A roadmap to increase diversity in genomic studies

S Fatumo, T Chikowore, A Choudhury, M Ayub… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Two decades ago, the sequence of the first human genome was published. Since then,
advances in genome technologies have resulted in whole-genome sequencing and …

The genetics of obesity: from discovery to biology

RJF Loos, GSH Yeo - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
The prevalence of obesity has tripled over the past four decades, imposing an enormous
burden on people's health. Polygenic (or common) obesity and rare, severe, early-onset …

FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population

MI Kurki, J Karjalainen, P Palta, TP Sipilä… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Population isolates such as those in Finland benefit genetic research because deleterious
alleles are often concentrated on a small number of low-frequency variants (0.1%≤ minor …

The NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog: knowledgebase and deposition resource

E Sollis, A Mosaku, A Abid, A Buniello… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog (www. ebi. ac. uk/gwas) is a FAIR knowledgebase
providing detailed, structured, standardised and interoperable genome-wide association …

Ensembl 2023

FJ Martin, MR Amode, A Aneja… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Ensembl (https://www. ensembl. org) has produced high-quality genomic resources
for vertebrates and model organisms for more than twenty years. During that time, our …

FinnGen: Unique genetic insights from combining isolated population and national health register data

MI Kurki, J Karjalainen, P Palta, TP Sipilä… - medrxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Population isolates such as Finland provide benefits in genetic studies because the allelic
spectrum of damaging alleles in any gene is often concentrated on a small number of low …

The next-generation Open Targets Platform: reimagined, redesigned, rebuilt

D Ochoa, A Hercules, M Carmona… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Open Targets Platform (https://platform. opentargets. org/) is an open source
resource to systematically assist drug target identification and prioritisation using publicly …

Large-scale integration of the plasma proteome with genetics and disease

E Ferkingstad, P Sulem, BA Atlason… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The plasma proteome can help bridge the gap between the genome and diseases. Here we
describe genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of plasma protein levels measured with …

The complete sequence of a human Y chromosome

A Rhie, S Nurk, M Cechova, SJ Hoyt, DJ Taylor… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The human Y chromosome has been notoriously difficult to sequence and assemble
because of its complex repeat structure that includes long palindromes, tandem repeats and …

Single-cell eQTL mapping identifies cell type–specific genetic control of autoimmune disease

S Yazar, J Alquicira-Hernandez, K Wing, A Senabouth… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The human immune system displays substantial variation between individuals, leading to
differences in susceptibility to autoimmune disease. We present single-cell RNA sequencing …