2021
Efficient mixed model approach for large-scale genome-wide association studies of ordinal categorical phenotypes
Bi W, Zhou W, Dey R, Mukherjee B, Sampson J, Lee S. Efficient mixed model approach for large-scale genome-wide association studies of ordinal categorical phenotypes. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2021, 108: 825-839. PMID: 33836139, PMCID: PMC8206161, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.03.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrdinal categorical phenotypesGenome-wide association studiesCategorical phenotypesGenome-wide significant variantsRare variantsPhenotype distributionControlled type I error ratesType I error rateMixed model approachArray genotypingAssociation studiesCommon variantsQuantitative traitsSignificant variantsLogistic mixed modelsLack of analysis toolsUK BiobankLinear mixed model approachPhenotypeAssociation TestVariantsMixed modelsSignificance levelMAFTraits
2015
Genome-wide association study of colorectal cancer identifies six new susceptibility loci
Schumacher FR, Schmit SL, Jiao S, Edlund CK, Wang H, Zhang B, Hsu L, Huang SC, Fischer CP, Harju JF, Idos GE, Lejbkowicz F, Manion FJ, McDonnell K, McNeil CE, Melas M, Rennert HS, Shi W, Thomas DC, Van Den Berg DJ, Hutter CM, Aragaki AK, Butterbach K, Caan BJ, Carlson CS, Chanock SJ, Curtis KR, Fuchs CS, Gala M, Giovannucci EL, Gogarten SM, Hayes RB, Henderson B, Hunter DJ, Jackson RD, Kolonel LN, Kooperberg C, Küry S, LaCroix A, Laurie CC, Laurie CA, Lemire M, Levine D, Ma J, Makar KW, Qu C, Taverna D, Ulrich CM, Wu K, Kono S, West DW, Berndt SI, Bezieau S, Brenner H, Campbell PT, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Coetzee GA, Conti DV, Duggan D, Figueiredo JC, Fortini BK, Gallinger SJ, Gauderman WJ, Giles G, Green R, Haile R, Harrison TA, Hoffmeister M, Hopper JL, Hudson TJ, Jacobs E, Iwasaki M, Jee SH, Jenkins M, Jia WH, Joshi A, Li L, Lindor NM, Matsuo K, Moreno V, Mukherjee B, Newcomb PA, Potter JD, Raskin L, Rennert G, Rosse S, Severi G, Schoen RE, Seminara D, Shu XO, Slattery ML, Tsugane S, White E, Xiang YB, Zanke BW, Zheng W, Le Marchand L, Casey G, Gruber SB, Peters U. Genome-wide association study of colorectal cancer identifies six new susceptibility loci. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 7138. PMID: 26151821, PMCID: PMC4967357, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew susceptibility lociAssociation studiesSusceptibility lociSignificant genetic lociGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide thresholdCommon genetic variantsRare pathogenic mutationsTwo-stage association studyGenetic lociGenetic epidemiology studiesGenetic variantsLociUnderlying biological mechanismsPathogenic mutationsBiological mechanismsAsian ConsortiumGenetic susceptibilityMutationsAdditional insightColorectal cancerCancerVariants