Genetics
has
been
an
important
tool
for
discovering
new
aspects
of
biology
across
life.
In
humans,
there
is
growing
momentum
behind
the
application
this
knowledge
to
drive
innovation
in
clinical
care,
most
notably
through
developments
precision
medicine.
Nowhere
impact
genetics
on
practice
more
striking
than
field
rare
disorders.
For
these
conditions,
individual
disease
susceptibility
influenced
by
DNA
sequence
variation
a
single
or
small
number
genes.
contrast,
common
disorders
are
multifactorial
and
caused
complex
interplay
multiple
genetic,
environmental
stochastic
factors.
The
longstanding
division
human
into
components
obscured
continuum
traits
echoes
century-old
debate
between
Mendelian
biometric
views
genetics.
article,
we
discuss
differences
data
concepts
Opportunities
unify
two
areas
noted
importance
adopting
holistic
perspective
that
integrates
diverse
genetic
factors
discussed.
Nucleic Acids Research,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
51(D1), P. D977 - D985
Published: Oct. 20, 2022
Abstract
The
NHGRI-EBI
GWAS
Catalog
(www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas)
is
a
FAIR
knowledgebase
providing
detailed,
structured,
standardised
and
interoperable
genome-wide
association
study
(GWAS)
data
to
>200
000
users
per
year
from
academic
research,
healthcare
industry.
contains
variant-trait
associations
supporting
metadata
for
>45
published
across
>5000
human
traits,
>40
full
P-value
summary
statistics
datasets.
Content
curated
publications
or
acquired
via
author
submission
of
prepublication
through
new
portal
validation
tool.
volume
has
vastly
increased
in
recent
years.
We
have
updated
our
software
meet
this
scaling
challenge
enable
rapid
release
submitted
statistics.
scope
the
repository
expanded
include
additional
types
high
interest
community,
including
sequencing-based
GWAS,
gene-based
analyses
copy
number
variation
analyses.
Community
outreach
shared
datasets
under-represented
e.g.
cancer,
we
continue
contribute
awareness
lack
population
diversity
GWAS.
Interoperability
been
enhanced
links
other
resources
Polygenic
Score
International
Mouse
Phenotyping
Consortium,
refinements
trait
annotation,
development
standard
format
data.
Abstract
Genetics
has
been
an
important
tool
for
discovering
new
aspects
of
biology
across
life.
In
humans,
there
is
growing
momentum
behind
the
application
this
knowledge
to
drive
innovation
in
clinical
care,
most
notably
through
developments
precision
medicine.
Nowhere
impact
genetics
on
practice
more
striking
than
field
rare
disorders.
For
these
conditions,
individual
disease
susceptibility
influenced
by
DNA
sequence
variation
a
single
or
small
number
genes.
contrast,
common
disorders
are
multifactorial
and
caused
complex
interplay
multiple
genetic,
environmental
stochastic
factors.
The
longstanding
division
human
into
components
obscured
continuum
traits
echoes
century-old
debate
between
Mendelian
biometric
views
genetics.
article,
we
discuss
differences
data
concepts
Opportunities
unify
two
areas
noted
importance
adopting
holistic
perspective
that
integrates
diverse
genetic
factors
discussed.
iScience,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
26(2), P. 106024 - 106024
Published: Jan. 23, 2023
Citrus
HLB
caused
by
Candidatus
Liberibacter
asiaticus
is
a
pathogen-triggered
immune
disease.
Here,
we
identified
putative
genetic
determinants
of
pathogenicity
integrating
citrus
genomic
resources
to
characterize
the
pan-genome
accessions
that
differ
in
their
response
HLB.
Genome-wide
association
mapping
and
analysis
allele-specific
expression
between
susceptible,
tolerant,
resistant
further
refined
candidates
underlying
We
first
developed
phased
diploid
assembly
sinensis
'Newhall'
genome
produced
resequencing
data
for
91
These
were
combined
with
previous
from
356
genome-wide
response.
Genes
associated
host
response,
ROS
production,
antioxidants.
Overall,
this
study
has
provided
significant
resource
candidate
genes
be
explored
understand
pathogenicity.
Alzheimer s & Dementia,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20(4), P. 2670 - 2679
Published: Feb. 21, 2024
Late-onset
Alzheimer's
disease
(LOAD)
has
a
strong
genetic
component.
Participants
in
Long-Life
Family
Study
(LLFS)
exhibit
delayed
onset
of
dementia,
offering
unique
opportunity
to
investigate
LOAD
genetics.
