Back to Authors

Mullins, Niamh

0000-0001-8021-839X

Mayo Clinic

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Citations 2

Genome-wide association studies identify 77 loci for suicidality and provide novel biological insights
Colbert, Sarah M. C. , Koromina, Maria, Hatoum, Alexander S, Stephenson, Mallory, Edwards, Alexis C, Johnson, Emma C, Qin, Xuejun, Shabalin, Andrey A, Ito, Lucas T, O’Connell, Kevin S, Harder, Arvid, Hjerling-Leffler, Jens, Kim, Min Ji, Otsuka, Ikuo, Vilar-Ribó, Laura, Agrawal, Arpana, Alda, Martin, Alfredsson, Lars, Aliev, Fazil, Andlauer, Till FM, Arango, Celso, Arntz, Arnoud, Awasthi, Swapnil, Ayinde, Olatunde O, Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Barr, Peter B, Bau, Claiton HD, Baune, Bernhard T, Beckham, Jean C, Bejan, Cosmin A, Belangero, Sintia, Berger, Klaus, Biernacka, Joanna M, Bogdan, Ryan, Boomsma, Dorret I, Børglum, Anders D, Bourassa, Kyle J, Braff, David L, Braun, Alice, Bressan, Rodrigo A, Brueckl, Tanja M, Budde, Monika, Cabrera-Mendoza, Brenda, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Ceja, Zuriel, Cervilla, Jorge A, Chang, Chiao-Erh, Chaumette, Boris, Cheon, Myeong Jae, Cichon, Sven, Coleman, Jonathan RI, Coon, Hilary, Copeland, William E, Czamara, Darina, Dalkner, Nina, Dannlowski, Udo, David, Friederike S, Demontis, Ditte, Florio, Arianna Di, Diaconu, Carmen C, Dick, Danielle M, Dikeos, Dimitris, Djurovic, Srdjan, Edenberg, Howard J, Erlangsen, Annette, Euler, Sebastian, Falkai, Peter, Fanelli, Giuseppe, Fellendorf, Frederike T, Ferentinos, Panagiotis, Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando, Forstner, Andreas J, Frei, Oleksandr, Fries, Gabriel R, Fullerton, Janice M, Gaine, Marie E, Galfalvy, Hanga C, Galimberti, Marco, Garcia-Aymerich, Judith, Garrett, Melanie E, Gawlik, Micha, Gelernter, Joel, Gordon-Smith, Katherine, Gorelik, Aaron J, Gorwood, Philip, Grabe, Hans J, Green, Melissa J, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria, Gupta, Priya, Gutiérrez, Blanca, Guzman-Parra, Jose, Han, Seonggyun, Haram, Marit, Hauser, Elizabeth R, Heilbronner, Urs, Herpertz, Sabine C, Herrera-Imbroda, Jesús, Hesselbrock, Victor M, Hishimoto, Akitoyo, Holla, Bharath, Izotova, Anastasia, Jang, Yoonjeong, Jimenez-Murcia, Susana, Jones, Lisa A, Jonsson, Lina, Kang, JooEun, Kang, Joon Ho, Keel, Pamela K, Kim, Jaeyoung, Kim, Dongjun, Kircher, Tilo, Kirov, George, Kraft, Julia, Kramer, John, Kranzler, Henry R, Kuo, Po-Hsiu, Kurvits, Siim, Lai, Dongbing, Lake, Marilyn T, Landén, Mikael, Lannoy, Séverine, Law, Matthew H, Lee, Byung-Chul, Lee, Young Kee, Lehto, Kelli, Levey, Daniel F, Lewis, Cathryn M, Li, Qingqin S, Liao, Calwing, Lind, Penelope A, Lochner, Christine, Lori, Adriana, Maes, Hermine HM, Mahadevan, Jayant, Manchia, Mirko, Mars, Becky, Martin, Nicholas G, Martorell, Lourdes, McIntosh, Andrew M, McMain, Shelley F, McQuillin, Andrew, Medland, Sarah E, Mitchell, Philip B, Molina, Esther, Monson, Eric T, Mufford, Mary S, Muntané, Gerard, Musil, Richard, Myung, Woojae, Neagu, Ana Iulia, Nielsen, Trine T, Nöthen, Markus M, Nunez, Yaira Z, Nurnberger, John I, Okazaki, Satoshi, Olsen, Catherine M, Ophoff, Roel A, Owen, Michael J, Pan, Pedro M, Papiol, Sergi, Pascual, Juan C, Patrinos, George P, Pawlak, Joanna M, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Pérez-Gutiérrez, Ana M, Perroud, Nader, Peterson, Roseann E, Pisanu, Claudia, Pistis, Giorgio, Porjesz, Bernice, Posthuma, Danielle, Powers, Abigail, Preisig, Martin, Purushottam, Meera, Reif, Andreas, Reininghaus, Eva Z, Rentería, Miguel E, Ripke, Stephan, Ripperger, Michael A, Rivera, Margarita, Roberts, Emily K, Roberts, Gloria, Rødevand, Linn, Roepke, Stefan, Rovaris, Diego L, Salum, Giovanni A, Sanders, Alan R, Santoro, Marcos L, Sawyers, Chelsea, Scherer, Stephen W, Schilling, Claudia, Schmahl, Christian, Schofield, Peter R, Schulze, Thomas G, Scott, Laura J, Serretti, Alessandro, Shadrin, Alexey, Shirai, Toshiyuki, Smeland, Olav B, Smoller, Jordan W, Sokolowski, Marcus, Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J, Squassina, Alessio, Starnawska, Anna, Steen, Nils Eiel, Stein, Dan J, Stein, Frederike, Stein, Murray B, Streit, Fabian, Sud, Reeteka, Sullivan, Patrick F, Terao, Chikashi, Toma, Claudio, Tondo, Leonardo, Turecki, Gustavo, Uher, Rudolf, Ursano, Robert J, Auwera, Sandra Van der, Vawter, Marquis P, Paska, Alja Videtic, Vilella, Elisabet, Vincent, John B, Viswanath, Biju, Vladimirov, Vladimir, Wasserman, Danuta E, Weickert, Thomas W, Whiteman, David C, Willour, Virginia L, Wiström, Erik D, Witt, Stephanie H, Won, Hong-Hee, Wootton, Robyn E, Zai, Clement C, Zhang, Jian, Zillich, Lea, MGL, CVEDA and, Andreassen, Ole A, Palmer, Abraham A, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Mann, J John, Kimbrel, Nathan A, Ashley-Koch, Allison E, Docherty, Anna R. , Mullins, Niamh , Roberts, Gloria , Pisanu, Claudia , Holla, Bharath , Fanelli, Giuseppe , Ruderfer, Douglas , Docherty, Anna R , Mullins, Niamh , Pisanu, Claudia , Koromina, Maria, Hatoum, Alexander S, Stephenson, Mallory, Edwards, Alexis C, Johnson, Emma C, Qin, Xuejun, Shabalin, Andrey A, Ito, Lucas T, O’Connell, Kevin S, Harder, Arvid, Hjerling-Leffler, Jens, Kim, Min Ji, Otsuka, Ikuo, Vilar-Ribó, Laura, Agrawal, Arpana, Alda, Martin, Alfredsson, Lars, Aliev, Fazil, Andlauer, Till FM, Arango, Celso, Arntz, Arnoud R. , Awasthi, Swapnil, Ayinde, Olatunde O, Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Barr, Peter B, Bau, Claiton HD, Baune, Bernhard T, Beckham, Jean C, Bejan, Cosmin A, Belangero, Sintia, Berger, Klaus, Biernacka, Joanna M, Bogdan, Ryan, Boomsma, Dorret I , Børglum, Anders D, Bourassa, Kyle J, Braff, David L, Braun, Alice, Bressan, Rodrigo A, Brueckl, Tanja M, Budde, Monika, Cabrera-Mendoza, Brenda, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Ceja, Zuriel, Cervilla, Jorge A, Chang, Chiao-Erh, Chaumette, Boris , Cheon, Myeong Jae, Cichon, Sven, Coleman, Jonathan RI, Coon, Hilary, Copeland, William E, Czamara, Darina, Dalkner, Nina, Dannlowski, Udo, David, Friederike S, Demontis, Ditte, Florio, Arianna Di, Diaconu, Carmen C, Dick, Danielle M, Dikeos, Dimitris, Djurovic, Srdjan, Edenberg, Howard J, Erlangsen, Annette , Euler, Sebastian, Falkai, Peter , Fellendorf, Frederike T, Ferentinos, Panagiotis, Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando, Forstner, Andreas J, Frei, Oleksandr, Fries, Gabriel R, Fullerton, Janice M, Gaine, Marie E, Galfalvy, Hanga C, Galimberti, Marco, Garcia-Aymerich, Judith, Garrett, Melanie E, Gawlik, Micha, Gelernter, Joel, Gordon-Smith, Katherine, Gorelik, Aaron J, Gorwood, Philip , Grabe, Hans J, Green, Melissa J, Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria, Gupta, Priya, Gutiérrez, Blanca, Guzman-Parra, Jose, Han, Seonggyun, Haram, Marit, Hauser, Elizabeth R, Heilbronner, Urs , Herpertz, Sabine C, Herrera-Imbroda, Jesús, Hesselbrock, Victor M, Hishimoto, Akitoyo, Izotova, Anastasia, Jang, Yoonjeong, Jimenez-Murcia, Susana, Jones, Lisa A, Jonsson, Lina, Kang, JooEun, Kang, Joon Ho, Keel, Pamela K, Kim, Jaeyoung, Kim, Dongjun, Kircher, Tilo, Kirov, George, Kraft, Julia, Kramer, John, Kranzler, Henry R, Kuo, Po-Hsiu, Kurvits, Siim, Lai, Dongbing, Lake, Marilyn T, Landén, Mikael, Lannoy, Séverine, Law, Matthew H, Lee, Byung-Chul, Lee, Young Kee, Lehto, Kelli, Levey, Daniel F, Lewis, Cathryn M, Li, Qingqin S, Liao, Calwing, Lind, Penelope A, Lochner, Christine, Lori, Adriana, Maes, Hermine HM, Mahadevan, Jayant, Manchia, Mirko, Mars, Becky, Martin, Nicholas G, Martorell, Lourdes, McIntosh, Andrew M, McMain, Shelley F, McQuillin, Andrew, Medland, Sarah E, Mitchell, Philip B, Molina, Esther, Monson, Eric T, Mufford, Mary Sophia , Muntané, Gerard, Musil, Richard, Myung, Woojae, Neagu, Ana Iulia, Nielsen, Trine T, Nöthen, Markus M, Nunez, Yaira Z, Nurnberger, John I, Okazaki, Satoshi, Olsen, Catherine M, Ophoff, Roel A. , Owen, Michael J, Pan, Pedro M, Papiol, Sergi, Pascual, Juan C, Patrinos, George P, Pawlak, Joanna M, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Pérez-Gutiérrez, Ana M, Perroud, Nader, Peterson, Roseann E, Pistis, Giorgio, Porjesz, Bernice, Posthuma, Danielle, Powers, Abigail, Preisig, Martin, Purushottam, Meera, Reif, Andreas, Reininghaus, Eva Z, Rentería, Miguel E, Ripke, Stephan, Ripperger, Michael A, Rivera, Margarita, Roberts, Emily K, Roberts, Gloria, Rødevand, Linn, Roepke, Stefan, Rovaris, Diego L, Salum, Giovanni A, Sanders, Alan R, Santoro, Marcos L, Sawyers, Chelsea, Scherer, Stephen W, Schilling, Claudia, Schmahl, Christian, Schofield, Peter R, Schulze, Thomas , Scott, Laura J, Serretti, Alessandro, Shadrin, Alexey, Shirai, Toshiyuki, Smeland, Olav B, Smoller, Jordan W, Sokolowski, Marcus , Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J, Squassina, Alessio, Starnawska, Anna, Steen, Nils Eiel, Stein, Dan J, Stein, Frederike, Stein, Murray B, Streit, Fabian, Sud, Reeteka, Sullivan, Patrick F, Terao, Chikashi, Toma, Claudio, Tondo, Leonardo, Turecki, Gustavo, Uher, Rudolf, Ursano, Robert J, Auwera, Sandra Van der, Vawter, Marquis P, Paska, Alja Videtic, Vilella, Elisabet, Vincent, John B, Viswanath, Biju, Vladimirov, Vladimir, Wasserman, Danuta E, Weickert, Thomas W, Whiteman, David C, Willour, Virginia L, Wiström, Erik D, Witt, Stephanie H, Won, Hong-Hee, Wootton, Robyn E, Zai, Clement C, Zhang, Jian, Zillich, Lea, MGL, CVEDA and, Andreassen, Ole A, Palmer, Abraham A, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Mann, J John, Kimbrel, Nathan A, Ashley-Koch, Allison E

No container title available | October 23, 2025 | Volume: No volume available | Issue: No issue available | Pages: No page available

10.1101/2025.10.22.25338076 Get It

ABSTRACT Suicidality contributes substantially to global morbidity and mortality, yet despite its heritability, its biological etiology remains largely elusive. We conducted multi-ancestry genome-wide association study meta-analyses of suicidal ideation (259,747 cases), suicide attempt (64,993 cases), suicide death (9,197 cases), and suicidal behavior (suicide attempt/ death, 75,300 cases), across 54 cohorts (e.g., the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Million Veteran Program, UK Biobank). We identified 77 significant loci across meta-analyses, including 59 previously unreported for suicidality. SNP-based heritability ranged from 2.0-6.7% and there were strong, yet incomplete, genetic correlations between suicidality phenotypes (0.70-0.88). Fine-mapping prioritized putative causal SNPs and 20 credible genes. Enrichment analyses implicated synaptic pathways and neuronal populations predominantly in subcortical brain regions (e.g., amygdala excitatory, medium spiny, hippocampal CA1-3). Together, these findings establish suicidality as a polygenic set of traits with both shared and distinct genetic influences, providing a foundation for future studies of suicide biology and etiology.
Genomic dimensions deconstruct the clinical heterogeneity of bipolar disorder
Veen, Tracey van der , Tesfaye, Markos , Yang, Jessica , Boltz, Toni , David, Friederike S. , Crinion, Shane , Koromina, Maria , Bigdeli, Tim B., Coombes, Brandon J., Panagiotaropoulou, Georgia, Parker, Nadine, Sung, Heejong , Bass, Nicholas, Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Guzman-Parra, José , Kálmán, János , McGrouther, Caroline C., Rangan, Aaditya V. , Scott, Katie , Vreeker, Annabel , Bauer, Michael , Brunkhorst-Kanaan, Nathalie, Byerley, William , Cervantes, Pablo , Chatzinakos, Chris , Claus, Isabelle , Cruceanu, Cristiana , Cuellar-Barboza, Alfredo, Dafnas, Konstantinos , Degenhardt, Franziska, Fanous, Ayman H. , Ferrier, I. Nicol , Forty, Liz , Frank, Josef , Freimer, Nelson B. , Hamshere, Marian L., Harder, Arvid , Hautzinger, Martin , Hellgren, Dennis, Hoffmann, Per, Jönsson, Lina , Kittel‐Schneider, Sarah , Knowles, James A. , Lavebratt, Catharina , Lawrence, Jacob , Leber, Markus , Lucae, Susanne , Lundberg, Martin , Maier, Wolfgang , Maihofer, Adam X. , Maratou, Eirini , McKay, James , Medeiros, Helena , Meyer‐Lindenberg, Andreas , Moutsatsou, Paraskevi , Mühleisen, Thomas W. , O’Connell, Kevin S. , Papiol, Sergi , Perry, Amy , Pisanu, Claudia , Potash, James B. , Rapaport, Mark Hyman , Regeer, Eline J. , Rice, John P. , Schulte, Eva C. , Senner, Fanny , Shilling, Paul D. , Sirignano, Lea , Slaney, Claire , Smeland, Olav B. , Sobell, Janet L. , Stein, Dan