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SynthesisScientific reports2017

A pathway analysis of genome-wide association study highlights novel type 2 diabetes risk pathways.

Yang Liu, Jing Zhao, Tao Jiang, Mei Yu, Guohua Jiang, Yang Hu

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  1. Actionability of Genetic Variants in Diabetes: Core Aspects and Applied Examples.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2025
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Yang LiuCollege of Basic Medical Sciences, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Jing ZhaoThe Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Heilongjiang Provincial Forestry General Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Tao JiangThe 224th Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Mei YuResearch institute of Chinese Medicine in Heilongjiang province, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Guohua JiangCollege of Basic Medical Sciences, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Yang HuSchool of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. huyang@hit.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4508-5365

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Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been widely used to identify common type 2 diabetes (T2D) variants. However, the known variants just explain less than 20% of the overall estimated genetic contribution to T2D. Pathway-based methods have been applied into T2D GWAS datasets to investigate the biological mechanisms and reported some novel T2D risk pathways. However, few pathways were shared in these studies. Here, we performed a pathway analysis using the summary results from a large-scale meta-analysis of T2D GWAS to investigate more genetic signals in T2D. Here, we selected PLNK and VEGAS to perform the gene-based test and WebGestalt to perform the pathway-based test. We identified 8 shared KEGG pathways after correction for multiple tests in both methods. We confirm previous findings, and highlight some new T2D risk pathways. We believe that our results may be helpful to study the genetic mechanisms of T2D.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyDatabases, GeneticDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2GenotypeHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsSignal Transduction

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PMID28970525
PMCPMC5624908

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