Mendelian randomization

E Sanderson, MM Glymour, MV Holmes… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a term that applies to the use of genetic variation to
address causal questions about how modifiable exposures influence different outcomes …

Mendelian randomization: concepts and scope

RC Richmond, GD Smith - Cold Spring …, 2022 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a method of studying the causal effects of modifiable
exposures (ie, potential risk factors) on health, social, and economic outcomes using genetic …

Causal relationship between physical activity, leisure sedentary behaviors and COVID-19 risk: a Mendelian randomization study

X Chen, X Hong, W Gao, S Luo, J Cai, G Liu… - Journal of translational …, 2022 - Springer
Background The 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) poses an enormous
threat to public health worldwide, and the ensuing management of social isolation has …

Guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations: update for summer 2023

S Burgess, GD Smith, NM Davies… - Wellcome open …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This paper provides guidelines for performing Mendelian randomization investigations. It is
aimed at practitioners seeking to undertake analyses and write up their findings, and at …

[HTML][HTML] Using genetic association data to guide drug discovery and development: review of methods and applications

S Burgess, AM Mason, AJ Grant, EAW Slob… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Evidence on the validity of drug targets from randomized trials is reliable but typically
expensive and slow to obtain. In contrast, evidence from conventional observational …

[HTML][HTML] Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses

B Brumpton, E Sanderson, K Heilbron… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Estimates from Mendelian randomization studies of unrelated individuals can be biased due
to uncontrolled confounding from familial effects. Here we describe methods for within-family …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical methods for Mendelian randomization in genome-wide association studies: a review

FJ Boehm, X Zhou - Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Genome-wide association studies have yielded thousands of associations for many
common diseases and disease-related complex traits. The identified associations made it …

Detection of widespread horizontal pleiotropy in causal relationships inferred from Mendelian randomization between complex traits and diseases

M Verbanck, CY Chen, B Neale, R Do - Nature genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Horizontal pleiotropy occurs when the variant has an effect on disease outside of its effect on
the exposure in Mendelian randomization (MR). Violation of the 'no horizontal …

Mendelian randomisation for mediation analysis: current methods and challenges for implementation

AR Carter, E Sanderson, G Hammerton… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Mediation analysis seeks to explain the pathway (s) through which an exposure affects an
outcome. Traditional, non-instrumental variable methods for mediation analysis experience …

Multivariable Mendelian randomization and mediation

E Sanderson - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2021 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Mendelian randomization (MR) is the use of genetic variants associated with an exposure to
estimate the causal effect of that exposure on an outcome. Mediation analysis is the method …