Article
Genome-wide large-scale multi-trait analysis characterizes global patterns of pleiotropy and unique trait-specific variants.
Nature communications - 14 Aug 2024
Qi Guanghao, Chhetri Surya B, Ray Debashree, Dutta Diptavo, Battle Alexis, Bhattacharjee Samsiddhi, Chatterjee Nilanjan
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have found widespread evidence of pleiotropy, but characterization of global patterns of pleiotropy remain highly incomplete due to insufficient power of current approaches. We develop fastASSET, a method that allows efficient detection of variant-level pleiotropic association across many traits. We analyze GWAS summary statistics of 116 complex traits of diverse types...
Topics
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Genetic Pleiotropy
- Humans
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Phenotype
- Multifactorial Inheritance
- Genetic Variation
