Challenges and opportunities for developing more generalizable polygenic risk scores

Y Wang, K Tsuo, M Kanai, BM Neale… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) estimate an individual's genetic likelihood of complex traits and
diseases by aggregating information across multiple genetic variants identified from genome …

The Lancet Commission to reduce the global burden of sudden cardiac death: a call for multidisciplinary action

E Marijon, K Narayanan, K Smith, S Barra, C Basso… - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Despite major advancements in cardiovascular medicine, sudden cardiac death (SCD)
continues to be an enormous medical and societal challenge, claiming millions of lives …

Advances and applications of polygenic scores for coronary artery disease

AP Patel, AV Khera - Annual Review of Medicine, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Polygenic scores quantify inherited risk by integrating information from many common sites
of DNA variation into a single number. Rapid increases in the scale of genetic association …

HiChIPdb: a comprehensive database of HiChIP regulatory interactions

W Zeng, Q Liu, Q Yin, R Jiang… - Nucleic acids research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Elucidating the role of 3D architecture of DNA in gene regulation is crucial for understanding
cell differentiation, tissue homeostasis and disease development. Among various chromatin …

How functional genomics can keep pace with VUS identification

CL Anderson, S Munawar, L Reilly, TJ Kamp… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Over the last two decades, an exponentially expanding number of genetic variants have
been identified associated with inherited cardiac conditions. These tremendous gains also …

Detection of distant relatedness in biobanks to identify undiagnosed cases of Mendelian disease as applied to Long QT syndrome

MC Lancaster, HH Chen, MB Shoemaker… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Rare genetic diseases are typically studied in referral populations, resulting in
underdiagnosis and biased assessment of penetrance and phenotype. To address this, we …

Genetics of congenital arrhythmia syndromes: the challenge of variant interpretation

AM Glazer - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2022 - Elsevier
Congenital arrhythmia syndromes are rare genetic disorders that can cause a high risk of
sudden cardiac death. Expert panels have affirmed 15 genes that are linked to congenital …

Common genetic variation associated with Mendelian disease severity revealed through cryptic phenotype analysis

DR Blair, TJ Hoffmann, JT Shieh - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Clinical heterogeneity is common in Mendelian disease, but small sample sizes make it
difficult to identify specific contributing factors. However, if a disease represents the severely …

Continuous Bayesian variant interpretation accounts for incomplete penetrance among Mendelian cardiac channelopathies

MJ O'Neill, L Sala, I Denjoy, Y Wada, K Kozek… - Genetics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose The congenital Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) and Brugada Syndrome (BrS)
are Mendelian autosomal dominant diseases that frequently precipitate fatal cardiac …

KCNQ1 p.D446E Variant as a Risk Allele for Arrhythmogenic Phenotypes: Electrophysiological Characterization Reveals a Complex Phenotype Affecting the Slow …

A González-Garrido, O López-Ramírez… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Genetic testing is crucial in inherited arrhythmogenic channelopathies; however, the clinical
interpretation of genetic variants remains challenging. Incomplete penetrance, oligogenic …