[HTML][HTML] From GWAS to function: using functional genomics to identify the mechanisms underlying complex diseases

E Cano-Gamez, G Trynka - Frontiers in genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully mapped thousands of loci
associated with complex traits. These associations could reveal the molecular mechanisms …

[PDF][PDF] Beyond GWASs: illuminating the dark road from association to function

SL Edwards, J Beesley, JD French… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have enabled the discovery of common genetic
variation contributing to normal and pathological traits and clinical drug responses, but …

[HTML][HTML] GWAS and drug targets

C Cao, J Moult - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed a large number of
links between genome variation and complex disease. Among other benefits, it is expected …

Genome-wide association studies: progress and potential for drug discovery and development

SF Kingsmore, IE Lindquist, J Mudge… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2008 - nature.com
Although genetic studies have been critically important for the identification of therapeutic
targets in Mendelian disorders, genetic approaches aiming to identify targets for common …

[HTML][HTML] The landscape of GWAS validation; systematic review identifying 309 validated non-coding variants across 130 human diseases

AJ Alsheikh, S Wollenhaupt, EA King, J Reeb… - BMC medical …, 2022 - Springer
Background The remarkable growth of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has
created a critical need to experimentally validate the disease-associated variants, 90% of …

An open approach to systematically prioritize causal variants and genes at all published human GWAS trait-associated loci

E Mountjoy, EM Schmidt, M Carmona… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified many variants associated with
complex traits, but identifying the causal gene (s) is a major challenge. In the present study …

Laying a solid foundation for Manhattan–'setting the functional basis for the post-GWAS era'

X Zhang, SD Bailey, M Lupien - Trends in Genetics, 2014 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 8900 genetic variants,
mainly single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), associated with hundreds of human traits …

[HTML][HTML] From GWAS to gene: transcriptome-wide association studies and other methods to functionally understand GWAS discoveries

B Li, MD Ritchie - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Since their inception, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than a
hundred thousand single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci that are associated with …

[PDF][PDF] The post-GWAS era: from association to function

MD Gallagher, AS Chen-Plotkin - The American Journal of Human …, 2018 - cell.com
During the past 12 years, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have uncovered
thousands of genetic variants that influence risk for complex human traits and diseases. Yet …

[HTML][HTML] Functional studies of GWAS variants are gaining momentum

F Lichou, G Trynka - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Rapidly advancing genomic technologies and cross-disciplinary partnerships are
accelerating the biological and clinical interpretation of genome-wide association studies …