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Association of structural variation with cardiometabolic traits in Finns
Chen L, Abel HJ, Das I, Larson DE, Ganel L, Kanchi KL, Regier AA, Young EP, Kang CJ, Scott AJ, Chiang C, Wang X, Lu S, Christ R, Service SK, Chiang CWK, Havulinna AS, Kuusisto J, Boehnke M, Laakso M, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Freimer NB, Locke AE, Stitziel NO, Hall IM. Association of structural variation with cardiometabolic traits in Finns. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2021, 108: 583-596. PMID: 33798444, PMCID: PMC8059371, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterolDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleFinlandGenome, HumanGenomic Structural VariationGenotypeHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMitochondrial ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticPyruvate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide)-PhosphatasePyruvic AcidSerum Albumin, HumanConceptsSingle nucleotide variantsCopy number variantsQuantitative traitsGenome-wide significant associationStructural variationsTrait mapping studiesDeep whole-genome sequencing dataGenome structural variationsWhole-genome sequencing dataStrong phenotypic effectsComplex genomic regionsCardiometabolic traitsLow-frequency structural variationsEvolutionary timeGenomic regionsPhenotypic effectsSequencing dataNucleotide variantsGenotype dataGene deletionNumber variantsTraitsGenetic associationCandidate associationsExome sequencing
2022
Integrating transcriptomics, metabolomics, and GWAS helps reveal molecular mechanisms for metabolite levels and disease risk
Yin X, Bose D, Kwon A, Hanks S, Jackson A, Stringham H, Welch R, Oravilahti A, Silva L, FinnGen, Locke A, Fuchsberger C, Service S, Erdos M, Bonnycastle L, Kuusisto J, Stitziel N, Hall I, Morrison J, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Freimer N, Collins F, Mohlke K, Scott L, Fauman E, Burant C, Boehnke M, Laakso M, Wen X. Integrating transcriptomics, metabolomics, and GWAS helps reveal molecular mechanisms for metabolite levels and disease risk. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2022, 109: 1727-1741. PMID: 36055244, PMCID: PMC9606383, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.08.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesMolecular mechanismsGWAS resultsDisease traitsGene expressionMetabolic pathwaysTranscriptome-wide associationSame causal variantsMetabolomics resultsTranscriptomic resultsMolecular traitsTranscriptomic dataGTEx projectCausal variantsGlycerophospholipid metabolic pathwayTranscriptomicsAssociation studiesColocalization analysisMetabolite levelsDistinct pathwaysPutative causal effectGenetic variantsGenesUGT1A4 expressionGenetic association