Nuclear genetic control of mtDNA copy number and heteroplasmy in humans

R Gupta, M Kanai, TJ Durham, K Tsuo, JG McCoy… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a maternally inherited, high-copy-number genome required
for oxidative phosphorylation. Heteroplasmy refers to the presence of a mixture of mtDNA …

Leveraging Northern European population history: novel low-frequency variants for polycystic ovary syndrome

JS Tyrmi, RK Arffman, N Pujol-Gualdo… - Human …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Can we identify novel variants associated with polycystic ovary
syndrome (PCOS) by leveraging the unique population history of Northern Europe …

Mapping the epigenomic landscape of human monocytes following innate immune activation reveals context-specific mechanisms driving endotoxin tolerance

HE Amarasinghe, P Zhang, JP Whalley, A Allcock… - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background Monocytes are key mediators of innate immunity to infection, undergoing
profound and dynamic changes in epigenetic state and immune function which are broadly …

Epigenomic analysis reveals a dynamic and context-specific macrophage enhancer landscape associated with innate immune activation and tolerance

P Zhang, HE Amarasinghe, JP Whalley, C Tay, H Fang… - Genome Biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Chromatin states and enhancers associate gene expression, cell identity and
disease. Here, we systematically delineate the acute innate immune response to endotoxin …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic architecture of gene regulation in Indonesian populations identifies QTLs associated with global and local ancestries

HM Natri, G Hudjashov, G Jacobs, P Kusuma… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
Lack of diversity in human genomics limits our understanding of the genetic underpinnings
of complex traits, hinders precision medicine, and contributes to health disparities. To map …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lewy body dementia, and Parkinson's disease

DP Wightman, JE Savage, E Tissink, C Romero… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases are a group of disorders characterized by neuronal cell death
causing a variety of physical and mental problems. While these disorders can be …

Deletion mapping of regulatory elements for GATA3 in T cells reveals a distal enhancer involved in allergic diseases

HV Chen, MH Lorenzini, SN Lavalle, K Sajeev… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
GATA3 is essential for T cell differentiation and is surrounded by genome-wide association
study (GWAS) hits for immune traits. Interpretation of these GWAS hits is challenging …

Fine mapping with epigenetic information and 3D structure

G Orozco - Seminars in Immunopathology, 2022 - Springer
Since 2005, thousands of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been published,
identifying hundreds of thousands of genetic variants that increase risk of complex traits …

Genetic and environmental determinants of diastolic heart function

M Thanaj, J Mielke, KA McGurk, W Bai… - Nature cardiovascular …, 2022 - nature.com
Diastole is the sequence of physiological events that occur in the heart during ventricular
filling and principally depends on myocardial relaxation and chamber stiffness. Abnormal …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing diversity of functional genetics studies to advance biological discovery and human health

SHL George, A Medina-Rivera, Y Idaghdour… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
In this perspective we discuss the current lack of genetic and environmental diversity in
functional genomics datasets. There is a well-described Eurocentric bias in genetic and …