Recent years have seen considerable progress in epidemiological and molecular genetic research into environmental and genetic factors in schizophrenia, but methodological uncertainties remain with regard to validating environmental exposures, and the population risk conferred by individual molecular genetic variants is small. There are now also a limited number of studies that have investigated molecular genetic candidate gene-environment interactions (G × E), however, so far, thorough replication of findings is rare and G × E research still faces several conceptual and methodological challenges. In this article, we aim to review these recent developments and illustrate how integrated, large-scale investigations may overcome contemporary challenges in G × E research, drawing on the example of a large, international, multi-center study into the identification and translational application of G × E in schizophrenia. While such investigations are now well underway, new challenges emerge for G × E research from late-breaking evidence that genetic variation and environmental exposures are, to a significant degree, shared across a range of psychiatric disorders, with potential overlap in phenotype. © 2014 The Author.

Van Os, J., Rutten, B., Myin Germeys, I., Delespaul, P., Viechtbauer, W., Van Zelst, C., et al. (2014). Identifying gene-environment interactions in schizophrenia: Contemporary challenges for integrated, large-scale investigations. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, 40(4), 729-736 [10.1093/schbul/sbu069].

Identifying gene-environment interactions in schizophrenia: Contemporary challenges for integrated, large-scale investigations

LA BARBERA, Daniele;LA CASCIA, Caterina;MULÈ, Alice;SIDELI, Lucia;SARTORIO, Crocettarachele;FERRARO, Laura;Tripoli, G;
2014-01-01

Abstract

Recent years have seen considerable progress in epidemiological and molecular genetic research into environmental and genetic factors in schizophrenia, but methodological uncertainties remain with regard to validating environmental exposures, and the population risk conferred by individual molecular genetic variants is small. There are now also a limited number of studies that have investigated molecular genetic candidate gene-environment interactions (G × E), however, so far, thorough replication of findings is rare and G × E research still faces several conceptual and methodological challenges. In this article, we aim to review these recent developments and illustrate how integrated, large-scale investigations may overcome contemporary challenges in G × E research, drawing on the example of a large, international, multi-center study into the identification and translational application of G × E in schizophrenia. While such investigations are now well underway, new challenges emerge for G × E research from late-breaking evidence that genetic variation and environmental exposures are, to a significant degree, shared across a range of psychiatric disorders, with potential overlap in phenotype. © 2014 The Author.
2014
Settore MED/25 - Psichiatria
Settore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia Clinica
Van Os, J., Rutten, B., Myin Germeys, I., Delespaul, P., Viechtbauer, W., Van Zelst, C., et al. (2014). Identifying gene-environment interactions in schizophrenia: Contemporary challenges for integrated, large-scale investigations. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, 40(4), 729-736 [10.1093/schbul/sbu069].
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
eugei IDENTIFY GxE.pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: articolo principale
Dimensione 1.44 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
1.44 MB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/10447/98314
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? 106
  • Scopus 208
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 192
social impact