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Papers by Tom Price

PLoS ONE, 2013

Background: Twin studies have shown that anxiety in a general population sample of children invol... more Background: Twin studies have shown that anxiety in a general population sample of children involves both domaingeneral and trait-specific genetic effects. For this reason, in an attempt to identify genes responsible for these effects, we investigated domain-general and trait-specific genetic associations in the first genome-wide association (GWA) study on anxiety-related behaviours (ARBs) in childhood. The sample included 2810 7-year-olds drawn from the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) with data available for parent-rated anxiety and genome-wide DNA markers. The measure was the Anxiety-Related Behaviours Questionnaire (ARBQ), which assesses four anxiety traits and also yields a general anxiety composite. Affymetrix GeneChip 6.0 DNA arrays were used to genotype nearly 700,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and IMPUTE v2 was used to impute more than 1 million SNPs. Several GWA associations from this discovery sample were followed up in another TEDS sample of 4804 children. In addition, Genome-wide Complex Trait Analysis (GCTA) was used on the discovery sample, to estimate the total amount of variance in ARBs that can be accounted for by SNPs on the array. No SNP associations met the demanding criterion of genome-wide significance that corrects for multiple testing across the genome (p,5610 28 ). Attempts to replicate the top associations did not yield significant results. In contrast to the substantial twin study estimates of heritability which ranged from 0.50 (0.03) to 0.61 (0.01), the GCTA estimates of phenotypic variance accounted for by the SNPs were much lower 0.01 (0.11) to 0.19 (0.12). Conclusions: Taken together, these GWAS and GCTA results suggest that anxiety -similar to height, weight and intelligence 2 is affected by many genetic variants of small effect, but unlike these other prototypical polygenic traits, genetic influence on anxiety is not well tagged by common SNPs.

Nucleic Acids Research, 2005

Comparative genome hybridization (CGH) to DNA microarrays (array CGH) is a technique capable of d... more Comparative genome hybridization (CGH) to DNA microarrays (array CGH) is a technique capable of detecting deletions and duplications in genomes at high resolution. However, array CGH studies of the human genome noting false negative and false positive results using large insert clones as probes have raised important concerns regarding the suitability of this approach for clinical diagnostic applications. Here, we adapt the Smith-Waterman dynamicprogramming algorithm to provide a sensitive and robust analytic approach (SW-ARRAY) for detecting copy-number changes in array CGH data. In a blind series of hybridizations to arrays consisting of the entire tiling path for the terminal 2 Mb of human chromosome 16p, the method identified all monosomies between 267 and 1567 kb with a high degree of statistical significance and accurately located the boundaries of deletions in the range 267-1052 kb. The approach is unique in offering both a nonparametric segmentation procedure and a nonparametric test of significance. It is scalable and well-suited to high resolution whole genome array CGH studies that use array probes derived from large insert clones as well as PCR products and oligonucleotides.

Childhood intelligence is heritable, highly polygenic and associated with FNBP1L

Molecular Psychiatry, 2013

Protective Effect of CRHR1 Gene Variants on the Development of Adult Depression Following Childhood Maltreatment

Archives of General Psychiatry, 2009

American Journal of Human Genetics, Apr 1, 2012

To identify genetic factors contributing to type 2 diabetes (T2D), we performed large-scale meta-... more To identify genetic factors contributing to type 2 diabetes (T2D), we performed large-scale meta-analyses by using a custom ~50,000 SNP genotyping array (the ITMAT-Broad-CARe array) with ~2000 candidate genes in 39 multiethnic population-based studies, case-control studies, and clinical trials totaling 17,418 cases and 70,298 controls. First, meta-analysis of 25 studies comprising 14,073 cases and 57,489 controls of European descent confirmed eight established T2D loci at genome-wide significance. In silico follow-up analysis of putative association signals found in independent genome-wide association studies (including 8,130 cases and 38,987 controls) performed by the DIAGRAM consortium identified a T2D locus at genome-wide significance (GATAD2A/CILP2/PBX4; p ¼ 5.7 3 10 À9 ) and two loci exceeding study-wide significance (SREBF1, and TH/INS; p < 2.4 3 10 À6 ). Second, meta-analyses of 1,986 cases and 7,695 controls from eight African-American studies identified study-wide-significant (p ¼ 2.4 3 10 À7 ) variants in HMGA2 and replicated variants in TCF7L2 (p ¼ 5.1 3 10 À15 ). Third, conditional analysis revealed multiple known and novel independent signals within five T2Dassociated genes in samples of European ancestry and within HMGA2 in African-American samples. Fourth, a multiethnic meta-analysis of all 39 studies identified T2D-associated variants in BCL2 (p ¼ 2.1 3 10 À8 ). Finally, a composite genetic score of SNPs from new and established T2D signals was significantly associated with increased risk of diabetes in African-American, Hispanic, and Asian populations. In summary, large-scale meta-analysis involving a dense gene-centric approach has uncovered additional loci and variants that contribute to T2D risk and suggests substantial overlap of T2D association signals across multiple ethnic groups.

