UK Biobank: a globally important resource for cancer research

MC Conroy, B Lacey, J Bešević, W Omiyale… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
UK Biobank is a large-scale prospective study with deep phenotyping and genomic data. Its
open-access policy allows researchers worldwide, from academia or industry, to perform …

Discovery, classification, evolution and diversity of Siglecs

T Angata, A Varki - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily proteins play diverse roles in vertebrates, including
regulation of cellular responses by sensing endogenous or exogenous ligands. Siglecs are …

Cross-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis of 61,047 cases and 947,237 controls identifies new susceptibility loci contributing to lung cancer

J Byun, Y Han, Y Li, J Xia, E Long, J Choi, X Xiao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
To identify new susceptibility loci to lung cancer among diverse populations, we performed
cross-ancestry genome-wide association studies in European, East Asian and African …

Exploring the genetic overlap between twelve psychiatric disorders

C Romero, J Werme, PR Jansen, J Gelernter… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The widespread comorbidity among psychiatric disorders demonstrated in epidemiological
studies,,,–is mirrored by non-zero, positive genetic correlations from large-scale genetic …

Identification of novel protein biomarkers and drug targets for colorectal cancer by integrating human plasma proteome with genome

J Sun, J Zhao, F Jiang, L Wang, Q Xiao, F Han… - Genome medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background The proteome is a major source of therapeutic targets. We conducted a
proteome-wide Mendelian randomization (MR) study to identify candidate protein markers …

Pan-cancer analysis demonstrates that integrating polygenic risk scores with modifiable risk factors improves risk prediction

L Kachuri, RE Graff, K Smith-Byrne, TJ Meyers… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer risk is determined by a complex interplay of environmental and heritable factors.
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) provide a personalized genetic susceptibility profile that may be …

3D chromatin maps of the human pancreas reveal lineage-specific regulatory architecture of T2D risk

C Su, L Gao, CL May, JA Pippin, K Boehm, M Lee… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Three-dimensional (3D) chromatin organization maps help dissect cell-type-
specific gene regulatory programs. Furthermore, 3D chromatin maps contribute to …

Global Biobank analyses provide lessons for developing polygenic risk scores across diverse cohorts

Y Wang, S Namba, E Lopera, S Kerminen, K Tsuo… - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have been widely explored in precision medicine. However,
few studies have thoroughly investigated their best practices in global populations across …

Mergeomics 2.0: a web server for multi-omics data integration to elucidate disease networks and predict therapeutics

J Ding, M Blencowe, T Nghiem, S Ha… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The Mergeomics web server is a flexible online tool for multi-omics data integration to derive
biological pathways, networks, and key drivers important to disease pathogenesis and is …

Genetically adjusted PSA levels for prostate cancer screening

L Kachuri, TJ Hoffmann, Y Jiang, SI Berndt… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer remains controversial because
it increases overdiagnosis and overtreatment of clinically insignificant tumors. Accounting for …