‐Flores, Sergi Papiol, Daniela Reich‐Erkelenz, Eva Christina Schulte, Fanny Senner, Thomas Vogl, Lalit Kaurani, Dennis M. Krüger, Farahnaz Sananbenesi, Tonatiuh Peña, , Jérémie Poschmann

This study identifies two clusters of severe mental disorder patients with differing illness severity, finding elevated pro-inflammatory serum proteins in the more severe group.

Brain Behavior and Immunity · Jun 10, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

Interplay between the Genetics of Personality Traits, severe Psychiatric Disorders, and COVID-19 Host Genetics in the Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Urs Heilbronner, Fabian Streit, Thomas Vogl, Fanny Senner, Sabrina K. Schaupp, Daniela Reich‐Erkelenz, Sergi Papiol, Mojtaba Oraki Kohshour, Farahnaz Klöhn-Saghatolislam, Janos L. Kalman, Maria Heilbronner, Katrin Gade, Ashley L. Comes, Monika Budde, Till F. M. Andlauer, , Eva Christina Schulte

The paper investigates genetic correlations between psychiatric disorders, personality traits, and SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility using GWAS data and individual-level polygenic risk scores.

BJPsych Open · Oct 7, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine