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Overview

Francis J. McMahon is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Genetics, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Biological Psychiatry, and Cognitive Neuroscience. This multidisciplinary background supports investigations into complex psychiatric and neurological conditions.

Their work extensively explores topics such as Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Notable recent publications by Francis J. McMahon include:

  • The genetics of bipolar disorder, published in 2020 in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Review and Consensus on Pharmacogenomic Testing in Psychiatry, published in 2020 in Pharmacopsychiatry
  • Population-level variation in enhancer expression identifies disease mechanisms in the human brain, published in 2022 in Nature Genetics
  • Deep transcriptome sequencing of subgenual anterior cingulate cortex reveals cross-diagnostic and diagnosis-specific RNA expression changes in major psychiatric disorders, published in 2021 in Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Exemplar scoring identifies genetically separable phenotypes of lithium responsive bipolar disorder, published in 2021 in Translational Psychiatry

Francis J. McMahon has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Nirmala Akula, Stefano Marenco, Layla Kassem, Heejong Sung, and Pavan K. Auluck. These collaborations span a range of studies and publications, indicating active partnership within the psychiatric genetics research community.

Their research has appeared multiple times in well-known scientific journals. The venues where Francis J. McMahon has published most frequently include European Neuropsychopharmacology, Biological Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Translational Psychiatry, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Cancer regression and neurological toxicity following anti-MAGE-A3 TCR gene therapy.

    Richard A. Morgan;Nachimuthu Chinnasamy;Daniel Abate-Daga;Alena Gros

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • Microduplications of 16p11.2 are Associated with Schizophrenia

    Shane E. McCarthy;Vladimir Makarov;George Kirov;Anjene M. Addington

  • A genome-wide association study implicates diacylglycerol kinase eta (DGKH) and several other genes in the etiology of bipolar disorder.

    A E Baum;N Akula;M Cabanero;I Cardona

  • The ENIGMA Consortium: large-scale collaborative analyses of neuroimaging and genetic data

    Paul M. Thompson;Jason L. Stein;Sarah E. Medland;Derrek P. Hibar

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

    Jason L Stein;Sarah E Medland;Sarah E Medland;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Alejandro Arias Vasquez;Derrek P Hibar

  • Variation in the Gene Encoding the Serotonin 2A Receptor Is Associated with Outcome of Antidepressant Treatment

    Francis J. McMahon;Silvia Buervenich;Dennis Charney;Robert Lipsky

  • Assessment of Response to Lithium Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar Disorder: A Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) Report

    Mirko Manchia;Mazda Adli;Nirmala Akula;Raffaella Ardau

  • Genome scan meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, part III: Bipolar disorder.

    Ricardo Segurado;Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh;Douglas F. Levinson;Cathryn M. Lewis

  • Candidate Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Suicidal Behavior

    J. John Mann;Victoria A. Arango;Shelli Avenevoli;David A. Brent

  • Evidence for linkage of bipolar disorder to chromosome 18 with a parent-of-origin effect.

    O C Stine;J Xu;R Koskela;F J McMahon

  • Genome-wide association study of bipolar disorder in European American and African American individuals.

    E. N. Smith;E. N. Smith;C. S. Bloss;J. A. Badner;T. Barrett

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Melvin G. McInnis
Melvin G. McInnis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Elliot S. Gershon
Elliot S. Gershon University of Chicago
James B. Potash
James B. Potash Johns Hopkins University
Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn
John R. Kelsoe
John R. Kelsoe University of California, San Diego
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
John I. Nurnberger
John I. Nurnberger Indiana University
Peter P. Zandi
Peter P. Zandi Johns Hopkins University

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