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Network assisted analysis of de novo variants using protein-protein interaction information identified 46 candidate genes for congenital heart disease
Xie Y, Jiang W, Dong W, Li H, Jin SC, Brueckner M, Zhao H. Network assisted analysis of de novo variants using protein-protein interaction information identified 46 candidate genes for congenital heart disease. PLOS Genetics 2022, 18: e1010252. PMID: 35671298, PMCID: PMC9205499, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesExomeExome SequencingHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansMice
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Whole-Exome Sequencing Analyses Support a Role of Vitamin D Metabolism in Ischemic Stroke
Xie Y, Acosta J, Ye Y, Demarais Z, Conlon C, Chen M, Zhao H, Falcone G. Whole-Exome Sequencing Analyses Support a Role of Vitamin D Metabolism in Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2023, 54: 800-809. PMID: 36762557, PMCID: PMC10467223, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.040883.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsExome SequencingGenetic TestingGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansIschemic StrokePhenotypeConceptsGene-based testingRare genetic variationGene-based analysisGenetic variationAssociation studiesGenome-wide association studiesSingle-variant association analysisWide significance levelSusceptibility risk lociWide association studyDeleterious missense variantsMissense rare variantsBonferroni-corrected thresholdWhole-exome sequencing dataRare variantsSingle variant analysisHeritable traitRisk lociExome-wide studySequencing dataExome sequencing analysisAssociation analysisSequencing analysisMissense variantsTraits