Cell Genomics,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
1(1), P. 100004 - 100004
Published: Oct. 1, 2021
Genome-wide
association
studies
(GWASs)
have
enabled
robust
mapping
of
complex
traits
in
humans.
The
open
sharing
GWAS
summary
statistics
(SumStats)
is
essential
facilitating
the
larger
meta-analyses
needed
for
increased
power
resolving
genetic
basis
disease.
However,
most
SumStats
are
not
readily
accessible
because
limited
and
a
lack
defined
standards.
With
aim
increasing
availability,
quality,
utility
SumStats,
National
Human
Genome
Research
Institute-European
Bioinformatics
Institute
(NHGRI-EBI)
Catalog
organized
community
workshop
to
address
standards,
infrastructure,
incentives
required
promote
enable
sharing.
We
evaluated
barriers
sharing,
both
technological
sociological,
developed
an
action
plan
those
challenges
ensure
that
study
metadata
findable,
accessible,
interoperable,
reusable
(FAIR).
encourage
early
deposition
datasets
as
recognized
central
repository.
recommend
standard
requirements
reporting
elements
formats
accompanying
guidelines
standards
submission
Catalog.
Finally,
we
provide
recommendations
enable,
promote,
incentivize
broader
data
FAIRness
order
advance
genomic
medicine.
Genes,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(2), P. 352 - 352
Published: Jan. 30, 2023
Mood
disorders
are
highly
heritable
psychiatric
disorders.
Over
the
years,
many
genetic
polymorphisms
have
been
identified
to
pose
a
higher
risk
for
development
of
mood
To
overview
literature
on
genetics
disorders,
scientometric
analysis
was
performed
sample
5342
documents
downloaded
from
Scopus.
The
most
active
countries
and
impactful
in
field
were
identified.
Furthermore,
total
13
main
thematic
clusters
emerged
literature.
From
qualitative
inspection
clusters,
it
that
research
interest
moved
monogenic
polygenic
framework.
Researchers
study
single
genes
early
1990s
conducting
genome-wide
association
studies
around
2015.
In
this
way,
overlaps
between
other
conditions
too.
2010s,
interaction
environmental
factors
as
pivotal
understanding
provides
valuable
insight
into
past
recent
trends
sheds
light
onto
future
lines
research.
Frontiers in Genetics,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16
Published: Feb. 19, 2025
Since
the
very
first
Genome-Wide
association
study
was
published
in
2005
followed
by
pivotal
manuscript
Wellcome
Trust
Case
Control
Consortium
(WTCCC)
2007
(Klein
et
al.,
2005;Wellcome
Control,
2007),
several
thousands
of
studies
(GWAS)
have
been
conducted
(>45
000)
and
yielded
a
myriad
loci
associated
with
diverse
human
phenotypic
traits
or
diseases
(>5000)
(Sollis
2023).
These
not
only
shed
light
on
involvement
common
variants
but
also
discovered
important
insights
into
biology
(Uffelmann,
2021)
The
field
GWAS
has
seen
tremendous
advances
both
technologically
methodologically.
For
example,
facilitated
single
nucleotide
polymorphisms
(SNPs)-arrays
containing
couple
thousand
hundred
to
2
million
SNPs
(Visscher
2017).
ability
impute
untyped
increased
marker
density,
improved
statistical
power
GWAS,
enabled
large-scale
metaanalyses
across
populations,
aided
fine-mapping
regions
interest
genetic
(Cahoon
2024;Zhihui
Zhang,
2022).
Additionally,
sequencing
technologies
drop
cost,
latest
follow-up
sequence-based
allowed
for
assessment
low-frequency
rare
(Acar
2023;McMahon
2021;Pan
Despite
all
Genomics,
global
populations
are
evenly
represented
GWAS.
mainly
limited
European
descent
could
exacerbate
existing
health
disparities
implementation
precision
medicine
(Doumatey
push
genomic
equity
representation
biomedical
research
led
initiatives
such
as
the1000
Genomes,
Human
Heredity&
Health
(H3Africa),
Trans-omics
Precision
Medicine
(TOPMed),
All
Us
recent
years
(Auton
2015;Investigators,
2024;Peprah
2017;Taliun
2021).
Some
these
imputation
references,
1000
genomes
TOPMed
(Kowalski
2019).
Others,
H3Africa,
helped
develop
population-specific
genotype
arrays,
thus
improving
discovery
populations.
