Atherosclerosis: recent developments

JLM Björkegren, AJ Lusis - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the large arteries that is the major cause of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. Here, we review the current understanding of the …

2024 heart disease and stroke statistics: a report of US and global data from the American Heart Association

SS Martin, AW Aday, ZI Almarzooq, CAM Anderson… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

A multi-ancestry polygenic risk score improves risk prediction for coronary artery disease

AP Patel, M Wang, Y Ruan, S Koyama, SL Clarke… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Identification of individuals at highest risk of coronary artery disease (CAD)—ideally before
onset—remains an important public health need. Prior studies have developed genome …

Heart disease and stroke statistics—2023 update: a report from the American Heart Association

CW Tsao, AW Aday, ZI Almarzooq, CAM Anderson… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

L Yengo, S Vedantam, E Marouli, J Sidorenko, E Bartell… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40–
50% of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and …

Large-scale genome-wide association study of coronary artery disease in genetically diverse populations

C Tcheandjieu, X Zhu, AT Hilliard, SL Clarke… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
We report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of coronary artery disease (CAD)
incorporating nearly a quarter of a million cases, in which existing studies are integrated with …

Polygenic risk scores for cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

JW O'Sullivan, S Raghavan, C Marquez-Luna… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease is the leading contributor to years lost due to disability or premature
death among adults. Current efforts focus on risk prediction and risk factor mitigation ‚which …

Mendelian randomization for cardiovascular diseases: principles and applications

SC Larsson, AS Butterworth… - European heart journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Large-scale genome-wide association studies conducted over the last decade have
uncovered numerous genetic variants associated with cardiometabolic traits and risk factors …

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 …

A new method for multiancestry polygenic prediction improves performance across diverse populations

H Zhang, J Zhan, J Jin, J Zhang, W Lu, R Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) increasingly predict complex traits; however, suboptimal
performance in non-European populations raise concerns about clinical applications and …