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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2018

Clinical and research uses of genetic risk scores in type 1 diabetes.

Seth A Sharp, Michael N Weedon, William A Hagopian, Richard A Oram

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Systematic Review of Polygenic Risk Scores for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  15. Epigenetic Regulation in Etiology of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  17. Genetic aspects of type 1 diabetes.Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Seth A SharpInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
Michael N WeedonInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
William A HagopianPacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Richard A OramInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK; The Renal Unit, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK. Electronic address: r.oram@exeter.ac.uk.
University of Exeter · GBPacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute · USRoyal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

Type 1 Diabetes Genetics ConsortiumU01DK062418 · NIDDK · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RICH, STEPHEN S. · 2002 to 2007
$59.8M
Vector and Transgenic Mouse CoreP30DK017047 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Karin E Bornfeldt · 1986 to 2026
$41.4M
Limited Competition for the Continuation of the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Cohort Study (UC4)SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Cohort StudyUC4DK108173 · NIDDK · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI DAGOSTINO, RALPH B. · 2015 to 2016
$14.8M
Medical Research Council MC_PC_15047NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK017047NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK062418NIDDK NIH HHS UC4 DK108173Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 076113
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic disease of high blood glucose caused by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells eventually resulting in severe insulin deficiency. T1D has a significant heritable risk. Genetic associations found are particularly strong in the HLA class II region but T1D is a polygenic disease associated with over 60 loci across the genome. Polygenic risk scores are one method of summing these genetic risk elements as a single continuous variable. This review discusses the clinical and research utility of genetic risk scores in T1D particularly in disease prediction and progression. We also explore creative uses of genetic risk scores in big data and the limitations of using a genetic risk score. The increase in publically available genetic data and rapid fall in costs of genotyping mean that a T1D genetic risk score (T1D GRS) is likely to prove useful for disease prediction, discrimination, investigation of unusual cohorts, and investigation of biology in large datasets where genetic data are available.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Disease ProgressionGenome, HumanHumansInsulinInsulin-Secreting CellsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsInsulin

Identifiers

PMID29702327
PMCPMC6089633
OpenAlexW2801070339

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