Evaluating the potential role of pleiotropy in Mendelian randomization studies

G Hemani, J Bowden… - Human molecular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Pleiotropy, the phenomenon of a single genetic variant influencing multiple traits, is likely
widespread in the human genome. If pleiotropy arises because the single nucleotide …

From genome-wide associations to candidate causal variants by statistical fine-mapping

DJ Schaid, W Chen, NB Larson - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Advancing from statistical associations of complex traits with genetic markers to
understanding the functional genetic variants that influence traits is often a complex process …

Molecular subtyping of Alzheimer's disease using RNA sequencing data reveals novel mechanisms and targets

RA Neff, M Wang, S Vatansever, L Guo, C Ming… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is recognized as a
heterogeneous disease with diverse pathophysiologic mechanisms. In this study, we …

Multi-omics approaches to disease

Y Hasin, M Seldin, A Lusis - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
High-throughput technologies have revolutionized medical research. The advent of
genotyping arrays enabled large-scale genome-wide association studies and methods for …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale analysis of independent Alzheimer's cohorts finds disruption of molecular, genetic, and clinical networks by human herpesvirus

B Readhead, JV Haure-Mirande, CC Funk… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Investigators have long suspected that pathogenic microbes might contribute to the onset
and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) although definitive evidence has not been …

Orienting the causal relationship between imprecisely measured traits using GWAS summary data

G Hemani, K Tilling, G Davey Smith - PLoS genetics, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Inference about the causal structure that induces correlations between two traits can be
achieved by combining genetic associations with a mediation-based approach, as is done in …

Epigenome-wide association studies: current knowledge, strategies and recommendations

MP Campagna, A Xavier, J Lechner-Scott, V Maltby… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
The aetiology and pathophysiology of complex diseases are driven by the interaction
between genetic and environmental factors. The variability in risk and outcomes in these …

An xQTL map integrates the genetic architecture of the human brain's transcriptome and epigenome

B Ng, CC White, HU Klein, SK Sieberts… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
We report a multi-omic resource generated by applying quantitative trait locus (xQTL)
analyses to RNA sequence, DNA methylation and histone acetylation data from the …

Necroptosis activation in Alzheimer's disease

A Caccamo, C Branca, IS Piras, E Ferreira… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by severe neuronal loss; however, the
mechanisms by which neurons die remain elusive. Necroptosis, a programmed form of …

[HTML][HTML] Transformative network modeling of multi-omics data reveals detailed circuits, key regulators, and potential therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease

M Wang, A Li, M Sekiya, ND Beckmann, X Quan… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
To identify the molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets of late-onset
Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD), we performed an integrative network analysis of multi-omics …