Genome-wide association studies

E Uffelmann, QQ Huang, NS Munung… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) test hundreds of thousands of genetic variants
across many genomes to find those statistically associated with a specific trait or disease …

Deconstructing a syndrome: genomic insights into PCOS causal mechanisms and classification

M Dapas, A Dunaif - Endocrine reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is among the most common disorders in women of
reproductive age, affecting up to 15% worldwide, depending on the diagnostic criteria …

Plasma proteomic associations with genetics and health in the UK Biobank

BB Sun, J Chiou, M Traylor, C Benner, YH Hsu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Pharma Proteomics Project is a precompetitive biopharmaceutical consortium
characterizing the plasma proteomic profiles of 54,219 UK Biobank participants. Here we …

Systematic differences in discovery of genetic effects on gene expression and complex traits

H Mostafavi, JP Spence, S Naqvi, JK Pritchard - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Most signals in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of complex traits implicate
noncoding genetic variants with putative gene regulatory effects. However, currently …

[HTML][HTML] Organization of the human intestine at single-cell resolution

JW Hickey, WR Becker, SA Nevins, A Horning… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The intestine is a complex organ that promotes digestion, extracts nutrients, participates in
immune surveillance, maintains critical symbiotic relationships with microbiota and affects …

New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

C Bellenguez, F Küçükali, IE Jansen, L Kleineidam… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of the genetic landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related
dementias (ADD) provides a unique opportunity for a better understanding of the associated …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

A Okbay, Y Wu, N Wang, H Jayashankar, M Bennett… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a
sample of~ 3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome …

FcγR-mediated SARS-CoV-2 infection of monocytes activates inflammation

C Junqueira, Â Crespo, S Ranjbar, LB De Lacerda… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 can cause acute respiratory distress and death in some patients. Although
severe COVID-19 is linked to substantial inflammation, how SARS-CoV-2 triggers …

Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use

GRB Saunders, X Wang, F Chen, SK Jang, M Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of
worldwide deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury …

Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects

LJ Howe, MG Nivard, TT Morris, AF Hansen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Estimates from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of unrelated individuals capture
effects of inherited variation (direct effects), demography (population stratification …