Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Expanding the genetic architecture of nicotine dependence and its shared genetics with multiple traits

  • Bryan C. Quach,
  • Michael J. Bray,
  • Nathan C. Gaddis,
  • Mengzhen Liu,
  • Teemu Palviainen,
  • Camelia C. Minica,
  • Stephanie Zellers,
  • Richard Sherva,
  • Fazil Aliev,
  • Michael Nothnagel,
  • Kendra A. Young,
  • Jesse A. Marks,
  • Hannah Young,
  • Megan U. Carnes,
  • Yuelong Guo,
  • Alex Waldrop,
  • Nancy Y. A. Sey,
  • Maria T. Landi,
  • Daniel W. McNeil,
  • Dmitriy Drichel,
  • Lindsay A. Farrer,
  • Christina A. Markunas,
  • Jacqueline M. Vink,
  • Jouke-Jan Hottenga,
  • William G. Iacono,
  • Henry R. Kranzler,
  • Nancy L. Saccone,
  • Michael C. Neale,
  • Pamela Madden,
  • Marcella Rietschel,
  • Mary L. Marazita,
  • Matthew McGue,
  • Hyejung Won,
  • Georg Winterer,
  • Richard Grucza,
  • Danielle M. Dick,
  • Joel Gelernter,
  • Neil E. Caporaso,
  • Timothy B. Baker,
  • Dorret I. Boomsma,
  • Jaakko Kaprio,
  • John E. Hokanson,
  • Scott Vrieze,
  • Laura J. Bierut,
  • Eric O. Johnson,
  • Dana B. Hancock

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19265-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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There is strong genetic evidence for cigarette smoking behaviors, yet little is known on nicotine dependence (ND). Here, the authors perform a genome-wide association study on ND in 58,000 smokers, identifying five genome-wide significant loci.