Genome‐wide association studies: utility and limitations for research in physiology

N Pereira Ciochetti, B Lugli‐Moraes… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Physiological systems are subject to interindividual variation encoded by genetics. Genome‐
wide association studies (GWAS) operate by surveying thousands of genetic variants from a …

Is it time to end race and ethnicity adjustment for pediatric pulmonary function tests?

AL Non, K Akong, DJ Conrad - Pediatric Pulmonology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The continued inclusion of race in spirometry reference equations is a topic of intense
debate for adult lung function, but less discussion has focused on implications for children …

Genome-wide analysis in northern Chinese twins identifies twelve new susceptibility loci for pulmonary function

T Wang, W Wang, C Xu, X Tian, D Zhang - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have established
association between genetic variants and pulmonary function across various ethnics …

Adam19 Deficiency Impacts Pulmonary Function: Human GWAS Follow-up in a Mouse Knockout Model

H Li, JS House, CE Nichols, A Gruzdev, JM Ward, JL Li… - Lung, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Over 550 loci have been associated with human pulmonary function in genome-
wide association studies (GWAS); however, the causal role of most remains uncertain …

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H Li, J House, C Nichols, A Gruzdev, J Ward… - Research …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Over 550 loci have been associated with human pulmonary function in genome-
wide association studies (GWAS); however, the causal role of most remains uncertain …

Socioeconomic status across the early life course predicts gene expression signatures of disease and senescence

C Potente, J Bodelet, H Himeri, S Cole… - J Epidemiol …, 2024 - jech.bmj.com
Background Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with many chronic diseases,
indicators of senescence and mortality. However, the changing salience of SES in the …

Mapping Epigenetic Gene Variant Dynamics: Comparative Analysis of Frequency, Functional Impact and Trait Associations in African and European Populations

M Sinkala, G Retshabile, PT Mpangase, S Bamba… - medRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic modifications influence gene expression levels, impact organismal traits, and
play a role in the development of diseases. Therefore, variants in genes involved in …

Shared Genetic Architecture Between COVID-19 Severity and Alzheimer's Disease Across European and African Ancestries

J Chen, D Cammann, T Liu, Y Liu… - Research …, 2024 - researchsquare.com
The global outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been linked to long-
term neurological complications, including an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Genome-wide association analyses in dairy heifers highlight genes overlapping with mouse and human fertility and human health traits

M Marrella, GP Schettini, M Morozyuk, A Walsh… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Heifer Infertility and disease are important challenges in dairy cattle production. We
investigated genetic differences between Holstein heifers with varying fertility potential and …

Unveiling the role of Tdark genes in genetic diseases and phenotypes through bioinformatics-based functional enrichment and network analyses

D Kafita, K Dzobo, P Nkhoma, M Sinkala - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
In recent years, there has been growing interest in understanding the role of dark genes in
genetic diseases and phenotypes. Despite their lack of functional characterisation, dark …