[HTML][HTML] Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets

JH Zhao, D Stacey, N Eriksson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Circulating proteins have important functions in inflammation and a broad range of diseases.
To identify genetic influences on inflammation-related proteins, we conducted a genome …

Causality-enriched epigenetic age uncouples damage and adaptation

K Ying, H Liu, AE Tarkhov, MC Sadler, AT Lu, M Moqri… - Nature aging, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Machine learning models based on DNA methylation data can predict biological
age but often lack causal insights. By harnessing large-scale genetic data through …

[HTML][HTML] Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization in global biobank meta-analysis reveals multi-ancestry drug targets for common diseases

H Zhao, H Rasheed, TH Nøst, Y Cho, Y Liu, L Bhatta… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization (MR) shows value in prioritizing drug targets in
Europeans but with limited evidence in other ancestries. Here, we present a multi-ancestry …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-disorder genetic analysis of immune diseases reveals distinct gene associations that converge on common pathways

P Demela, N Pirastu, B Soskic - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have mapped thousands of susceptibility loci
associated with immune-mediated diseases. To assess the extent of the genetic sharing …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of genetic determinants of cognitive change in later life

L Mahedy, EL Anderson, K Tilling, ZA Thornton… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Cognitive decline is a major health concern and identification of genes that may serve as
drug targets to slow decline is important to adequately support an aging population. Whilst …

[HTML][HTML] The circulating proteome and brain health: Mendelian randomisation and cross-sectional analyses

RM Walker, M Chong, N Perrot, M Pigeyre… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Decline in cognitive function is the most feared aspect of ageing. Poorer midlife cognitive
function is associated with increased dementia and stroke risk. The mechanisms underlying …

[HTML][HTML] Association between circulating inflammatory markers and adult cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis

J Yarmolinsky, JW Robinson, D Mariosa, V Karhunen… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Tumour-promoting inflammation is a" hallmark" of cancer and conventional
epidemiological studies have reported links between various inflammatory markers and …

SharePro: an accurate and efficient genetic colocalization method accounting for multiple causal signals

W Zhang, T Lu, R Sladek, Y Li, H Najafabadi… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Colocalization analysis is commonly used to assess whether two or more traits
share the same genetic signals identified in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and …

Investigating the association between genetically proxied circulating levels of immune checkpoint proteins and cancer survival: protocol for a Mendelian …

T Bate, RM Martin, J Yarmolinsky, PC Haycock - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Compared with the traditional drug development pathway, investigating
alternative uses for existing drugs (ie, drug repurposing) requires substantially less time …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol: Investigating the association between genetically proxied circulating levels of immune checkpoint proteins and cancer survival: protocol for a …

T Bate, RM Martin, J Yarmolinsky, PC Haycock - BMJ Open, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction Compared with the traditional drug development pathway, investigating
alternative uses for existing drugs (ie, drug repurposing) requires substantially less time …