Incorporating local ancestry information to predict genetically associated DNA methylation in admixed populations
Cheng Y, Zhou G, Li H, Zhang X, Justice A, Martinez C, Aouizerat B, Xu K, Zhao H. Incorporating local ancestry information to predict genetically associated DNA methylation in admixed populations. Briefings In Bioinformatics 2025, 26: bbaf325. PMID: 40622482, PMCID: PMC12232425, DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbaf325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMethylome-wide association studiesAdmixed populationsComplex traitsLocal ancestryAssociation studiesDNA methylationAssociated with complex traitsLocal ancestry informationPopulations of European ancestryCpG methylation levelsNon-European populationsMeasurement of methylationAncestry informationCpG sitesMethylation levelsEuropean ancestryEpigenetic underpinningsCpGAncestryTraitsMethylationAmerican populationAfrican American populationDNAPopulationRefining breast cancer genetic risk and biology through multi-ancestry fine-mapping analyses of 192 risk regions
Jia G, Chen Z, Ping J, Cai Q, Tao R, Li C, Bauer J, Xie Y, Ambs S, Barnard M, Chen Y, Choi J, Gao Y, Garcia-Closas M, Gu J, Hu J, Iwasaki M, John E, Kweon S, Li C, Matsuda K, Matsuo K, Nathanson K, Nemesure B, Olopade O, Pal T, Park S, Park B, Press M, Sanderson M, Sandler D, Shen C, Troester M, Yao S, Zheng Y, Ahearn T, Brewster A, Falusi A, Hennis A, Ito H, Kubo M, Lee E, Makumbi T, Ndom P, Noh D, O’Brien K, Ojengbede O, Olshan A, Park M, Reid S, Yamaji T, Zirpoli G, Butler E, Huang M, Low S, Obafunwa J, Weinberg C, Zhang H, Zhao H, Cote M, Ambrosone C, Huo D, Li B, Kang D, Palmer J, Shu X, Haiman C, Guo X, Long J, Zheng W. Refining breast cancer genetic risk and biology through multi-ancestry fine-mapping analyses of 192 risk regions. Nature Genetics 2025, 57: 80-87. PMID: 39753771, PMCID: PMC12184877, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-02031-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFine-mapping analysisAssociation signalsRisk lociBreast cancer genetic riskGenome-wide association study dataBreast cancer risk lociFemale breast cancer casesGenome-wide association studiesCancer genetic riskBreast cancer geneticsBreast cancer riskFunctional genomics dataCredible causal variantsCancer risk lociGenetic risk lociBreast cancer casesSingle-cell RNA sequencingBreast cancerCausal variantsFine-mappingGenomic dataAssociation studiesCancer riskCancer geneticsCancer casesPerformance of Polygenic Risk Scores for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in Populations of African Descent
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