The genetic correlation describes the genetic relationship between two traits and can
contribute to a better understanding of the shared biological pathways and/or the causality …

In recent years pleiotropy, the phenomenon of one genetic locus influencing several traits,
has become a widely researched field in human genetics. With the increasing availability of …

Genetic correlations estimated from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) reveal
pervasive pleiotropy across a wide variety of phenotypes. We introduce genomic structural …

We introduce multi-trait analysis of GWAS (MTAG), a method for joint analysis of summary
statistics from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of different traits, possibly from …

Many genetic variants influence complex traits by modulating gene expression, thus altering
the abundance of one or multiple proteins. Here we introduce a powerful strategy that …

Background Clinical and epidemiologic studies have shown that obesity is associated with
asthma and that these associations differ by asthma subtype. Little is known about the …

Understanding the difference in genetic regulation of gene expression between brain and
blood is important for discovering genes for brain-related traits and disorders. Here, we …

Longitudinal electronic health records on 99,785 Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult
Health and Aging (GERA) cohort individuals provided 1,342,814 systolic and diastolic blood …

Chronic sleep disturbances, associated with cardiometabolic diseases, psychiatric disorders
and all-cause mortality,, affect 25–30% of adults worldwide. Although environmental factors …

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature death.
However, there is limited knowledge on specific causal genes and pathways. To better …