Identification of risk loci for postpartum depression in a genome-wide association study.

Xue LiNagahide TakahashiAkira NaritaYukako NakamuraMika Sakurai-YagetaKeiko MurakamiMami IshikuroTaku ObaraMasahiro KikuyaFumihiko UenoHirohito MetokiHisashi OhsetoIppei TakahashiTomohiro NakamuraNoriko WaritaTomoka ShojiZhiqian YuChiaki OnoNatsuko KobayashiSaya KikuchiTasuku MatsukiFuji NagamiSoichi OgishimaJunichi SugawaraTetsuro HoshiaiMasatoshi SaitoNobuo FuseKengo KinoshitaMasayuki YamamotoNobuo YaegashiNorio OzakiGen TamiyaShinichi KuriyamaHiroaki Tomita

Published in: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences (2024)

The current GWAS study identified eight loci significantly associated with PPD, which may clarify the genetic structure underlying its pathogenesis.

Keyphrases

genome wide association study
genome wide
depressive symptoms
gene expression
sleep quality
copy number
physical activity