2019
Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits
Wojcik G, Graff M, Nishimura K, Tao R, Haessler J, Gignoux C, Highland H, Patel Y, Sorokin E, Avery C, Belbin G, Bien S, Cheng I, Cullina S, Hodonsky C, Hu Y, Huckins L, Jeff J, Justice A, Kocarnik J, Lim U, Lin B, Lu Y, Nelson S, Park S, Poisner H, Preuss M, Richard M, Schurmann C, Setiawan V, Sockell A, Vahi K, Verbanck M, Vishnu A, Walker R, Young K, Zubair N, Acuña-Alonso V, Ambite J, Barnes K, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger E, Bustamante C, Caberto C, Canizales-Quinteros S, Conomos M, Deelman E, Do R, Doheny K, Fernández-Rhodes L, Fornage M, Hailu B, Heiss G, Henn B, Hindorff L, Jackson R, Laurie C, Laurie C, Li Y, Lin D, Moreno-Estrada A, Nadkarni G, Norman P, Pooler L, Reiner A, Romm J, Sabatti C, Sandoval K, Sheng X, Stahl E, Stram D, Thornton T, Wassel C, Wilkens L, Winkler C, Yoneyama S, Buyske S, Haiman C, Kooperberg C, Le Marchand L, Loos R, Matise T, North K, Peters U, Kenny E, Carlson C. Genetic analyses of diverse populations improves discovery for complex traits. Nature 2019, 570: 514-518. PMID: 31217584, PMCID: PMC6785182, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1310-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesComplex traitsBiology of complex traitsDiverse populationsEvidence of effect-size heterogeneityGenome-wide effortsLarge-scale genomic studiesReduce health disparitiesNon-European individualsHighest burden of diseaseMulti-ethnic participantsEffect-size heterogeneityBurden of diseaseRepresentation of diverse populationsGWAS associationsNovel lociRisk prediction scoreAdmixed populationsFine-mappingGenetic architectureAssociation studiesGenomic studiesHealth disparitiesHealthcare disparitiesPopulation Architecture
2018
Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection
Pardiñas A, Holmans P, Pocklington A, Escott-Price V, Ripke S, Carrera N, Legge S, Bishop S, Cameron D, Hamshere M, Han J, Hubbard L, Lynham A, Mantripragada K, Rees E, MacCabe J, McCarroll S, Baune B, Breen G, Byrne E, Dannlowski U, Eley T, Hayward C, Martin N, McIntosh A, Plomin R, Porteous D, Wray N, Caballero A, Geschwind D, Huckins L, Ruderfer D, Santiago E, Sklar P, Stahl E, Won H, Agerbo E, Als T, Andreassen O, Bækvad-Hansen M, Mortensen P, Pedersen C, Børglum A, Bybjerg-Grauholm J, Djurovic S, Durmishi N, Pedersen M, Golimbet V, Grove J, Hougaard D, Mattheisen M, Molden E, Mors O, Nordentoft M, Pejovic-Milovancevic M, Sigurdsson E, Silagadze T, Hansen C, Stefansson K, Stefansson H, Steinberg S, Tosato S, Werge T, GERAD1 Consortium, CRESTAR Consortium, Collier D, Rujescu D, Kirov G, Owen M, O’Donovan M, Walters J. Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection. Nature Genetics 2018, 50: 381-389. PMID: 29483656, PMCID: PMC5918692, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0059-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutation-intolerant genesGenetic architecture of schizophreniaGenome-wide association studiesChromosome conformation dataGenome fine mappingVariant association signalsAssociation signalsFine-mappingGenetic architectureCausal genesGenomic studiesAssociation studiesRisk variantsSelection pressureGenesLociBrain expressionAssociated with poor qualityBiologyConformational dataDecreased life expectancyChromosomeDebilitating psychiatric conditionAllelesLife expectancy