2024
Cross-Sectional Associations between Prenatal Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances and Bioactive Lipids in Three Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohorts
Suthar H, Manea T, Pak D, Woodbury M, Eick S, Cathey A, Watkins D, Strakovsky R, Ryva B, Pennathur S, Zeng L, Weller D, Park J, Smith S, DeMicco E, Padula A, Fry R, Mukherjee B, Aguiar A, Geiger S, Ng S, Huerta-Montanez G, Vélez-Vega C, Rosario Z, Cordero J, Zimmerman E, Woodruff T, Morello-Frosch R, Schantz S, Meeker J, Alshawabkeh A, Aung M, Outcomes O. Cross-Sectional Associations between Prenatal Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances and Bioactive Lipids in Three Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohorts. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 8264-8277. PMID: 38691655, PMCID: PMC11097396, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c00094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPFAS mixtureLinear mixed modelsBioactive lipidsChild health outcomesCross-sectional associationsPrenatal PFAS exposureBioactive lipid levelsPoly-fluoroalkyl substancesQuantile g-computationMixed modelsGestational outcomesHealth outcomesPregnancy outcomesPregnant womenCombined cohortG-computationCohort analysisProgram cohortQuartile increaseLipid levelsCohortPositive associationMeta-analysisEnvironmental influencesPFAS exposure
2022
ExPRSweb: An online repository with polygenic risk scores for common health-related exposures
Ma Y, Patil S, Zhou X, Mukherjee B, Fritsche L. ExPRSweb: An online repository with polygenic risk scores for common health-related exposures. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2022, 109: 1742-1760. PMID: 36152628, PMCID: PMC9606385, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolygenic risk scoresChronic conditionsPhenome-wide association studyMichigan Genomics InitiativeRisk scoreAssociation studiesHealth-related exposuresGenome-wide association studiesUK BiobankGenetic risk factorsPRS methodsFollow-up studyRisk factorsComplex traitsGenome InitiativeGenetic modifiersBiobankInfluence of exposureEnvironmental variablesScoresLipid levelsExpRLifestyleSmokingOnline repository
2021
Revisiting the genome-wide significance threshold for common variant GWAS
Chen Z, Boehnke M, Wen X, Mukherjee B. Revisiting the genome-wide significance threshold for common variant GWAS. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2021, 11: jkaa056. PMID: 33585870, PMCID: PMC8022962, DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide significance thresholdP-value thresholdGWAS meta-analysesMeta-analysis consortiumExcessive false positive ratesSignificance thresholdGene set enrichmentBenjamini-Yekutieli procedureModest-sized studiesFDR-controlling proceduresGlobal lipidsMeta-analysesPathway analysisGWASReplication studyP-valueIncreased discoveryMultiple testing strategiesSample sizePositive discoveriesBenjamini-HochbergLipid levelsTesting strategiesDownstream workFDR