Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations

L Kachuri, N Chatterjee, J Hirbo, DJ Schaid… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) summarize the genetic predisposition of a complex human trait
or disease and may become a valuable tool for advancing precision medicine. However …

Biobank-scale methods and projections for sparse polygenic prediction from machine learning

TG Raben, L Lello, E Widen, SDH Hsu - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In this paper we characterize the performance of linear models trained via widely-used
sparse machine learning algorithms. We build polygenic scores and examine performance …

Genomic Insights for Personalized Care: Motivating At-Risk Individuals Toward Evidence-Based Health Practices

T Chen, G Pham, L Fox, J Zhang, J Byun, Y Han… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Lung cancer and tobacco use pose significant global health challenges and require a
comprehensive translational roadmap for improved prevention strategies. We propose the …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging genetic correlations and multiple populations to improve genetic risk prediction for non-European populations

L Xu, G Zhou, W Jiang, L Guan, H Zhao - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The disparity in genetic risk prediction accuracy between European and non-European
individuals highlights a critical challenge in health inequality. To bridge this gap, we …

Identification of distinct trajectories in preclinical type 2 diabetes and their associations with outcomes

Z Huang - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is increasingly prevalent and significantly impacts patients'
lives. However, the phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity of the preclinical stage of T2DM …

Ensembled best subset selection using summary statistics for polygenic risk prediction

T Chen, H Zhang, R Mazumder, X Lin - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) enhance population risk stratification and advance
personalized medicine, yet existing methods face a tradeoff between predictive power and …