J. , Vawter, Marquis P. , Vedder, Helmut , Witt, Stephanie H. , Zandi, Peter P. , Investigators, Genomic Psychiatry Cohort (GPC), Psychiatry, HUNT All-In, Bengesser, Susanne , Berrettini, Wade H. , Blackwood, Douglas, Boehnke, Michael , Catts, Stanley V. , Craddock, Nicholas , Dikeos, Dimitris , Ferentinos, Panagiotis , Frye, Mark A. , Gawlik, Micha , Kahn, René S., Landén, Mikael , Lenger, Melanie , Loughland, Carmel , Melle, Ingrid , Myers, R , Müller‐Myhsok, Bertram , Neale, Benjamin M. , Øedegaard, Ketil J. , Paciga, Sara A. , Pato, Carlos N. , Pawlak, Joanna , Perlis, Roy H. , Reif, Andreas , Schalling, Martin , Scott, Laura J. , Scott, Rodney J., Stahl, Eli A. , Stordal, Eystein , Sullivan, Patrick F., Vaaler, Arne E. , Waldman, Irwin D. , Ophoff, Roel A. , Mullins, Niamh , Forstner, Andreas J. , van der Veen, Tracey , Yang, Jessica Mei Kay , Alda, Martin , Ophoff, Roel A , O'Connell, Kevin S , Mullins, Niamh , Forstner, Andreas J , Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, Maria , Edenberg, Howard J , McMahon, Francis , Andreassen, Ole A , Di Florio, Arianna , McQuillin, Andrew , Witt, Stephanie H , Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas , Stein, Dan J , Papiol, Sergi , Cruceanu, Cristiana , Schulte, Eva , Kittel-Schneider, Sarah , Lavebratt, Catharina , Pisanu, Claudia , Reif, Andreas , Perlis, Roy H , Andlauer, Till F. M. , Bigdeli, Tim B. , Coombes, Brandon J. , Greenwood, Tiffany A. , Panagiotaropoulou, Georgia , Parker, Nadine , Bass, Nicholas, Coleman, Jonathan Ri , Mitchell, Brittany L. , Shadrin, Alexey A. , Smith, Daniel J. , Adorjan, Kristina , Albani, Diego , Alemany, Silvia , Alliey‐Rodriguez, Ney , Antoniou, Anastasia , Beins, Eva Carolina , Boks, Marco P. , Bosch, Rosa , Brumpton, Ben , Budde, Monika , Cabana‐Domínguez, Judit , Cairns, Murray J. , Carpiniello, Bernardo , Casas, Miguel , Clarke, Toni‐Kim , Cuéllar‐Barboza, Alfredo B. , Czerski, Piotr M. , Dale, Anders M. , Dalkner, Nina , DePaulo, J Raymond , Djurovic, Srdjan , Escott‐Price, Valentina , Fellendorf, Frederike T. , Frei, Oleksandr , Garnham, Julie , Gizer, Ian R. , Gordon, Scott D. , Gordon‐Smith, Katherine , Hahn, Tim , Hamshere, Marian L. , Heilbronner, Urs , Herms, Stefan , Hickie, Ian Bernard , Hoffmann, Per , Holmans, Peter , Jamain, Stéphane , Kennedy, James L. , Koch, Elise , Kogevinas, Manolis , Kranz, Thorsten M. , Kushner, Steven A. , Lind, Penelope A. , Lundberg, Martin, MacIntyre, Donald J. , Malaspina, Dolores , Manchia, Mirko , Martinsson, Lina , McInnis, Melvin G. , Millischer, Vincent , Morris, Derek W. , Olsen, Catherine M. , Pardiñas, Antonio F. , Pfennig, Andrea , Quested, Digby J. , Rivera, Margarita , Sindermann, Lisa , Siskind, Dan , Artigas, María Soler , Stein, Frederike , Świątkowska, Beata , Thorp, Jackson G. , Toma, Claudio , Tondo, Leonardo , Tooney, Paul A. , Walters, James , Young, Allan