Aberrant activation of TCL1A promotes stem cell expansion in clonal haematopoiesis

JS Weinstock, J Gopakumar, BB Burugula, MM Uddin… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Mutations in a diverse set of driver genes increase the fitness of haematopoietic stem cells
(HSCs), leading to clonal haematopoiesis. These lesions are precursors for blood cancers …

Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale

X Li, Z Li, H Zhou, SM Gaynor, Y Liu, H Chen, R Sun… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies have enabled the analysis of rare variants
(RVs) associated with complex phenotypes. Commonly used RV association tests have …

Powerful, scalable and resource-efficient meta-analysis of rare variant associations in large whole genome sequencing studies

X Li, C Quick, H Zhou, SM Gaynor, Y Liu, H Chen… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Meta-analysis of whole genome sequencing/whole exome sequencing (WGS/WES) studies
provides an attractive solution to the problem of collecting large sample sizes for discovering …

A framework for detecting noncoding rare-variant associations of large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies

Z Li, X Li, H Zhou, SM Gaynor, MS Selvaraj… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies have enabled analysis of noncoding rare-
variant (RV) associations with complex human diseases and traits. Variant-set analysis is a …

Scalable approaches for functional analyses of whole-genome sequencing non-coding variants

PP Kuksa, E Greenfest-Allen, J Cifello… - Human Molecular …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Non-coding genetic variants outside of protein-coding genome regions play an important
role in genetic and epigenetic regulation. It has become increasingly important to …

Rare variant association testing in the non-coding genome

O Bocher, E Génin - Human Genetics, 2020‏ - Springer
The development of next-generation sequencing technologies has opened-up some new
possibilities to explore the contribution of genetic variants to human diseases and in …

Whole genome sequence analysis of blood lipid levels in> 66,000 individuals

MS Selvaraj, X Li, Z Li, A Pampana, DY Zhang… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Blood lipids are heritable modifiable causal factors for coronary artery disease. Despite well-
described monogenic and polygenic bases of dyslipidemia, limitations remain in discovery …

Whole-genome sequencing in 333,100 individuals reveals rare non-coding single variant and aggregate associations with height

G Hawkes, RN Beaumont, Z Li, R Mandla, X Li… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The role of rare non-coding variation in complex human phenotypes is still largely unknown.
To elucidate the impact of rare variants in regulatory elements, we performed a whole …

Detecting local genetic correlations with scan statistics

H Guo, JJ Li, Q Lu, L Hou - Nature communications, 2021‏ - nature.com
Genetic correlation analysis has quickly gained popularity in the past few years and
provided insights into the genetic etiology of numerous complex diseases. However, existing …

Enhancing prediction accuracy of coronary artery disease through machine learning-driven genomic variant selection

Z Alireza, M Maleeha, M Kaikkonen… - Journal of Translational …, 2024‏ - Springer
Abstract Machine learning (ML) methods are increasingly becoming crucial in genome-wide
association studies for identifying key genetic variants or SNPs that statistical methods might …