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 …

Rare de novo damaging DNA variants are enriched in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and implicate risk genes

E Olfson, LC Farhat, W Liu, LA Vitulano, G Zai… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Research demonstrates the important role of genetic factors in attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD). DNA sequencing of families provides a powerful approach for identifying …

Whole-exome sequencing in UK Biobank reveals rare genetic architecture for depression

R Tian, T Ge, H Kweon, DB Rocha, M Lam… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nearly two hundred common-variant depression risk loci have been identified by genome-
wide association studies (GWAS). However, the impact of rare coding variants on …

Genetic associations of protein-coding variants in venous thromboembolism

XY He, BS Wu, L Yang, Y Guo, YT Deng, ZY Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Previous genetic studies of venous thromboembolism (VTE) have been largely limited to
common variants, leaving the genetic determinants relatively incomplete. We performed an …

Whole exome sequencing analysis identifies genes for alcohol consumption

J Kang, YT Deng, BS Wu, WS Liu, ZY Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Alcohol consumption is a heritable behavior seriously endangers human health. However,
genetic studies on alcohol consumption primarily focuses on common variants, while …

Examining the role of common variants in rare neurodevelopmental conditions

QQ Huang, EM Wigdor, DS Malawsky, P Campbell… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Although rare neurodevelopmental conditions have a large Mendelian component, common
genetic variants also contribute to risk,. However, little is known about how this polygenic …

Polygenic prediction of occupational status GWAS elucidates genetic and environmental interplay in intergenerational transmission, careers and health in UK Biobank

ET Akimova, T Wolfram, X Ding, FC Tropf… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Socioeconomic status (SES) impacts health and life-course outcomes. This genome-wide
association study (GWAS) of sociologically informed occupational status measures (ISEI …

Discovering genes that affect cognitive ability

AS Young, HC Martin - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Twin and genomic studies indicate that genes play an important role in the development of
cognitive ability. However, data limitations have made it difficult to pinpoint specific genes …

Intrauterine chromium exposure and cognitive developmental delay: The modifying effect of genetic predisposition

Z Jia, H Zhang, Y Lv, L Yu, Y Cui, L Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is limited evidence on the effects of intrauterine chromium (Cr) exposure on children's
cognitive developmental delay (CDD). Further, little is known about the genetic factors in …

Exome sequencing identifies genes for socioeconomic status in 350,770 individuals

XR Wu, L Yang, BS Wu, WS Liu, YT Deng… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
Socioeconomic status (SES) is a critical factor in determining health outcomes and is
influenced by genetic and environmental factors. However, our understanding of the genetic …