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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2026

Towards scalable biomarker discovery in posttraumatic stress disorder: triangulating genomic and phenotypic evidence from a health system biobank.

Younga Heather Lee, Yingzhe Zhang, Ana Lucia Espinosa Dice, Josephine H Li, Justin D Tubbs, Yen-Chen Anne Feng, Tian Ge, Adam X Maihofer, Caroline M Nievergelt, Jordan W Smoller and 3 more

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Younga Heather LeeBroad Trauma Initiative, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. HLEE73@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7517-6594
Yingzhe ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-1159
Ana Lucia Espinosa DiceDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Josephine H LiCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Justin D TubbsCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6671-6816
Yen-Chen Anne FengCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2116-3645
Tian GeCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Adam X MaihoferDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Caroline M NievergeltDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5766-8923
Jordan W SmollerCenter for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0381-6334
Karestan C KoenenBroad Trauma Initiative, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2978-7655
Andrea L RobertsDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5023-4399
Natalie SlopenBroad Trauma Initiative, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA. nslopen@hsph.harvard.edu.

Funding

TRAINING IN PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY/BIOSTATISTICST32MH017119 · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · 1985 to 2005
$3.0M
2/7 Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: Advancing Discovery and ImpactR01MH124851 · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 2025 to 2025
$973k
PsycheMERGE: Leveraging electronic health records and genomics for mental health researchR01MH118233 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Lea K Davis, JORDAN W SMOLLER · 2022 to 2022
$742k
4/7 Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: Advancing Discovery and ImpactR01MH124847 · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2025 to 2025
$366k
Psychiatric Genomics Consortium for PTSDR01MH106595 · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · 2025 to 2025
$205k
Elucidating the pharmacogenetics of the response to GLP-1 receptor agonists for type 2 diabetesK23DK131345 · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 2025 to 2025
$191k
NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK131345U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) NIDDK K23 DK131345U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH106595U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH118233U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH124847U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH124851U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) T32 MH 017119
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Abstract

Biomarkers can potentially improve the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, PTSD biomarkers that are scalable and easily integrated into real-world clinical settings have not been identified. The analysis was conducted between June to November 2024 using genomic samples and laboratory test results recorded in the Mass General Brigham (MGB) Health System. The analysis included 23,743 European ancestry participants from the nested MGB Biobank study. The first exposure was polygenic risk score (PRS) for PTSD, calculated using the largest available European ancestry genome-wide association study (GWAS), employing a Bayesian polygenic scoring method. The second exposure was a clinical diagnosis of PTSD, determined by the presence of two or more instances of PTSD-related diagnostic codes in the longitudinal electronic health records (EHR). The primary outcomes were the inverse normal quantile transformed, median lab values of 241 laboratory traits with non-zero h

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Stress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAdultBayes TheoremBiological Specimen BanksBiomarkersFemaleGenetic Risk ScoreGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideWhiteBiomarkers

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