Molecular mechanisms of vascular health: insights from vascular aging and calcification

NR Sutton, R Malhotra, C St. Hilaire… - … , and vascular biology, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide, especially beyond
the age of 65 years, with the vast majority of morbidity and mortality due to myocardial …

New insights from the last decade of research in psychiatric genetics: discoveries, challenges and clinical implications

OA Andreassen, GFL Hindley, O Frei… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Psychiatric genetics has made substantial progress in the last decade, providing new
insights into the genetic etiology of psychiatric disorders, and paving the way for precision …

Polygenic scores in the direct-to-consumer setting: challenges and opportunities for a new era in consumer genetic testing

JK Park, CY Lu - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests have generated considerable scholarly attention and
public intrigue. Although the current consumer genetic testing regime relies on the reporting …

Cardiovascular disease risk assessment using traditional risk factors and polygenic risk scores in the million veteran program

JL Vassy, DC Posner, YL Ho, DR Gagnon… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) relies on
risk stratification. Genome-wide polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are proposed to improve …

Perceived benefits and barriers to implementing precision preventive care: results of a national physician survey

JL Vassy, BJ Kerman, EJ Harris, AA Lemke… - European Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) may improve risk-stratification in preventive care. Their clinical
implementation will depend on primary care physicians'(PCPs) uptake. We surveyed PCPs …

Clinical implementation of combined monogenic and polygenic risk disclosure for coronary artery disease

DJ Maamari, DG Brockman, K Aragam, RC Pelletier… - JACC: Advances, 2022 - jacc.org
Background State-of-the-art genetic risk interpretation for a common complex disease such
as coronary artery disease (CAD) requires assessment for both monogenic variants—such …

Human genetics society of Australasia position statement: use of polygenic scores in clinical practice and population health

MA Young, T Yanes, AE Cust, K Dunlop… - Twin Research and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Considerable progress continues to be made with regards to the value and use of disease
associated polygenic scores (PGS). PGS aim to capture a person's genetic liability to a …

Clinical applications of polygenic risk score for coronary artery disease through the life course

AC Fahed, P Natarajan - Atherosclerosis, 2023 - Elsevier
Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide, highlighting the limitations of current primary and secondary prevention …

Pragmatic approach to applying polygenic risk scores to diverse populations

AP Patel, AC Fahed - Current Protocols, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) estimate genetic susceptibility of an individual to disease and
have the potential of providing utility in multiple clinical contexts. However, their …

Polygenic risk scores for dyslipidemia and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Progress toward clinical implementation

MG Levin, DJ Rader - Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent discoveries from the past 15 years of human genetic association studies have
provided new insights into the common genetic basis of coronary artery disease and its risk …