Major depression is the commonest psychiatric disorder and in the US has the greatest
impact of all biomedical diseases on disability. Here we review evidence of the genetic …

The remarkable phenotypic diversity of β thalassemia that range from severe anemia and
transfusion-dependency, to a clinically asymptomatic state exemplifies how a spectrum of …

Trait-associated genetic variants affect complex phenotypes primarily via regulatory
mechanisms on the transcriptome. To investigate the genetics of gene expression, we …

Background Myeloproliferative neoplasms, such as polycythemia vera, essential
thrombocythemia, and myelofibrosis, are chronic hematologic cancers with varied …

Many common variants have been associated with hematological traits, but identification of
causal genes and pathways has proven challenging. We performed a genome-wide …

Long-range interactions between regulatory elements and gene promoters play key roles in
transcriptional regulation. The vast majority of interactions are uncharted, constituting a …

We performed a scan for genetic variants associated with multiple phenotypes by comparing
large genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of 42 traits or diseases. We identified 341 …

Importance The causal direction and magnitude of the association between telomere length
and incidence of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases is uncertain owing to the susceptibility …

Most genome-wide association and fine-map** studies to date have been conducted in
individuals of European descent, and genetic studies of populations of Hispanic/Latino and …

Red blood cells (RBCs) experience significant mechanical forces while recirculating, but the
consequences of these forces are not fully understood. Recent work has shown that gain-of …