[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies

E Uffelmann, QQ Huang, NS Munung… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) test hundreds of thousands of genetic variants
across many genomes to find those statistically associated with a specific trait or disease …

Advancing the use of genome-wide association studies for drug repurposing

WR Reay, MJ Cairns - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revealed important biological insights into
complex diseases, which are broadly expected to lead to the identification of new drug …

A cross-population atlas of genetic associations for 220 human phenotypes

S Sakaue, M Kanai, Y Tanigawa, J Karjalainen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Current genome-wide association studies do not yet capture sufficient diversity in
populations and scope of phenotypes. To expand an atlas of genetic associations in non …

[HTML][HTML] Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries

A Mishra, R Malik, T Hachiya, T Jürgenson, S Namba… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Previous genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of stroke—the second leading cause of
death worldwide—were conducted predominantly in populations of European ancestry …

Multilevel omics for the discovery of biomarkers and therapeutic targets for stroke

J Montaner, L Ramiro, A Simats, S Tiedt… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite many years of research, no biomarkers for stroke are available to use in clinical
practice. Progress in high-throughput technologies has provided new opportunities to …

Large-scale meta-analysis across East Asian and European populations updated genetic architecture and variant-driven biology of rheumatoid arthritis, identifying 11 …

E Ha, SC Bae, K Kim - Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2021 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Nearly 110 susceptibility loci for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with modest effect sizes
have been identified by population-based genetic association studies, suggesting a large …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral small vessel disease genomics and its implications across the lifespan

M Sargurupremraj, H Suzuki, X Jian… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are the most common brain-imaging feature of cerebral
small vessel disease (SVD), hypertension being the main known risk factor. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] The current landscape of psoriasis genetics in 2020

K Ogawa, Y Okada - Journal of Dermatological Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated disease associated with skin and joint inflammation that
affects large proportions of populations worldwide. It is a heritable disease: individuals' …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics of perivascular space burden unravels early mechanisms of cerebral small vessel disease

MG Duperron, MJ Knol, Q Le Grand, TE Evans… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Perivascular space (PVS) burden is an emerging, poorly understood, magnetic resonance
imaging marker of cerebral small vessel disease, a leading cause of stroke and dementia …

Stroke genetics: discovery, insight into mechanisms, and clinical perspectives

S Debette, HS Markus - Circulation Research, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide and a complex, heterogeneous
condition. In this review, we provide an overview of the current knowledge on monogenic …