Rare coding variants in CHRNB3 associate with reduced daily cigarette smoking across ancestries.
Rajagopal VM; Ziyatdinov A; Joseph T; Ayer A; Ahmed M; Mbatchou J; Zou Y; Averitt AJ; Banerjee N; Cantor M; Torres JM; Chen E; Varela JR; Jones M; Overton J; Harari O; Lotta L; Abecasis G; Baras A; Berumen J; Kuri-Morales P; Alegre-Díaz J; Tapia-Conyer R; Collins R; Emberson JR; Marchini J; Coppola G
Scientists studied a gene called CHRNB3, linked to how much people smoke, in different groups of people. They found certain changes in this gene that might help people smoke less. These changes could help make new medicines to fight smoking addiction.