[HTML][HTML] Quantitative human paleogenetics: What can ancient DNA tell us about complex trait evolution?

EK Irving-Pease, R Muktupavela, M Dannemann… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Genetic association data from national biobanks and large-scale association studies have
provided new prospects for understanding the genetic evolution of complex traits and …

[HTML][HTML] Mono-and biallelic variant effects on disease at biobank scale

HO Heyne, J Karjalainen, KJ Karczewski, SM Lemmelä… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Identifying causal factors for Mendelian and common diseases is an ongoing challenge in
medical genetics. Population bottleneck events, such as those that occurred in the history of …

[HTML][HTML] Long non-coding RNAs and their “discrete” contribution to IBD and Johne's disease—What stands out in the current picture? A comprehensive review

KA Triantaphyllopoulos - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNA) have paved the way to new perspectives on the regulation of
gene expression, not only in biology and medicine, but also in associated fields and …

[PDF][PDF] TIGER: The gene expression regulatory variation landscape of human pancreatic islets

L Alonso, A Piron, I Moran, M Guindo-Martínez… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) identified hundreds of signals associated with
type 2 diabetes (T2D). To gain insight into their underlying molecular mechanisms, we have …

The first genome-wide association study for type 2 diabetes in youth: The Progress in Diabetes Genetics in Youth (ProDiGY) Consortium

S Srinivasan, L Chen, J Todd, J Divers, S Gidding… - Diabetes, 2021 - Am Diabetes Assoc
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in youth has increased substantially, yet the genetic
underpinnings remain largely unexplored. To identify genetic variants predisposing to youth …

Smoking, alcohol consumption, and 24 gastrointestinal diseases: Mendelian randomization analysis

S Yuan, J Chen, X Ruan, Y Sun, K Zhang, X Wang, X Li… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Background: Whether the positive associations of smoking and alcohol consumption with
gastrointestinal diseases are causal is uncertain. We conducted this Mendelian …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput genetic clustering of type 2 diabetes loci reveals heterogeneous mechanistic pathways of metabolic disease

H Kim, KE Westerman, K Smith, J Chiou, JB Cole… - Diabetologia, 2023 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Type 2 diabetes is highly polygenic and influenced by multiple biological
pathways. Rapid expansion in the number of type 2 diabetes loci can be leveraged to …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic association studies of alterations in protein function expose recessive effects on cancer predisposition

N Brandes, N Linial, M Linial - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The characterization of germline genetic variation affecting cancer risk, known as cancer
predisposition, is fundamental to preventive and personalized medicine. Studies of genetic …

Recessive genome-wide meta-analysis illuminates genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

MJ O'Connor, P Schroeder, A Huerta-Chagoya… - Diabetes, 2022 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Most genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of complex traits are performed using
models with additive allelic effects. Hundreds of loci associated with type 2 diabetes have …

[HTML][HTML] Random forests algorithm boosts genetic risk prediction of systemic lupus erythematosus

W Ma, YL Lau, W Yang, YF Wang - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) present varied clinical manifestations,
posing a diagnostic challenge for physicians. Genetic factors substantially contribute to SLE …