Whole genome sequencing analysis of body mass index identifies novel African ancestry-specific risk allele.
(2025 Apr 11)
Nat Commun 16(1): 3470
Zhang X, Brody JA, Graff M, Highland HM, Chami N, Xu H, Wang Z, Ferrier KR, Chittoor G, Josyula NS, Meyer M, Gupta S, Li X, Li Z, Allison MA, Becker DM, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Boorgula MP, Bowden DW, Broome JG, Buth EJ, Carlson CS, Chang KM, Chavan S, Chiu YF, Chuang LM, Conomos MP, DeMeo DL, Du M, Duggirala R, Eng C, Fohner AE, Freedman BI, Garrett ME, Guo X, Haiman C, Heavner BD, Hidalgo B, Hixson JE, Ho YL, Hobbs BD, Hu D, Hui Q, Hwu CM, Jackson RD, Jain D, Kalyani RR, Kardia SLR, Kelly TN, Lange EM, LeNoir M, Li C, Le Marchand L, McDonald MN, McHugh CP, Morrison AC, Naseri T, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, O'Connell J, O'Donnell CJ, Palmer ND, Pankow JS, Perry JA, Peters U, Preuss MH, Rao DC, Regan EA, Reupena SM, Roden DM, Rodriguez-Santana J, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Tiwari HK, Vasan RS, Wang Z, Weeks DE, Wessel J, Wiggins KL, Wilkens LR, Wilson PWF, Yanek LR, Yoneda ZT, Zhao W, Zöllner S, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Burchard EG, Carson AP, Chasman DI, Ida Chen YD, Curran JE, Fornage M, Gordeuk VR, He J, Heckbert SR, Hou L, Irvin MR, Kooperberg C, Minster RL, Mitchell BD, Nouraie M, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Benjamin Shoemaker M, Smith NL, Taylor KD, Telen MJ, Weiss ST, Zhang Y, Heard-Costa N, Sun YV, Lin X, Cupples LA, Lange LA, Liu CT, Loos RJF, North KE, Justice AE

Large-scale multi-omics analyses in Hispanic/Latino populations identify genes for cardiometabolic traits.
(2025 Apr 11)
Nat Commun 16(1): 3438
Petty LE, Chen HH, Frankel EG, Zhu W, Downie CG, Graff M, Lin P, Sharma P, Zhang X, Scartozzi AC, Roshani R, Landman JM, Boehnke M, Bowden DW, Chambers JC, Mahajan A, McCarthy MI, Ng MCY, Sim X, Spracklen CN, Zhang W, Preuss M, Bottinger EP, Nadkarni GN, Loos RJF, Chen YI, Tan J, Ipp E, Genter P, Emery LS, Louie T, Sofer T, Stilp AM, Taylor KD, Xiang AH, Buchanan TA, Roll K, Gao C, Palmer ND, Norris JM, Wagenknecht LE, Nousome D, Varma R, McKean-Cowdin R, Guo X, Hai Y, Hsueh W, Sandow K, Parra EJ, Cruz M, Valladares-Salgado A, Wacher-Rodarte N, Rotter JI, Goodarzi MO, Rich SS, Bertoni A, Raffel LJ, Nadler JL, Kandeel FR, Duggirala R, Blangero J, Lehman DM, DeFronzo RA, Thameem F, Wang Y, Gahagan S, Blanco E, Burrows R, Huerta-Chagoya A, Florez JC, Tusie-Luna T, González-Villalpando C, Orozco L, Haiman CA, Hanis CL, Rohde R, Whitsel EA, Reiner AP, Kooperberg C, Li Y, Duan Q, Lee M, Correa-Burrows P, Fried SK, North KE, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Gamazon ER, Morris AP, Mercader JM, Highland HM, Below JE, DIAMANTE Hispanic/Latino Consortium, Global Hispanic Lipids Consortium

EndoPRS: Incorporating endophenotype information to improve polygenic risk scores for clinical endpoints-A study in asthma.
(2025 Apr 3)
Am J Hum Genet
Kharitonova EV, Sun Q, Ockerman F, Chen B, Zhou LY, Hysong MR, Tuftin B, Cao H, Mathias RA, Auer PL, Ober C, Raffield LM, Reiner AP, Cox NJ, Kelada SNP, Tao R, Li Y

Genetic drivers and clinical consequences of mosaic chromosomal alterations in 1 million individuals.
(2025 Mar 6)
medRxiv
Zhao K, Pershad Y, Poisner HM, Ma X, Quade K, Vlasschaert C, Mack T, Khankari NK, von Beck K, Brogan J, Kishtagari A, Corty RW, Li Y, Xu Y, Reiner AP, Scheet P, Auer PL, Bick AG

Clinical progression of clonal hematopoiesis is determined by a combination of mutation timing, fitness, and clonal structure.
(2025 Mar 3)
bioRxiv
Latorre-Crespo E, Robertson NA, Kosebent EG, MacGillivray L, Murphy L, Uddin M, Whitsel E, Honigberg M, Bick A, Reiner AP, Orrù V, Marongiu M, Cucca F, Fiorillo E, Deary IJ, Harris S, Cox S, Marioni R, Schumacher L, Chandra T, Kirschner K