Longitudinal Designs in Genetic Research

Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science, 2005

A brief introduction to longitudinal designs in genetic research, covering aspects of experimenta... more A brief introduction to longitudinal designs in genetic research, covering aspects of experimental design and the theory and interpretation of longitudinal behavioral genetic models. The Cholesky decomposition and the simplex model are used as examples. Keywords: attrition; case-control study; Cholesky decomposition; cohort effects; cohort study; components of variance; correlation issues in genetics research; covariance; cross-sectional; follow-up study; growth curve models; heritability; innovations; longitudinal; longitudinal correlation; longitudinal data analysis; missing data; multivariate genetic analysis; phenotype; saturated; secular trends; simplex coefficients; simplex model; triangular decomposition; unsaturated; variance

A twin study investigating the genetic architecture of autistic traits in middle childhood: Evidence for genetic heterogeneity

Psychiatry, 2008

Psychosocial risk factors for psychiatric illness are moderately heritable. This has two implicat... more Psychosocial risk factors for psychiatric illness are moderately heritable. This has two implications: first, that individuals actively shape their environments through heritable behaviour; second, that the relationship between environmental exposure and psychopathology may be confounded by genotype. We define three types of genotype-environment correlation (passive, evocative, and active), describe the evidence from quantitative and molecular genetic studies for their existence, and discuss the implications of genotype-environment correlations for the prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorder. Research designs are needed that can test which exposures have truly causal effects on mental illness and which are confounded by genotype, so that clinicians can make informed decisions about when modifying exposures will be likely to result in reductions in mental illness. By considering bi-directional and reciprocal relations between risk exposures and patients' behaviour, clinicians may develop a fuller picture of the causes of disorder and develop more effective treatment methods.

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Nature Communications, 2014

The correlation between reading and mathematics ability at age twelve has a substantial genetic c... more The correlation between reading and mathematics ability at age twelve has a substantial genetic component. Nature communications, 5 (1). 4204- .

Toxicological Sciences, 2006

Demasculinization by environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is observed in many anim... more Demasculinization by environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is observed in many animal species but less evident in humans. Rodent studies with gestational exposure to either the fungicide vinclozolin or the insecticide methoxychlor demonstrate impaired male fertility with abnormal DNA methylation patterns in spermatozoa. Once established, these epigenetic changes may be permanent and thus paternally passed to subsequent generations. Conclusive evidence of a similar phenomenon in humans has not been established, but several observations bring up the possibility. Some, but not all, studies show an increase in male genital abnormalities after prenatal EDC exposure. Other studies demonstrate sperm abnormalities in males with EDC contact, although it is unclear as to whether this is due to prenatal or postnatal exposure. Although not examined in males with EDC exposure, one study shows gamete DNA methylation abnormalities in males with severe oligospermia. A subsequent study failed to corroborate these findings. The use of assisted reproductive techniques including intracytoplasmic sperm injection has removed natural selection barriers thus enabling reproduction in males that would otherwise be sterile. This review explores the hypothesis that prenatal EDC exposure results in transgenerational male reproductive abnormalities propagated by the use of assisted reproductive technologies.

Nucleic Acids Research, 2011

Differentially methylated regions (DMRs) are stable epigenetic features within or in proximity to... more Differentially methylated regions (DMRs) are stable epigenetic features within or in proximity to imprinted genes. We used this feature to identify candidate human imprinted loci by quantitative DNA methylation analysis. We discovered a unique DMR at the 5 0 -end of FAM50B at 6p25.2. We determined that sense transcripts originating from the FAM50B locus are expressed from the paternal allele in all human tissues investigated except for ovary, in which expression is biallelic. Furthermore, an antisense transcript, FAM50B-AS, was identified to be monoallelically expressed from the paternal allele in a variety of tissues. Comparative phylogenetic analysis showed that FAM50B orthologs are absent in chicken and platypus, but are present and biallelically expressed in opossum and mouse. These findings indicate that FAM50B originated in Therians after divergence from Prototherians via retrotransposition of a gene on the X chromosome. Moreover, our data are consistent with acquisition of imprinting during Eutherian evolution after divergence of Glires from the Euarchonta mammals. FAM50B expression is deregulated in testicular germ cell tumors, and loss of imprinting occurs frequently in testicular seminomas, suggesting an important role for FAM50B in spermatogenesis and tumorigenesis. These results also underscore the importance of accounting for parental origin in understanding the mechanism of 6p25-related diseases.

