[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies

E Uffelmann, QQ Huang, NS Munung… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) test hundreds of thousands of genetic variants
across many genomes to find those statistically associated with a specific trait or disease …

Advancing the use of genome-wide association studies for drug repurposing

WR Reay, MJ Cairns - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed important biological insights into
complex diseases, which are broadly expected to lead to the identification of new drug …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

C Bellenguez, F Küçükali, IE Jansen, L Kleineidam… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of the genetic landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related
dementias (ADD) provides a unique opportunity for a better understanding of the associated …

Systematic differences in discovery of genetic effects on gene expression and complex traits

H Mostafavi, JP Spence, S Naqvi, JK Pritchard - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Most signals in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of complex traits implicate
noncoding genetic variants with putative gene regulatory effects. However, currently …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use

GRB Saunders, X Wang, F Chen, SK Jang, M Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of
worldwide deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury …

webTWAS: a resource for disease candidate susceptibility genes identified by transcriptome-wide association study

C Cao, J Wang, D Kwok, F Cui, Z Zhang… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The development of transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) has enabled
researchers to better identify and interpret causal genes in many diseases. However, there …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in COVID-19

E Pairo-Castineira, S Clohisey, L Klaric, AD Bretherick… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Host-mediated lung inflammation is present, and drives mortality, in the critical illness
caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Host genetic variants associated with …

Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction

R Karlsson Linnér, TT Mallard, PB Barr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, such as substance use, antisocial
behavior and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, are collectively referred to as …

[HTML][HTML] Human microglial state dynamics in Alzheimer's disease progression

N Sun, MB Victor, YP Park, X Xiong, AN Scannail… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Altered microglial states affect neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and disease but
remain poorly understood. Here, we report 194,000 single-nucleus microglial transcriptomes …

Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries

C Fernandez-Rozadilla, M Timofeeva, Z Chen, P Law… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We conducted a genome-
wide association study meta-analysis of 100,204 CRC cases and 154,587 controls of …