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    • Genomics
    • Neuroscience

    Background:

    • Clinical heterogeneity in bipolar disorder (BD) complicates diagnosis and treatment.
    • A genetic approach is crucial for understanding BD's underlying biology.
    • Previous genetic studies lacked the resolution to address BD's complexity.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the hypothesis that distinct BD subphenotypes are associated with different common variant genetic architectures.
    • To identify genetically-informed dimensions of BD heterogeneity.

    Main Methods:

    • Genome-wide association study (GWAS) of up to 23,819 BD cases and 163,839 controls.
    • Integration of GWAS results with external summary statistics for BD and schizophrenia (SCZ) using Multi-Trait Analysis of GWAS (MTAG).
    • Analysis of SNP-heritability, genetic correlations, genomic loci, and functional/pathway analyses.

    Main Results:

    • Four genetically-informed dimensions of BD were identified: Severe Illness, Core Mania, Externalizing/Impulsive Comorbidity, and Internalizing/Affective Comorbidity.
    • Up to 181 subphenotype-associated loci were identified, with 53 being novel.
    • The Severe Illness dimension showed a unique neuro-immune signature (HLA-DMB), and the Internalizing/Affective dimension was linked to neurodevelopmental genes (DCC).

    Conclusions:

    • Bipolar disorder's clinical heterogeneity is underpinned by a complex, multi-layered genetic architecture.
    • The findings provide an empirical framework to advance psychiatric nosology and inform personalized interventions.
    • This research supports a transition towards precision psychiatry by delineating biologically-grounded dimensions of BD.