Transcriptome-wide association studies: recent advances in methods, applications and available databases

J Mai, M Lu, Q Gao, J Zeng, J ** causal tissues and genes at disease-associated loci
BJ Strober, MJ Zhang, T Amariuta, J Rossen… - Nature Genetics, 2025 - nature.com
Complex diseases often have distinct mechanisms spanning multiple tissues. We propose
tissue–gene fine-map** (TGFM), which infers the posterior inclusion probability (PIP) for …

A statistical method for image-mediated association studies discovers genes and pathways associated with four brain disorders

J He, L Antonyan, H Zhu, K Ardila, Q Li… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Brain imaging and genomics are critical tools enabling characterization of the genetic basis
of brain disorders. However, imaging large cohorts is expensive and may be unavailable for …

Expression, regulation, and functions of the galectin-16 gene in human cells and tissues

JD Kaminker, AV Timoshenko - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Galectins comprise a family of soluble β-galactoside-binding proteins, which regulate a
variety of key biological processes including cell growth, differentiation, survival, and death …

Implicating causal brain imaging endophenotypes in Alzheimer's disease using multivariable IWAS and GWAS summary data

KA Knutson, Y Deng, W Pan - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent evidence suggests the existence of many undiscovered heritable brain phenotypes
involved in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) pathogenesis. This finding necessitates methods for …