Recent developments in Mendelian randomization studies

J Zheng, D Baird, MC Borges, J Bowden… - Current epidemiology …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Mendelian randomization (MR) is a strategy for evaluating
causality in observational epidemiological studies. MR exploits the fact that genotypes are …

The regulation of bone metabolism and disorders by Wnt signaling

K Maeda, Y Kobayashi, M Koide, S Uehara… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Wnt, a secreted glycoprotein, has an approximate molecular weight of 40 kDa, and it is a
cytokine involved in various biological phenomena including ontogeny, morphogenesis …

A generalized linear mixed model association tool for biobank-scale data

L Jiang, Z Zheng, H Fang, J Yang - Nature genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Compared with linear mixed model-based genome-wide association (GWA) methods,
generalized linear mixed model (GLMM)-based methods have better statistical properties …

[HTML][HTML] A single-cell atlas of chromatin accessibility in the human genome

K Zhang, JD Hocker, M Miller, X Hou, J Chiou… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Current catalogs of regulatory sequences in the human genome are still incomplete and lack
cell type resolution. To profile the activity of gene regulatory elements in diverse cell types …

[HTML][HTML] Osteoclasts recycle via osteomorphs during RANKL-stimulated bone resorption

MM McDonald, WH Khoo, PY Ng, Y **ao, J Zamerli… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Osteoclasts are large multinucleated bone-resorbing cells formed by the fusion of monocyte/
macrophage-derived precursors that are thought to undergo apoptosis once resorption is …

Single-cell epigenomic analyses implicate candidate causal variants at inherited risk loci for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

MR Corces, A Shcherbina, S Kundu, MJ Gloudemans… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies of neurological diseases have identified thousands of
variants associated with disease phenotypes. However, most of these variants do not alter …

Using human genetics to understand the disease impacts of testosterone in men and women

KS Ruth, FR Day, J Tyrrell, DJ Thompson, AR Wood… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Testosterone supplementation is commonly used for its effects on sexual function, bone
health and body composition, yet its effects on disease outcomes are unknown. To better …

An atlas of genetic influences on osteoporosis in humans and mice

JA Morris, JP Kemp, SE Youlten, L Laurent, JG Logan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Osteoporosis is a common aging-related disease diagnosed primarily using bone mineral
density (BMD). We assessed genetic determinants of BMD as estimated by heel quantitative …

Multiancestry genome-wide association study of 520,000 subjects identifies 32 loci associated with stroke and stroke subtypes

R Malik, G Chauhan, M Traylor, M Sargurupremraj… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Stroke has multiple etiologies, but the underlying genes and pathways are largely unknown.
We conducted a multiancestry genome-wide-association meta-analysis in 521,612 …

Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

NM Warrington, RN Beaumont, M Horikoshi, FR Day… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Birth weight variation is influenced by fetal and maternal genetic and non-genetic factors,
and has been reproducibly associated with future cardio-metabolic health outcomes. In …