2019
Common genetic variants have associations with human cortical brain regions and risk of schizophrenia
Bi X, Feng L, Wang S, Lin Z, Li T, Zhao B, Zhu H, Zhang H. Common genetic variants have associations with human cortical brain regions and risk of schizophrenia. Genetic Epidemiology 2019, 43: 548-558. PMID: 30941828, PMCID: PMC6559856, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.22203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCortical regionsCortical brain regionsRisk of schizophreniaPrefrontal cortical regionsSymptom durationProdromal symptomsMental disordersSignificant associationBrain regionsCommon genetic variantsPhiladelphia Neurodevelopmental CohortPediatric imagingSchizophreniaNeurodevelopmental CohortCommon variantsHuman brainGenetic variantsHeritable mental disorderMagnetic resonanceAssociationWide association studyAssociation studiesGenetic effectsCohortSymptoms
2013
NCK2 Is Significantly Associated with Opiates Addiction in African-Origin Men
Liu Z, Guo X, Jiang Y, Zhang H. NCK2 Is Significantly Associated with Opiates Addiction in African-Origin Men. The Scientific World JOURNAL 2013, 2013: 748979. PMID: 23533358, PMCID: PMC3603435, DOI: 10.1155/2013/748979.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsNCK2 geneGenome-wide significant associationGenome-wide significant levelWide association studyGene-based methodsNumerous genetic variantsGWAS discoveryChromosome 2Association studiesNck2Genetic variantsGenesNucleotide polymorphismsComplex diseasesFirst evidenceGenetic disordersDiscoverySignificant levelsPolymorphismVariantsSubstantial effort
2012
Large Scale Association Analysis for Drug Addiction: Results from SNP to Gene
Guo X, Liu Z, Wang X, Zhang H. Large Scale Association Analysis for Drug Addiction: Results from SNP to Gene. The Scientific World JOURNAL 2012, 2012: 939584. PMID: 23365539, PMCID: PMC3543790, DOI: 10.1100/2012/939584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesAssociation analysisGene-based association analysisLarge-scale association analysisSingle nucleotide polymorphism dataWide association studyComplex diseasesGene-based analysisGene-based methodsNucleotide polymorphism dataGenetic association studiesPolymorphism dataGene findingGenetic variantsIndividual SNPsStudy of AddictionSNPsGenetic etiologyGenesComprehensive analysisGeneticsVariants
2009
Machine learning in genome‐wide association studies
Szymczak S, Biernacka JM, Cordell HJ, González‐Recio O, König IR, Zhang H, Sun YV. Machine learning in genome‐wide association studies. Genetic Epidemiology 2009, 33: s51-s57. PMID: 19924717, DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20473.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide SNP dataSingle nucleotide polymorphismsSNP dataAssociation studiesGenome-wide association studiesOverall genetic architectureMachine learning approachesGenetic Analysis Workshop 16Wide association studyComplex human diseasesMain genetic effectsGenetic architectureLearning approachGenetic risk variantsEnsemble methodHuman diseasesGenetic effectsRisk variantsGenetic variantsComplex diseasesMachineNew variable selection procedureNetwork analysisVariable selection procedureDifferent approaches