Rare-variant collapsing analyses for complex traits: guidelines and applications

G Povysil, S Petrovski, J Hostyk, V Aggarwal… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The first phase of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) assessed the role of common
variation in human disease. Advances optimizing and economizing high-throughput …

The complex and diverse genetic architecture of dilated cardiomyopathy

RE Hershberger, J Cowan, E Jordan… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Our insight into the diverse and complex nature of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) genetic
architecture continues to evolve rapidly. The foundations of DCM genetics rest on marked …

Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

D Taliun, DN Harris, MD Kessler, J Carlson… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) programme seeks to elucidate
the genetic architecture and biology of heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, with the …

A basement membrane discovery pipeline uncovers network complexity, regulators, and human disease associations

R Jayadev, MRPT Morais, JM Ellingford… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Basement membranes (BMs) are ubiquitous extracellular matrices whose composition
remains elusive, limiting our understanding of BM regulation and function. By developing a …

Schizophrenia risk conferred by rare protein-truncating variants is conserved across diverse human populations

D Liu, D Meyer, B Fennessy, C Feng, E Cheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a chronic mental illness and among the most debilitating conditions
encountered in medical practice. A recent landmark SCZ study of the protein-coding regions …

Reevaluating the genetic contribution of monogenic dilated cardiomyopathy

F Mazzarotto, U Tayal, RJ Buchan, W Midwinter… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is genetically heterogeneous, with> 100
purported disease genes tested in clinical laboratories. However, many genes were …

Association of variants in the SPTLC1 gene with juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

JO Johnson, R Chia, DE Miller, R Li, R Kumaran… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare form of ALS characterized
by age of symptom onset less than 25 years and a variable presentation. Objective To …

[PDF][PDF] The genetic landscape of Diamond-Blackfan anemia

JC Ulirsch, JM Verboon, S Kazerounian… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - cell.com
Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a rare bone marrow failure disorder that affects 7 out of
1,000,000 live births and has been associated with mutations in components of the …

Loss‐of‐Function Variants in HOPS Complex Genes VPS16 and VPS41 Cause Early Onset Dystonia Associated with Lysosomal Abnormalities

D Steel, M Zech, C Zhao, KES Barwick… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The majority of people with suspected genetic dystonia remain undiagnosed after
maximal investigation, implying that a number of causative genes have not yet been …

Incomplete penetrance in primary immunodeficiency: a skeleton in the closet

C Gruber, D Bogunovic - Human genetics, 2020 - Springer
Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) comprise a diverse group of over 400 genetic disorders
that result in clinically apparent immune dysfunction. Although PIDs are classically …