Molecular Psychiatry, 2007

Family studies have demonstrated genetic influences on environmental exposure: the phenomenon of ... more Family studies have demonstrated genetic influences on environmental exposure: the phenomenon of gene-environment correlation (rGE). A few molecular genetic studies have confirmed the results, but the identification of rGE in studies that measure genes and environments faces several challenges. Using examples from studies in psychology and psychiatry, we integrate the behavioral and molecular genetic literatures on rGE, describe challenges in identifying rGE and discuss the implications of molecular genetic findings of rGE for future research on gene-environment interplay and for attempts to prevent disease by reducing environmental risk exposure. Genes affect environments indirectly, via behavior and personality characteristics. Associations between individual genetic variants and behaviors are typically small in magnitude, and downstream effects on environmental risk are further attenuated by behavioral mediation. Genotype-environment associations are most likely to be detected when the environment is behaviorally modifiable and highly specified and a plausible mechanism links gene and behavior. rGEs play an important causal role in psychiatric illness. Although research efforts should concentrate on elucidating the genetic underpinnings of behavior rather than the environment itself, the identification of rGE may suggest targets for environmental intervention even in highly heritable disease. Prevention efforts must address the possibility of confounding between rGE and gene-environment interaction (G Â E).

Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2008

Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2006

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2013

If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version for pagination... more If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version for pagination, volume/issue, and date of publication details. And where the final published version is provided on the Research Portal, if citing you are again advised to check the publisher's website for any subsequent corrections.

Circulation, 2008

Background— Myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden death undergo diurnal variation. Although g... more Background— Myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden death undergo diurnal variation. Although genes relevant to hemostasis and vascular integrity undergo circadian oscillation, the role of the molecular clock in thrombotic events remains to be established. Methods and Results— A diurnal variation in the time to thrombotic vascular occlusion (TTVO) subsequent to a photochemical injury was observed in wild-type mice: TTVO varied from 24.6±2.7 minutes at zeitgeber time (ZT) 2 to 40.3±4.3 minutes at ZT8, 24.3±2.3 minutes at ZT14, and 31.0±4.4 minutes at ZT20. This pattern was disrupted or altered when core clock genes—BMAL1, CLOCK, and NPAS2—were mutated or deleted. Mutation of CLOCK abolished the diurnal variation in TTVO, whereas deletion of NPAS2 altered its temporal pattern. NPAS2 deletion prolonged TTVO and reduced blood pressure irrespective of clock time. Global BMAL1 deletion shortened TTVO at ZT8, and the diurnal variation in TTVO, but not in systemic blood pressure, was disr...

Child Development, 2010

Maternal smoking during pregnancy retards fetal growth and depresses infant birth weight. The mag... more Maternal smoking during pregnancy retards fetal growth and depresses infant birth weight. The magnitude of these effects may be moderated by fetal genotype. The current study investigated maternal smoking, fetal genotype, and fetal growth in a large population sample of dizygotic twins. Maternal smoking retarded fetal growth in a dose-dependent fashion. In a subsample of 497 twin pairs whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, a functional polymorphism in the NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase gene (NQO1 Pro187Ser; rs1800566) was significantly associated with fetal growth within families. The effect was strongest among moderate smokers. This is the first demonstration that fetal genotype for an enzyme involved in tobacco smoke metabolism influences intrauterine growth independent of maternal genotype. Future studies should conduct formal tests of Fetal Genotype • Maternal Smoking interactions.

Behavior Genetics, 2005

The genetic and environmental mediation of continuity and change in parent-reported ADHD symptoms... more The genetic and environmental mediation of continuity and change in parent-reported ADHD symptoms were investigated in a cohort of over 6000 twin pairs at 2, 3 and 4 years of age. Genetic analyses of the cross-sectional data yielded heritability estimates of 0.78-0.81 at each age, with contrast effects. A common pathway model provided the best fit to the longitudinal data, indicating that genetic influences underlie 91% of the stable variance in ADHD symptomatology. In other words, what is stable for ADHD symptoms is largely genetic. Contrast effects acting in the same direction at different ages contributed to the observed continuity:longitudinal correlations were greater for dizygotic than monozygotic twins.