Robust multivariable Mendelian randomization based on constrained maximum likelihood

Z Lin, H Xue, W Pan - The American Journal of Human Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a powerful tool for causal inference with observational
genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary data. Compared to the more commonly …

Constrained maximum likelihood-based Mendelian randomization robust to both correlated and uncorrelated pleiotropic effects

H Xue, X Shen, W Pan - The American Journal of Human Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
With the increasing availability of large-scale GWAS summary data on various complex traits
and diseases, there have been tremendous interests in applications of Mendelian …

Bayesian weighted Mendelian randomization for causal inference based on summary statistics

J Zhao, J Ming, X Hu, G Chen, J Liu, C Yang - Bioinformatics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation The results from Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) on
thousands of phenotypes provide an unprecedented opportunity to infer the causal effect of …

Simultaneous estimation of bi-directional causal effects and heritable confounding from GWAS summary statistics

L Darrous, N Mounier, Z Kutalik - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Mendelian Randomisation (MR) is an increasingly popular approach that estimates the
causal effect of risk factors on complex human traits. While it has seen several extensions …

Bias correction for inverse variance weighting Mendelian randomization

N Mounier, Z Kutalik - Genetic Epidemiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inverse‐variance weighted two‐sample Mendelian randomization (IVW‐MR) is the most
widely used approach that utilizes genome‐wide association studies (GWAS) summary …

Mendelian randomization for causal inference accounting for pleiotropy and sample structure using genome-wide summary statistics

X Hu, J Zhao, Z Lin, Y Wang, H Peng… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Mendelian randomization (MR) is a valuable tool for inferring causal relationships among a
wide range of traits using summary statistics from genome-wide association studies …

Robust inference in summary data Mendelian randomization via the zero modal pleiotropy assumption

FP Hartwig, G Davey Smith… - International journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Mendelian randomization (MR) is being increasingly used to strengthen causal
inference in observational studies. Availability of summary data of genetic associations for a …

Combining the strengths of inverse-variance weighting and Egger regression in Mendelian randomization using a mixture of regressions model

Z Lin, Y Deng, W Pan - PLoS genetics, 2021 - journals.plos.org
With the increasing availability of large-scale GWAS summary data on various traits,
Mendelian randomization (MR) has become commonly used to infer causality between a …

Mendelian randomization analysis using mixture models for robust and efficient estimation of causal effects

G Qi, N Chatterjee - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Mendelian randomization (MR) has emerged as a major tool for the investigation of causal
relationship among traits, utilizing results from large-scale genome-wide association studies …

Mendelian randomization

S Grover, F Del Greco M, CM Stein… - Statistical Human Genetics …, 2017 - Springer
Confounding and reverse causality have prevented us from drawing meaningful clinical
interpretation even in well-powered observational studies. Confounding may be attributed to …