A catalog of published genomewide association studies. Refining the complex rheumatoid arthritis phenotype based on specificity of the hladrb1 shared epitope for antibodies to citrullinated proteins. Because the data of a metaanalysis can be heterogeneous, referring to the differences in effect sizes between the collected studies, what is often done in the. The method assesses tissue sharing of eqtls among 44 tissues and. In most circumstances, and particularly when the total gwa sample size has. As pharmacogenomic gwas mature, there is an increased appreciation for issues that are specifically related to these unique phenotypes. Genomewide association studies march 14, 2012 karen mohlke, ph. Genomewide association studies of allergic diseases. Pdf genomewide association studies for complex traits. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or. Genomewide association studies what do they teach us. The relation to specific cad phenotypes might modify how novel loci are applied in personalised risk assessment and used in the development of novel therapies for cad.
Integrating gene expression analysis into genomewide association studies combining multiple forms of data in a single analysis enables more informative characterization of complex traits. Furthermore, we address special issues that may arise for metaanalysis of. A recent genomewideassociation study of educational attainment identified three singlenucleotide polymorphisms snps whose associations, despite their small effect sizes each r 2. Metaanalysis is an increasingly popular tool for combining multiple different genomewide association studies gwass in a single aggregate analysis in order to identify associations with very small effect sizes. In 1996, a landmark article by neil risch and kathleen merikangas drafted the technological and statistical requirements of genome. The first wave of largescale, highdensity genomewide association gwa studies has improved our understanding of the genetic basis of many complex traits 1. Randomeffects model aimed at discovering associations in. Replicability and robustness of genomewideassociation. Over just 2 yr, the numbers of loci with compelling evidence of causal association has mushroomedfrom three to 20 for t2d and from zero to 16 for body mass index. Mccarthy mi, abecasis gr, cardon lr, goldstein db, little j, ioannidis jp and hirschhorn jn nat rev genet 2008 9. Identification of adamts7 as a novel locus for coronary. Genomewide association studies pleiotropy in complex. Nhgri current topics in genome analysis 2012 week 8. Mccarthy mi1, abecasis gr, cardon lr, goldstein db, little j.
One potential source of genetic variation that may contribute to this missing heritability is that which differs in magnitude andor direction between males and females, which could result from sexual dimorphism in gene expression. In the past 2 years, the discovery of genetic associations for common diseases and complex traits has been accelerated by the advent of highthroughput genotyping platforms and by substantial improvements in the available sample size and quality control measures in genetic epidemiology studies. The past year has witnessed substantial advances in understanding the genetic basis of many common phenotypes of biomedical importance. Genomewideassociationstudiesforcomplextraitsconsensusuncertaintyandchallenges. Genomewide association studies of asthma sciencedirect. Genomewide association studies in pharmacogenomics. Genomewide association studies academy of medical sciences. Estimating the causal tissues for complex traits and diseases. Linkage mapping vs association studies in a widely quoted paper risch and merikangas 1996 the future of genetic studies of complex human diseases. With a dedicated effort of more than 300 scientists from 25 different countries in a time of 6 years, the first bos taurus female hereford whole genome assembly was published in the year 2009 zimin et al.
An interesting observation has been that many genetic loci appear to harbour variants. The articles in this series examine these design issues and the technical. Genomewide association studies and the genetic dissection of complex traits. Singleton, genomewide association studies and human disease n engl j med 360. What will genomewide association studies mean to the. Stories and challenges of genome wide association studies. Mccarthy mi1, abecasis gr, cardon lr, goldstein db, little j, ioannidis jp, hirschhorn jn.
Metaanalysis methods for genomewide association studies and. Genomewide association studies in nephrology research. Genomewide association studies and type 2 diabetes. Mccarthy mi, abecasis gr, cardon lr, et al genomewide association studies for complex traits. Genomewide association studies for common diseases and complex traits.
Cardon, genomewide association studies for complex traits. Next generation sequencing ngsgenome wide association. Our findings indicate that specific genetic predispositions promote the development of coronary atherosclerosis whereas others lead to myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis. Genomewide association studies for atherosclerotic. Genomewide association studies gwas provide an important av. Variants in the itpa gene protect against ribavirininduced hemolytic anemia and decrease the need for ribavirin dose reduction. In the past 7 years, a wave of genomewide association studies gwass has identified more than 8,500 genomewidesignificant associations with more than 350 human complex traits, including susceptibility to a wide variety of diseases1. Despite numerous candidate gene and linkage studies, the field of type 2 diabetes t2d genetics had until recently succeeded in identifying few genuine diseasesusceptibility loci. Genomewide genotype information was collected at 620,901 markers.
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