Transcriptome-wide association studies: recent advances in methods, applications and available databases

J Mai, M Lu, Q Gao, J Zeng, J Xiao - Communications Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide association study has identified fruitful variants impacting heritable traits.
Nevertheless, identifying critical genes underlying those significant variants has been a …

Biological role of unsaturated fatty acid desaturases in health and disease

A Czumaj, T Śledziński - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are considered one of the most important components
of cells that influence normal development and function of many organisms, both eukaryotes …

Evaluating the cardiovascular safety of sclerostin inhibition using evidence from meta-analysis of clinical trials and human genetics

J Bovijn, K Krebs, CY Chen, R Boxall… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Inhibition of sclerostin is a therapeutic approach to lowering fracture risk in patients with
osteoporosis. However, data from phase 3 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of …

Novel Variance-Component TWAS method for studying complex human diseases with applications to Alzheimer's dementia

S Tang, AS Buchman, PL De Jager, DA Bennett… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have been widely used to integrate
transcriptomic and genetic data to study complex human diseases. Within a test dataset …

Transcriptome prediction performance across machine learning models and diverse ancestries

PC Okoro, R Schubert, X Guo, WC Johnson… - Human Genetics and …, 2021 - cell.com
Transcriptome prediction methods such as PrediXcan and FUSION have become popular in
complex trait mapping. Most transcriptome prediction models have been trained in …

[HTML][HTML] Potential drug targets for myocardial infarction identified through Mendelian randomization analysis and Genetic colocalization

J Wu, Q Fan, Q He, Q Zhong, X Zhu, H Cai, X He, Y Xu… - Medicine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Myocardial infarction (MI) is a major cause of death and disability worldwide, but current
treatments are limited by their invasiveness, side effects, and lack of efficacy. Novel drug …

Transcriptome-wide association study of blood cell traits in african ancestry and hispanic/latino populations

J Wen, M Xie, B Rowland, JD Rosen, Q Sun, J Chen… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Thousands of genetic variants have been associated with hematological traits,
though target genes remain unknown at most loci. Moreover, limited analyses have been …

Population-Matched transcriptome prediction increases TWAS discovery and replication rate

E Geoffroy, I Gregga, HE Wheeler - IScience, 2020 - cell.com
Most genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and transcriptome-wide association studies
(TWAS) focus on European populations; however, these results cannot always be accurately …

Advancements in genetic research by the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos: A 10-year retrospective review

H Rao, MC Weiss, JY Moon, KM Perreira… - Human Genetics and …, 2025 - cell.com
The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) is a multicenter,
longitudinal cohort study designed to evaluate environmental, lifestyle, and genetic risk …

Genomic study of maternal lipid traits in early pregnancy concurs with four known adult lipid loci

M Ouidir, S Chatterjee, J Wu, F Tekola-Ayele - Journal of clinical lipidology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Blood lipids during pregnancy are associated with cardiovascular diseases and
adverse pregnancy outcomes. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in predominantly …