Genetics is of the essence to face NAFLD

M Meroni, M Longo, G Tria, P Dongiovanni - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the commonest cause of chronic liver disease
worldwide. It is closely related to obesity, insulin resistance (IR) and dyslipidemia so much …

Selection, optimization and validation of ten chronic disease polygenic risk scores for clinical implementation in diverse US populations

NJ Lennon, LC Kottyan, C Kachulis, NS Abul-Husn… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) have improved in predictive performance, but several
challenges remain to be addressed before PRSs can be implemented in the clinic, including …

Working memory and reaction time variability mediate the relationship between polygenic risk and ADHD traits in a general population sample

M Moses, J Tiego, D Demontis, G Bragi Walters… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Endophenotypes are heritable and quantifiable traits indexing genetic liability for a disorder.
Here, we examined three potential endophenotypes, working memory function, response …

Dissecting autism and schizophrenia through neuroimaging genomics

CA Moreau, A Raznahan, P Bellec, M Chakravarty… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Neuroimaging genomic studies of autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia have mainly
adopted a 'top-down'approach, beginning with the behavioural diagnosis, and moving down …

The genetic architecture of schizophrenia: review of large-scale genetic studies

H Kato, H Kimura, I Kushima, N Takahashi… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a complex and often chronic psychiatric disorder with high heritability.
Diagnosis of schizophrenia is still made clinically based on psychiatric symptoms; no …

Polygenic risk scores in Alzheimer's disease genetics: methodology, applications, inclusion, and diversity

K Clark, YY Leung, WP Lee, B Voight… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
The success of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) completed in the last 15 years
has reinforced a key fact: polygenic architecture makes a substantial contribution to variation …

Testing the generalizability of ancestry-specific polygenic risk scores to predict prostate cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

MS Kim, D Naidoo, U Hazra, MH Quiver, WC Chen… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Background Genome-wide association studies do not always replicate well across
populations, limiting the generalizability of polygenic risk scores (PRS). Despite higher …

Risk assessment for colorectal cancer via polygenic risk score and lifestyle exposure: a large-scale association study of East Asian and European populations

J Xin, M Du, D Gu, K Jiang, M Wang, M Jin, Y Hu… - Genome Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background The genetic architectures of colorectal cancer are distinct across different
populations. To date, the majority of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are derived from …

Polygenic risk scores for predicting outcomes and treatment response in psychiatry: hope or hype?

L Fusar-Poli, BPF Rutten, J van Os… - … Review of Psychiatry, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last years, the decreased costs and enhanced accessibility to large genome-wide
association studies datasets have laid the foundations for the development of polygenic risk …

Harnessing the potential of machine learning and artificial intelligence for dementia research

JM Ranson, M Bucholc, D Lyall, D Newby… - Brain Informatics, 2023 - Springer
Progress in dementia research has been limited, with substantial gaps in our knowledge of
targets for prevention, mechanisms for disease progression, and disease-modifying …