In
this
topic,
Brandenburg,
JT
al.
used
custom
array
enriched
African
variants,
H3A
genotyping
array,
largest
urinary
albumin-to-creatinine
ratio
(UACR),
biomarker
kidney
disease,
Sub
Saharan
Africans
living
different
continent
non-resident
individuals
ancestry
(UK
BioBank)
American
cohorts
(CKD-Gen
Ancestry).
authors
identified
two
novel
UACR
(BMP6,
HBB),
they
replicated
three
out
60
known
UACR-associated
previously
multiancestry
studies.
performed
polygenic
score
(PGS)
comparison
analyses
evaluate
transferability
PGS
derived
from
non-African
multi-ancestry
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2024.1372042/full).A
comprehensive
review
Bruner,
S.W.
al,
topic
underscored
need
account
population-biased
findings
various
ancestral
which
should,
turn,
address
replication
challenges
especially
highlighted
advancements
methods
techniques
available
resources
conduct
functional
annotations
mechanistic
"variant-to-function
They
described
(e.g.
epigenetic
annotations,
pathway
network
analyses,
quantitative
trait
loci)
validations
(reporter
assays,
genome
editing,
animal
models)
approaches
characterize
effector
genes.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2024.1375481/full.
were
included
topic.
Abbas,
M
ancestries,
leveraged
expression
locus
(eQTL)
understand
mechanisms
connecting
phenotypes
(ref.
Abbas
Brandenburg
al.)
using
strategies.
al
subsequently
carried
annotation
lead
(SNP)
relevant
tissue
profile
(glomerular
tubulointerstitial
tissues)
cis-eQTL
analysis.
contrast,
differential
analysis
identify
mRNAs
that
differentially
expressed
between
Low-Density
Lipoproteins,
LDL
groups
(low
tertile
vs
upper
tertile),
then
extracted
SNP
cis
region
each
mRNA
perform
an
eQTL
eQTLs
significantly
overlapped
catalogue
database.
further
decipher
relationships
transcriptomics,
genomics,
phenotype.
Noteworthy,
African-specific
TTC38
Americans.
upregulated
elevated
LDL.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2024.1345541/full.Animal
models
proposed
variant-to-function
method
discovery.
can
take
many
effectively
underpinnings
humans.
one
studies,
Fowler
S
heterogeneous
stock
(HS)
intraocular
pressure
(IOP).
indicated
few
advantages
conducting
rats
like
IOP:
1)
control
environmental
variables
affect
IOP
humans,
2)
humans
share
similar
anatomical
developmental
characteristics
eyes
aqueous
outflow
pathway),
ideal
model
pathophysiology
ophthalmologic
disorders,
3)
tissues
phenotyping
gene
be
easily
collected.
combination
~1800
HS
5
candidate
genes,
(Ctsc2
Plekhf2-never
reported
studies);
concluded
use
resulted
new
provide
molecular
basis
IOP.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.1029058/full
linked
trait/disease,
cannot
always
establish
causality.
Thus,
epidemiology-based
Mendelian
randomization
(MR)
causality
instrumental
variables,
risk
factors
lifestyle
(Benn
&
Nordestgaard,
2018).
Lin,
X
strategy
causal
relationship
reproductive
age
at
menopause,
menarche,
live
birth)
bone
density.
Their
suggest
early
menopause
late
childbirth
may
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(1)
Published: March 26, 2025
Amyotrophic
lateral
sclerosis
(ALS)
is
a
fatal
and
rapidly
evolving
neurodegenerative
disease
arising
from
the
loss
of
glutamatergic
corticospinal
neurons
(CSN)
cholinergic
motoneurons
(MN).
Here,
we
performed
comparative
cross-species
transcriptomics
CSN
using
published
snRNA-seq
data
motor
cortex
ALS
control
postmortem
tissues,
longitudinal
RNA-seq
on
purified
male
Sod1G86R
mice.
We
report
that
undergo
ER
stress
altered
mRNA
translation,
identify
transcription
factor
CREB3
its
regulatory
network
as
resilience
marker
ALS,
not
only
amongst
vulnerable
neuronal
populations,
but
across
all
populations
well
other
cell
types.
Using
genetic
epidemiologic
analyses
further
rare
variant
CREB3R119G
(rs11538707)
positive
modifier
in
ALS.
Through
gain
function,
decreases
risk
developing
progression
rate
patients.
Cross-species
unravels
markers
Genetics
epidemiology
protective
CREB3R119G.