H. , Zillich, Lea , Adolfsson, Rolf , Alfredsson, Lars , Backlund, Lena , Baune, Bernhard , Bellivier, Frank , Biernacka, Joanna M. , Blackwood, Douglas , Breen, Gerome , Carr, Vaughan J , Cichon, Sven , Corvin, Aiden , Dannlowski, Udo , Esko, Tõnu , Étain, Bruno , Fullerton, Janice M. , Gershon, Elliot S. , Goes, Fernando , Green, Melissa J. , Hauser, Joanna , Henskens, Frans A , Hjerling‐Leffler, Jens , Jones, Ian Richard , Jones, Lisa Anne , Kahn, René S. , Kelsoe, John R , Kircher, Tilo , Kirov, George , Kobayashi, Nene, Leboyer, Marion , Li, Qingqin S. , Lissowska, Jolanta , Loughland, Carmel M. , Luykx, Jurjen J. , Martin, Nicholas G. , Mathews, Carol A. , Mayoral, Fermín , McElroy, Susan L. , McIntosh, Andrew M. , Medland, Sarah E. , Mitchell, Philip B , Morken, Gunnar , Möser, Chiara, Nievergelt, Caroline M , Nurnberger, John I , Nöthen, Markus M. , O‘Donovan, Michael , Olsson, Tomas , Owen, Michael J. , Pantelis, Christos , Pato, Michele T. , Patrinos, George P. , Ramos‐Quiroga, Josep Antoni , Reininghaus, Eva , Ribasés, Marta , Rietschel, Marcella , Ripke, Stephan , Rouleau, Guy Armand , Schall, Ulrich , Schofield, Peter R. , Schulze, Thomas , Scott, Rodney J. , Serretti, Alessandro , Smoller, Jordan W. , Squassina, Alessio , Streit, Fabian , Turecki, Gustavo , Vieta, Eduard , Vincent, John B. , Weickert, Cynthia Shannon , Weickert, Thomas Wesley , Whiteman, David C. , Alda, Martin , Grigoroiu‐Serbânescu, Maria , McMahon, Francis J. , Andreassen, Ole A. , McQuillin, Andrew

No container title available | June 25, 2025 | Volume: No volume available | Issue: No issue available | Pages: No page available

10.1101/2025.06.23.25330155 Get It

ABSTRACT Bipolar disorder’s (BD) clinical heterogeneity has an unresolved genetic basis. We meta-analyzed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of 16 BD subphenotypes in 226,032 individuals from 57 cohorts (38,022 cases); 10 advanced to multivariate and multi-trait analyses. Four factors (compulsive, psychotic, dysregulated, internalizing) explained 82.8% of shared genetic variance. BD1 and BD2 loaded on distinct factors despite a high genetic correlation; 87.0% of common-factor loci were significant in neither subtype. Unipolar mania aligned with psychosis over internalizing, and was distinguishable from BD1, and rapid cycling showed heritable cross-domain liability. We identified 356 risk loci, 158 novel, including the first univariate-GWAS associations for psychosis, unipolar mania, rapid cycling and schizoaffective disorder—and 249 credible genes (89 high-confidence), 12 with approved-drug or clinical-phase annotations. Cell-type association showed a midbrain dopaminergic–GABAergic gradient along the psychotic factor. BD’s genetic architecture appears hierarchical—a general liability resolving into dimensions of course and comorbidity beyond diagnostic subtypes.