[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association of polygenic risk extremes for Alzheimer's disease in the UK Biobank

C Gouveia, E Gibbons, N Dehghani, J Eapen… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
In just over a decade, advances in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have offered
an approach to stratify individuals based on genetic risk for disease. Using recent …

[PDF][PDF] Global Biobank analyses provide lessons for developing polygenic risk scores across diverse cohorts

Y Wang, S Namba, E Lopera, S Kerminen, K Tsuo… - Cell Genomics, 2023 - cell.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have been widely explored in precision medicine. However,
few studies have thoroughly investigated their best practices in global populations across …

[HTML][HTML] The use of polygenic risk scores in pre-implantation genetic testing: an unproven, unethical practice

F Forzano, O Antonova, A Clarke, G de Wert… - European Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Polygenic risk score analyses on embryos (PGT-P) are being marketed by some private
testing companies to parents using in vitro fertilisation as being useful in selecting the …

Prognostic value of polygenic risk scores for adults with psychosis

I Landi, DA Kaji, L Cotter, T Van Vleck, G Belbin… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) summarize genetic liability to a disease at the individual level,
and the aim is to use them as biomarkers of disease and poor outcomes in real-world …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic risk factors have a substantial impact on healthy life years

S Jukarainen, T Kiiskinen, S Kuitunen, AS Havulinna… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The impact of genetic variation on overall disease burden has not been comprehensively
evaluated. We introduce an approach to estimate the effect of genetic risk factors on …

Recent advances in understanding the genetic basis of systemic lupus erythematosus

E Ha, SC Bae, K Kim - Seminars in immunopathology, 2022 - Springer
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a polygenic chronic autoimmune disease leading to
multiple organ damage. A large heritability of up to 66% is estimated in SLE, with roughly …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-ancestry and multi-trait genome-wide association meta-analyses inform clinical risk prediction for systemic lupus erythematosus

C Khunsriraksakul, Q Li, H Markus, MT Patrick… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a heritable autoimmune disease that predominantly affects
young women. To improve our understanding of genetic etiology, we conduct multi-ancestry …

Genome-wide association studies of cardiovascular disease

R Walsh, SJ Jurgens, J Erdmann… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) aim to identify common genetic variants that are
associated with traits and diseases. Since 2005, more than 5,000 GWAS have been …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying portable genetic effects and improving cross-ancestry genetic prediction with GWAS summary statistics

J Miao, H Guo, G Song, Z Zhao, L Hou, Q Lu - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) calculated from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of
Europeans are known to have substantially reduced predictive accuracy in non-European …

[HTML][HTML] Where the genome meets the connectome: understanding how genes shape human brain connectivity

A Arnatkeviciute, BD Fulcher, MA Bellgrove, A Fornito - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
The integration of modern neuroimaging methods with genetically informative designs and
data can shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying the structural and functional …