Benefits and limitations of genome-wide association studies

V Tam, N Patel, M Turcotte, Y Bossé, G Paré… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) involve testing genetic variants across the
genomes of many individuals to identify genotype–phenotype associations. GWAS have …

The post-GWAS era: from association to function

MD Gallagher, AS Chen-Plotkin - The American Journal of Human …, 2018 - cell.com
During the past 12 years, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have uncovered
thousands of genetic variants that influence risk for complex human traits and diseases. Yet …

Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

J Grove, S Ripke, TD Als, M Mattheisen, RK Walters… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable and heterogeneous group of
neurodevelopmental phenotypes diagnosed in more than 1% of children. Common genetic …

Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

D Demontis, RK Walters, J Martin, M Mattheisen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable childhood behavioral
disorder affecting 5% of children and 2.5% of adults. Common genetic variants contribute …

An atlas of genetic correlations across human diseases and traits

B Bulik-Sullivan, HK Finucane, V Anttila, A Gusev… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Identifying genetic correlations between complex traits and diseases can provide useful
etiological insights and help prioritize likely causal relationships. The major challenges …

Genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

PH Lee, V Anttila, H Won, YCA Feng, J Rosenthal… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Genetic influences on psychiatric disorders transcend diagnostic boundaries, suggesting
substantial pleiotropy of contributing loci. However, the nature and mechanisms of these …

Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

AE Locke, B Kahali, SI Berndt, AE Justice, TH Pers… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of
obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta …

The stunting syndrome in develo** countries

AJ Prendergast, JH Humphrey - Paediatrics and international child …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Linear growth failure is the most common form of undernutrition globally. With an estimated
165 million children below 5 years of age affected, stunting has been identified as a major …

Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression

NR Wray, S Ripke, M Mattheisen, M Trzaskowski… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common illness accompanied by considerable
morbidity, mortality, costs, and heightened risk of suicide. We conducted a genome-wide …

LD Hub: a centralized database and web interface to perform LD score regression that maximizes the potential of summary level GWAS data for SNP heritability and …

J Zheng, AM Erzurumluoglu, BL Elsworth… - …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Motivation LD score regression is a reliable and efficient method of using genome-wide
association study (GWAS) summary-level results data to estimate the SNP heritability of …