[HTML][HTML] Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative: Powering genetic discovery across human disease

W Zhou, M Kanai, KHH Wu, H Rasheed, K Tsuo… - Cell Genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Biobanks facilitate genome-wide association studies (GWASs), which have mapped
genomic loci across a range of human diseases and traits. However, most biobanks are …

[HTML][HTML] A compendium of genetic regulatory effects across pig tissues

J Teng, Y Gao, H Yin, Z Bai, S Liu, H Zeng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Farm Animal Genotype-Tissue Expression (FarmGTEx) project has been
established to develop a public resource of genetic regulatory variants in livestock, which is …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association analyses yield insights into tobacco use biology and drug repurposing

F Chen, X Wang, SK Jang, BC Quach… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Most transcriptome-wide association studies (TWASs) so far focus on European ancestry
and lack diversity. To overcome this limitation, we aggregated genome-wide association …

[HTML][HTML] Isoform-level transcriptome-wide association uncovers genetic risk mechanisms for neuropsychiatric disorders in the human brain

A Bhattacharya, DD Vo, C Jops, M Kim, C Wen… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Methods integrating genetics with transcriptomic reference panels prioritize risk genes and
mechanisms at only a fraction of trait-associated genetic loci, due in part to an overreliance …

[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 …

Transcriptome‐Wide Association Studies (TWAS): Methodologies, Applications, and Challenges

P Evans, T Nagai, A Konkashbaev, D Zhou… - Current …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Transcriptome‐wide association study (TWAS) methodologies aim to identify genetic effects
on phenotypes through the mediation of gene transcription. In TWAS, in silico models of …

[HTML][HTML] METRO: Multi-ancestry transcriptome-wide association studies for powerful gene-trait association detection

Z Li, W Zhao, L Shang, TH Mosley, SLR Kardia… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - cell.com
Integrative analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) and gene expression
studies in the form of a transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) has the potential to …

[HTML][HTML] Multivariate adaptive shrinkage improves cross-population transcriptome prediction and association studies in underrepresented populations

DS Araujo, C Nguyen, X Hu, AV Mikhaylova… - Human Genetics and …, 2023 - cell.com
Transcriptome prediction models built with data from European-descent individuals are less
accurate when applied to different populations because of differences in linkage …

A multi-ancestry cerebral cortex transcriptome-wide association study identifies genes associated with smoking behaviors

Q Tan, X Xu, H Zhou, J Jia, Y Jia, H Tu, D Zhou… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have provided valuable insight in
identifying genes that may impact cigarette smoking. Most of previous studies, however …

[HTML][HTML] Splicing-specific transcriptome-wide association uncovers genetic mechanisms for schizophrenia

JL Hervoso, K Amoah, J Dodson, M Choudhury… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Recent studies have highlighted the essential role of RNA splicing, a key mechanism of
alternative RNA processing, in establishing connections between genetic variations and …