rs10058884 - HPRT1P2 - RPL19P11

Magnitude 2.2 · 1 study on file

Reported associations

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of insomnia prioritizes genes associated with metabolic and psychiatric pathways. - Nature genetics (2022) · Watanabe K, Jansen PR, Savage JE, Nandakumar P, Wang X, Hinds DA, Gelernter J, Levey DF, Polimanti R, Stein MB, Van Someren EJW, Smit AB, Posthuma D · PubMed 35835914

    Insomnia is a heritable, highly prevalent sleep disorder for which no sufficient treatment currently exists. Previous genome-wide association studies with up to 1.3 million subjects identified over 200 associated loci. This extreme polygenicity suggested that many more loci remain to be discovered. The current study almost doubled the sample size to 593,724 cases and 1,771,286 controls, thereby increasing statistical power, and identified 554 risk loci (including 364 novel loci). To capitalize on this large number of loci, we propose a novel strategy to prioritize genes using external biological resources and functional interactions between genes across risk loci. Of all 3,898 genes naively implicated from the risk loci, we prioritize 289 and find brain-tissue expression spec


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Lifestyle context

Concrete actions anchored to the cited research. We do not prescribe, we describe.

Discuss with your doctor

  • genetic insomnia risk and sleep optimization Moderate

    genetic risk warrants discussion of preventive approaches with healthcare provider

Lifestyle

  • prioritize sleep hygiene Moderate

    T allele increases genetic predisposition to insomnia; optimized sleep habits reduce manifestation of predisposition

    maintain consistent sleep schedule, ensure dark cool quiet bedroom

Screening

  • sleep quality and duration Moderate

    genetic predisposition to insomnia warrants regular monitoring of sleep patterns

    track sleep regularly for early detection of sleep problems