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Overview

John R. Kelsoe is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a strong focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Genetics, Speech and Hearing, Clinical Psychology, and Molecular Biology.

Their scientific contributions address key topics such as Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting, and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling.

John R. Kelsoe has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry

Their recent publications include:

  • "Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders" (2021, Biological Psychiatry)
  • "Association of polygenic score for major depression with response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Deficient LEF1 expression is associated with lithium resistance and hyperexcitability in neurons derived from bipolar disorder patients" (2021, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "The association between lithium use and neurocognitive performance in patients with bipolar disorder" (2020, Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • "Combining schizophrenia and depression polygenic risk scores improves the genetic prediction of lithium response in bipolar disorder patients" (2021, Translational Psychiatry)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Mark A. Frye
  • Caroline M. Nievergelt
  • Michael J. McCarthy
  • Martin Alda
  • Tatyana Shekhtman

Best Publications

  • Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis

    Jordan W. Smoller;Kenneth Kendler;Nicholas John Craddock;Phil Hyoun Lee

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Genomewide association studies: history, rationale, and prospects for psychiatric disorders.

    Sven Cichon;Nick Craddock;Mark Daly;Mark Daly;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Re-evaluation of the linkage relationship between chromosome 11p loci and the gene for bipolar affective disorder in the old order amish

    John R. Kelsoe;Edward I. Ginns;Janice A. Egeland;Daniela S. Gerhard

  • Differential responses to lithium in hyperexcitable neurons from patients with bipolar disorder

    Jerome Mertens;Jerome Mertens;Qiu-Wen Wang;Yongsung Kim;Diana X. Yu

  • 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

  • Temporal lobe pathology in schizophrenia: a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Richard L. Suddath;Manuel F. Casanova;Terry E. Goldberg;David G. Daniel

  • 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

  • TEMPS-A: validation of a short version of a self-rated instrument designed to measure variations in temperament.

    Hagop S. Akiskal;Hagop S. Akiskal;Mauro V. Mendlowicz;Mauro V. Mendlowicz;Girardin Jean-Louis;Mark H. Rapaport;Mark H. Rapaport

  • Genetic variants associated with response to lithium treatment in bipolar disorder: a genome-wide association study

    Liping Hou;Urs Heilbronner;Urs Heilbronner;Franziska Degenhardt;Mazda Adli

  • 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

  • Polygenic dissection of diagnosis and clinical dimensions of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Ayman H. Fanous;Ayman H. Fanous;Ayman H. Fanous;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin

  • Duplications of the neuropeptide receptor gene VIPR2 confer significant risk for schizophrenia

    Vladimir Vacic;Vladimir Vacic;Shane McCarthy;Dheeraj Malhotra;Dheeraj Malhotra;Fiona Murray

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

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • Differential responses to lithium in hyperexcitable neurons from patients with bipolar disorder.

    Jerome Mertens;Qiu-Wen Wang;Yongsung Kim;Diana X. Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline M. Nievergelt
Caroline M. Nievergelt University of California, San Diego
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
John I. Nurnberger
John I. Nurnberger Indiana University
Francis J. McMahon
Francis J. McMahon National Institutes of Health
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter P. Zandi
Peter P. Zandi Johns Hopkins University
Elliot S. Gershon
Elliot S. Gershon University of Chicago
Martin Alda
Martin Alda Dalhousie University
Mikael Landén
Mikael Landén University of Gothenburg
Mark Hyman Rapaport
Mark Hyman Rapaport Emory University

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