Deconstructing a syndrome: genomic insights into PCOS causal mechanisms and classification

M Dapas, A Dunaif - Endocrine reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is among the most common disorders in women of
reproductive age, affecting up to 15% worldwide, depending on the diagnostic criteria …

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 …

New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

C Bellenguez, F Küçükali, IE Jansen, L Kleineidam… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of the genetic landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related
dementias (ADD) provides a unique opportunity for a better understanding of the associated …

TDP-43 loss and ALS-risk SNPs drive mis-splicing and depletion of UNC13A

AL Brown, OG Wilkins, MJ Keuss, SE Hill, M Zanovello… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Variants of UNC13A, a critical gene for synapse function, increase the risk of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia,–, two related neurodegenerative diseases …

Multiomics study of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

G Sveinbjornsson, MO Ulfarsson, RB Thorolfsdottir… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and its sequelae are growing health problems. We performed
a genome-wide association study of NAFL, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and …

Haplotype-resolved diverse human genomes and integrated analysis of structural variation

P Ebert, PA Audano, Q Zhu, B Rodriguez-Martin… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The characterization of the full spectrum of genetic variation is critical to
understanding human health and disease. Recent technological advances have made it …

A multi-tissue atlas of regulatory variants in cattle

S Liu, Y Gao, O Canela-Xandri, S Wang, Y Yu, W Cai… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of genetic regulatory variants acting on livestock gene expression
is essential for interpreting the molecular mechanisms underlying traits of economic value …

TDP-43 represses cryptic exon inclusion in the FTD–ALS gene UNC13A

XR Ma, M Prudencio, Y Koike, SC Vatsavayai, G Kim… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
A hallmark pathological feature of the neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the depletion of RNA-binding protein …

Genetic control of RNA splicing and its distinct role in complex trait variation

T Qi, Y Wu, H Fang, F Zhang, S Liu, J Zeng, J Yang - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Most genetic variants identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in humans
are noncoding, indicating their role in gene regulation. Previous studies have shown …

Ageing-associated changes in transcriptional elongation influence longevity

C Debès, A Papadakis, S Grönke, Ö Karalay, LS Tain… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Physiological homeostasis becomes compromised during ageing, as a result of impairment
of cellular processes, including transcription and RNA splicing,,–. However, the molecular …