Human Genetics and Genomics Advances,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
3(4), С. 100136 - 100136
Опубликована: Авг. 18, 2022
Publicly
available
genome-wide
association
studies
(GWAS)
summary
statistics
exhibit
uneven
quality,
which
can
impact
the
validity
of
follow-up
analyses.
First,
we
present
an
overview
possible
misspecifications
that
come
with
GWAS
statistics.
Then,
in
both
simulations
and
real-data
analyses,
show
additional
information
such
as
imputation
INFO
scores,
allele
frequencies,
per-variant
sample
sizes
be
used
to
detect
issues
correct
for
One
important
motivation
us
is
improve
predictive
performance
polygenic
scores
built
from
these
Unfortunately,
owing
lack
reporting
standards
statistics,
this
not
systematically
reported.
We
also
using
well-matched
linkage
disequilibrium
(LD)
references
model
fit
translate
into
more
accurate
prediction.
Finally,
discuss
how
make
score
methods
lassosum
LDpred2
robust
their
power.
Nature Genetics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
56(5), С. 778 - 791
Опубликована: Апрель 30, 2024
Abstract
Hypertension
affects
more
than
one
billion
people
worldwide.
Here
we
identify
113
novel
loci,
reporting
a
total
of
2,103
independent
genetic
signals
(
P
<
5
×
10
−8
)
from
the
largest
single-stage
blood
pressure
(BP)
genome-wide
association
study
to
date
n
=
1,028,980
European
individuals).
These
associations
explain
60%
single
nucleotide
polymorphism-based
BP
heritability.
Comparing
top
versus
bottom
deciles
polygenic
risk
scores
(PRSs)
reveals
clinically
meaningful
differences
in
(16.9
mmHg
systolic
BP,
95%
CI,
15.5–18.2
mmHg,
2.22
−126
and
sevenfold
higher
odds
hypertension
(odds
ratio,
7.33;
5.54–9.70;
4.13
−44
an
dataset.
Adding
PRS
into
hypertension-prediction
models
increased
area
under
receiver
operating
characteristic
curve
(AUROC)
0.791
(95%
0.781–0.801)
0.826
0.817–0.836,
∆AUROC,
0.035,
1.98
−34
).
We
compare
loci
results
non-European
ancestries
show
significant
large
African-American
sample.
Secondary
analyses
implicate
500
genes
previously
unreported
for
BP.
Our
highlights
role
increasingly
genomic
studies
precision
health
research.
Nature Genetics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
56(5), С. 767 - 777
Опубликована: Апрель 30, 2024
Abstract
We
develop
a
method,
SBayesRC,
that
integrates
genome-wide
association
study
(GWAS)
summary
statistics
with
functional
genomic
annotations
to
improve
polygenic
prediction
of
complex
traits.
Our
method
is
scalable
whole-genome
variant
analysis
and
refines
signals
from
by
allowing
them
affect
both
causal
probability
effect
distribution.
analyze
50
traits
diseases
using
∼7
million
common
single-nucleotide
polymorphisms
(SNPs)
96
annotations.
SBayesRC
improves
accuracy
14%
in
European
ancestry
up
34%
cross-ancestry
compared
the
baseline
SBayesR,
which
does
not
use
annotations,
outperforms
other
methods,
including
LDpred2,
LDpred-funct,
MegaPRS,
PolyPred-S
PRS-CSx.
Investigation
factors
affecting
identifies
significant
interaction
between
SNP
density
annotation
information,
suggesting
sequence
variants
may
further
prediction.
Functional
partitioning
highlights
major
contribution
evolutionary
constrained
regions
largest
per-SNP
nonsynonymous
SNPs.
Abstract
Polygenic
scores
(PGS)
can
be
used
for
risk
stratification
by
quantifying
individuals’
genetic
predisposition
to
disease,
and
many
potentially
clinically
useful
applications
have
been
proposed.
Here,
we
review
the
latest
potential
benefits
of
PGS
in
clinic
challenges
implementation.
could
augment
through
combined
use
with
traditional
factors
(demographics,
disease-specific
factors,
family
history,
etc.),
support
diagnostic
pathways,
predict
groups
therapeutic
benefits,
increase
efficiency
clinical
trials.
However,
there
exist
maximizing
utility
PGS,
including
FAIR
(Findable,
Accessible,
Interoperable,
Reusable)
standardized
sharing
genomic
data
needed
develop
recalculate
equitable
performance
across
populations
ancestries,
generation
robust
reproducible
calculations,
responsible
communication
interpretation
results.
We
outline
how
these
may
overcome
analytically
more
diverse
as
well
highlight
sustained
community
efforts
achieve
equitable,
impactful,
healthcare.
Cell Genomics,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
4(4), С. 100523 - 100523
Опубликована: Март 19, 2024
Polygenic
risk
scores
(PRSs)
are
an
emerging
tool
to
predict
the
clinical
phenotypes
and
outcomes
of
individuals.
We
propose
PRSmix,
a
framework
that
leverages
PRS
corpus
target
trait
improve
prediction
accuracy,
PRSmix+,
which
incorporates
genetically
correlated
traits
better
capture
human
genetic
architecture
for
47
32
diseases/traits
in
European
South
Asian
ancestries,
respectively.
PRSmix
demonstrated
mean
accuracy
improvement
1.20-fold
(95%
confidence
interval
[CI],
[1.10;
1.3];
p
=
9.17
×
10
The
majority
of
disease-associated
variants
identified
through
genome-wide
association
studies
are
located
outside
protein-coding
regions.
Prioritizing
candidate
regulatory
and
gene
targets
to
identify
potential
biological
mechanisms
for
further
functional
experiments
can
be
challenging.
To
address
this
challenge,
we
developed
FORGEdb
(
https://forgedb.cancer.gov/
;
https://forge2.altiusinstitute.org/files/forgedb.html
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10067458
),
a
standalone
web-based
tool
that
integrates
multiple
datasets,
delivering
information
on
associated
elements,
transcription
factor
binding
sites,
target
genes
over
37
million
variants.
scores
provide
researchers
with
quantitative
assessment
the
relative
importance
each
variant
targeted
experiments.
European Heart Journal,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025
Genome-wide
association
studies
have
revealed
hundreds
of
genetic
variants
associated
with
cardiovascular
diseases
(CVD).
Polygenic
risk
scores
(PRS)
can
capture
this
information
in
a
single
metric
and
hold
promise
for
use
CVD
prediction.
Importantly,
PRS
reflect
the
causally
mediated
to
which
individual
is
exposed
throughout
life.
Although
European
Society
Cardiology
guidelines
do
not
currently
advocate
their
routine
clinical
practice,
are
commercially
available
increasingly
sought
by
clinicians,
health
systems,
members
public
inform
personalized
care
decision-making.
This
consensus
statement
provides
an
overview
scientific
basis
evidence
date
on
role
prediction
purposes
disease
prevention.
It
reader
summary
opportunities
challenges
implementation
identifies
current
gaps
supporting
evidence.
The
document
also
lays
out
potential
roadmap
community
navigate
any
future
transition
into
care.
Finally,
scenarios
presented
where
from
may
most
value
discuss
organizational
frameworks
enable
responsible
testing
while
more
being
generated
studies.